Pick and shovel work leads to good numbers

Never has a newsroom worked so hard to achieve 33,564 uniques and 183,353 page views.

With Andrew and Gina away Tuesday we had no Fark and no reality TV to give us a lift. This was just pick and shovel work with local news and local readers.

Instead of showing the top 10 as usual I have posted the top 100 to show the long-tail effect of small traffic to many stories combining to create a solid day of uniques and page views.

1. Home 26,248 14.3%
2. Front: Obituaries 12,998 7.1%
3. Front: Portsmouth Herald 12,068 6.6%
4. Jobs Listings 11,292 6.2%
5. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week March 2-8 10,293
6. Seacoast Real Estate Listings 4,747 2.6%
7. Front: Exeter News-Letter 3,987 2.2%
8. Front: Hampton Union 3,809 2.1%
9. Article: Woman gets suspended sentence after punching ex-boyfriend who asked for ring back 3,798 2.1%
10. Front: Breaking News 2,498 1.4%
11. Article: Entertain Kisses & disses: Plowing, SERT and press anger readers 2,166 1.2%
12. Front: Police Logs 1,975 1.1%
13. Article: Drunken driver hit two parked cars and an antique home, say police 1,661 0.9%
14. Front: Employment 1,532 0.8%
15. Article: Woman assaulted ex-boyfriend who asked for ring back, say police 1,505 0.8%
16. Front: News 1,481 0.8%
17. Article: Entertain ‘Real Housewives’: Man Gretchen reportedly cheated with speaks out 1,312 0.7%
18. Article: Teen sentenced for buying porn and game points with stolen credit card information 1,268 0.7%
19. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,164 0.6%
20. Flash Gallery: Epping Senior Night 1,026 0.6%
21. Search Results Page 994 0.5%
22. Spotlight Awards 2008 votingt 955 0.5%
23. Article: Icy conditions cause rollover accident in Greenland 948 0.5%
24. Article: Standoff suspect and alleged victim denied request for contact 893 0.5%
25. Article: Police: Bag of human ashes found in road 869 0.5%
26. forums:showthread.php 848 0.5%
27. Article: Rollover accident in Portsmouth sends woman to the hospital 840 0.5%
28. Front: Maine 828 0.5%
29. Article: Mass. man accused of capturing humpback whale 824 0.4%
30. Flash Gallery: Reader photos - Harold Buzzell 755 0.4%
31. Article: Man charged in slow-speed chase 737 0.4%
32. Article: Widow Fletcher’s changes hands 719 0.4%
33. Flash Gallery: Ugly Bat Boy Cat 693 0.4%
34. Article: Business Olde Port Traders says it's for sale, not going out of business 686 0.4%
35. Front: Sports 663 0.4%
36. Front: Marketplace 661 0.4%
37. Article: New Hampshire drug fugitive arrested in Puerto Rico 654 0.4%
38. Front: The York Weekly 630 0.3%
39. Obituaries Guestbook 604 0.3%
40. Front: York County Coast Star 598 0.3%
41. Flash Gallery: Exeter vs. Pinkerton Girls 593 0.3%
42. Article: Opinion Letters to the editor 590 0.3%
43. Business Search Module Results 589 0.3%
44. Front: Entertainment 574 0.3%
45. Article: Exeter police log 559 0.3%
46. Auto Listings 549 0.3%
47. Flash Gallery: Seacoast Town Elections 2009 536 0.3%
48. Article: Farmers, chefs unite to preserve local use of rare seeds 528 0.3%
49. Article: Photo Zoom: ‘Real Housewives’: Man Gretchen reportedly cheated with speaks out 527 0.3%
50. Article: Opinion Letters to the Editor
51. Article: Suspect in door-gluing case steered to mental health court 514 0.3%
52. Article: Accidents plage Seacoast in latest storm 502 0.3%
53. Article: New Hampshire could pull E-ZPass from tollbooth speeders 471 0.3%
54. Article: Cabbie accused of sex assault loses job 470 0.3%
55. Article: Business Danstuff back on State Street 468 0.3%
56. Front: Your Town 458 0.2%
57. Front: Real Estate 448 0.2%
58. Flash Gallery: Center for Wildlife 427 0.2%
59. Article: Exeter High School March dance canceled over ‘grinding’ 423 0.2%
60. Article: Seacoast voters deciding town budgets, officials today 418 0.2%
61. Front: Business 417 0.2%
62. Article: Coyote sightings spur pet safety warning 410 0.2%
63. Front: Archives 392 0.2%
64. Article: Driver smashes into 2 cars and historic home 381 0.2%
65. forums:forumdisplay.php 380 0.2%
66. Front: Runway Ready 378 0.2%
67. Article: Mom says man aimed camera up her dress 368 0.2%
68. Article: Mainer charged in theft of thousands of $1 bills 363 0.2%
69. Article: Big-ticket items on Hampton ballot 354 0.2%
70. Flash Gallery: YHS State Championship 344 0.2%
71. Article: York police log 338 0.2%
72. forums:index.html 315 0.2%
73. Dining: Front 312 0.2%
74. Front: CRIME 298 0.2%
75. Article: AP Hosted 293 0.2%
76. Front: Rockingham News 288 0.2%
77. Article: Dozens push for medical marijuana in N.H. 288 0.2%
78. Article: Trial begins in fatal Red Sox party case 286 0.2%
79. Article: 12 horses seized by N.H. SPCA 285 0.2%
80. Article: Entertain Tatiana?! ‘American Idol’ officially loses its wild card mind 276 0.2%
81. Article: Low voter turnout in Rye and Greenland 267 0.1%
82. Article: Sports Portsmouth's Hart weighs future as Vermont eliminates baseball 267 0.1%
83. Article: Exeter Selectman Joe Pace says farewell 265 0.1%
84. Article: Dirty dancing causes EHS to cancel March dance 260 0.1%
85. Front: SCC Archive 259 0.1%
86. Article: $9.3 million Stratham school budget passes 257 0.1%
87. Article: Residents sound off on Stratham's 'Gateway' plan 253 0.1%
88. Article: Boston's real-life 'Cheers' bartender is laid off 246 0.1%
89. Flash Gallery: WHS girls basketball vs Dover 246 0.1%
90. Article: Coyote sightings up: Keep your pets inside 246 0.1%
91. Article: Former school nurse sues Hampton School Board for defamation 242 0.1%
92. Article: Eric Small answers to allegations 236 0.1%
93. Front: Opinion 235 0.1%
94. forums:search.php 234 0.1%
95. Article: Email a friend 228 0.1%
96. Article: Police get stimulus funding 224 0.1%
97. Article: A father and child reunion 221 0.1%
98. Front: Hampton 212 0.1%
99. Article: Sports Winnacunnet girls to face Central in Class L semifinals 208 0.1%
100. Article: Two Village Scoop ice cream shops in York, ME for sale 207