Woman with gun thwarted drug-addicted thief

April 15 top stories and galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week April 6-12 4,020

2. Article: Woman with gun thwarted drug-addicted thief, say police 2,544

3. Article: Woman fined for throwing ice cream through store window 1,686

4. Article: Entertain ‘American Idol’ recap: Adam Lambert's ‘Mad World’ = best song of season? 1,459

5. Article: Entertain ‘American Idol’ recap: Inglorious, un-‘Wild’ Tarantino night 1,364

6. Article: Four teens charged following party at city official's home 1
,319

7. Article: Suspected child stalker to appear before grand jury 1,313 %

8. Flash Gallery: Next Level Church 1,237

9. Article: Entertain Paula dares to dance in the path of hyperbole for 'Wild' Adam Lambert 1,110

10. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,006

11. Article: Hundreds attend 'tea protest' in Market Square 947

12. Article: Stratham crash causes brush fire; driver arrested 905

13. Article: York Police Log 847

14. Article: Opinion Letters to the Editor 842

15. Front: Runway Ready 831

16. Article: Hampton Academy principal resigns 819

17. Article: Pease tees up $1.4M golf clubhouse 808

18. Article: Entertain ‘American Idol’: David Cook vs. Adam Lambert 775

19. Flash Gallery: Mug shots 771

20. Article: Kennebunk woman arrested after chase 756

21. Article: Entertain Gasp! 'American Idol' judges actually use the stupid save!
730

22. Article: Unruly coffee shop patron sentenced to jail, barred from Starbucks 647

March Madness

Seacoastonline had outstanding numbers in March.

We had 1,110,920 unique visitors compared with 799,629 in March 2008. That's 39 percent growth year over year.

We shattered the 5 million page views barrier for the first time with 5,108,386 page views compared with 3,935,455 page views in March 2008, year over year growth of 30 percent.

Congratulations to all for this record setting month.

Top stories and galleries March 31

1. Article: Pantless woman charged with indecent exposure 5,950
2. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week March 23-29 4,315 2.3%
3. Article: Business Bowl-O-Rama sets its pins for the future 2,794
4. Article: His and hers convictions for fake car inspections 2,528
5. Article: No injuries when 2 wheels fall off N.H. school bus 2,395
6. Article: Entertain ‘American Idol’: David Cook vs. Adam Lambert 2,327
7. Article: Entertain Kisses & disses: Thanks for offering my son a new bike 2,230
8. Front: Police Logs 2,228
9. Article: Man Tased in square was drunk 4 hours later, say police 1,926
10. Article: Mall parking lot crash sends two to hospital 1,498
11. Article: Four-car crash on Route 1: At least 1 child sent to hospital 1,291
12. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,211
13. Article: Angry customer's threats closed Maine BMV, say police 1,198
14. Article: Opinion Letters to the Editor 1,038
15. Article: Heroin suspect held on $20K cash; wants to file complaint against cops 1,020
16. Article: Bow Street mixed-use project delayed 926
17. Article: Entertain Who should go in double ‘Dancing with the Stars’ elimination? 735
18. Article: Suit blames driver's parents for Lalime scooter crash 708
19. Article: Pot found in car parked in park, say police 703
20. Article: Sports UNH offers second opinion 654

Philbrick's and Survivalists

Back on track Tuesday with 33,521 uniques and 169,723 page views.

Top story was Shir's piece on the new owners at Philbrick's.

Looks like we picked up some traffic from a survivalist site: survivalblog.com. for Mike McCord's Going Great guns story that ran Sunday.

Top stories

1. Article: Business North Hampton landmark business has new... 2,770

2. Article: Three sent to hospital after head-on car crash 2,768

3. Article: Going great guns: Handheld, semiautomatic sales incr... 2,044

4. Article: Employee funneled $12K into personal bank account, ... 1,833

5. Article: Entertain Kisses & disses: Kind Exeter officer led elde... 1,814

6. Article: Entertain Recap: ‘Bachelor’ Melissa still second be... 1,373

7. Article: Arrest warrant issued for woman accused of DWI w... 1,212

8. Article: Police: Burglary suspect hit 12 businesses 1,177

9. Article: Hampton manager freezes raises, including his own 1,125

10. Article: Drunken driver who crashed into living room ordered ... 1,019

Most popular galleries

1. Flash Gallery: PHS boys hoops- state champs 1,327

2. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 49 1,160

3. Flash Gallery: Winnacunnet vs. Exeter Prelim 935

4. Flash Gallery: Newmarket Championship Game 909

5. Flash Gallery: Reader photos - March 2009 819

6. Flash Gallery: Tower House Rye 391

7. Flash Gallery: Roast of Robert Sullivan 378

8. Flash Gallery: Winnacunnet girls win title 298

9. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week March 2-8 225

10. Flash Gallery: Iron Brides in Portsmouth 201

An essay for our times

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, a great American newspaper, will join the Rocky Mountain News and many smaller daily newspapers Tuesday when it publishes its last print edition.

Clay Shirky, a writer and new media professor at NYU, has written an essay for our times "Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable." Have some courage, give it a read and let me know what you think.

Here's an excerpt to whet your curiosity:

"Society doesn’t need newspapers. What we need is journalism. For a century, the imperatives to strengthen journalism and to strengthen newspapers have been so tightly wound as to be indistinguishable. That’s been a fine accident to have, but when that accident stops, as it is stopping before our eyes, we’re going to need lots of other ways to strengthen journalism instead.

"When we shift our attention from 'save newspapers’ to 'save society’, the imperative changes from ‘preserve the current institutions’ to ‘do whatever works.’ And what works today isn’t the same as what used to work."

Read the full essay.

Our Monday traffic was just below budget with 32,139 uniques and 163,936 page views.

Let's step up our efforts at feeding breaking news to Andrew (he's working from home but gets his seacoastonline email) and Alexa throughout the day and we should get right back on track.

Top two items are photo galleries from Winnacunnet and Portsmouth championship games.

1. Flash Gallery: Winnacunnet girls win title 5,812
2. Flash Gallery: PHS boys hoops- state champs 5,096 3. Article: $350K cash bail set for PHS grad facing 14 felonies 2,940
4. Article: Police: Felon arrested in burglary spree 2,286
5. Article: Portsmouth police log 2,146
6. Article: Motorcyclist in critical condition after Sunday crash 2,082
7. Article: Teen found unresponsive at The Page pleads guilty to alcohol charge 1,505
8. Article: 4 injured when car crashes near NH gas pump 1,426
9. Flash Gallery: Tower House Rye 1,190
10. Flash Gallery: Newmarket Championship Game 1,003
11. Article: Going great guns: Handheld, semiautomatic sales increase 946
12. Flash Gallery: Reader photos - March 2009 860
13. Article: Sports PHS title extra special for Mulveys 809
14. Article: York teachers vote 'no' on renegotiating salary increase 779
15. Article: Entertain ‘Ghost Hunters’ episode at Star Island airs Wednesday 751
16. Article: $50K bail set for driver facing drug charges after traffic stop 732
17. Article: Suspect in spate of burglaries apprehended in Portsmouth 694
18. Flash Gallery: Winnacunnet vs. Exeter Prelim 690
19. Article: N.H.'s corpse flower about to bloom again 546 0.3%
20. Article: Snowmobiler sentenced for hit-and-run accident 513

Town voting stories throughout top 100

Again small traffic to many stories added up to Seacoastonline meeting its March traffic goal with 33,913 uniques and 186,643 page views.

Election results from local towns were scattered throughout the top 100. Top story was the Middle Street rollover (spot news is always king!) followed closely by the photo gallery of the remodeled Tower House in Rye.

Interesting to see Mzinga blogs and specialty pages like Crime and Dining rising to the top 100.

SEACOASTONLINE TOP 100 PAGES

1. Home 26,601
2. Front: Portsmouth Herald 12,585
3. Jobs Listings 10,925
4. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week March 2-8 9,016
5. Front: Obituaries 8,792
6. Seacoast Real Estate Listings 4,360
7. Article: Rollover accident in Portsmouth sends woman to the hospital 3,712
8. Flash Gallery: Tower House Rye 3,154
9. Front: The York Weekly 3,067
10. Front: Exeter News-Letter 2,744
11. Front: Breaking News 2,661
12. Front: Hampton Union 2,622
13. Article: Developer seeks to replace Saunders restaurant with condos 2,197
14. Flash Gallery: Newmarket vs. Groveton Semis 2,086
15. Article: Firefighter's defense attorney: 15-year-old girl lying about rape 1,889
16. Article: Widow Fletcher’s changes hands 1,878
17. Front: Police Logs 1,843
18. Article: Teacher sentenced for student sex assault; plans to appeal 1,752
19. Front: News 1,749
20. Front: Employment 1,495
21. Article: Trial begins in heroin death at Red Sox party 1,421
22. Article: Business New owners for Widow Fletcher's in Hampton 1,169
23. Search Results Page 1,086
24. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,030
25. Article: Lally, Znoj win Hampton selectmen seats; town operating budget fails again 1,026
26. Front: Maine 1,020
27. Flash Gallery: Reader photos - Harold Buzzell 998
28. Front: Your Town 934
29. forums:showthread.php 883
30. Front: Sports 880
31. Article: Kensington votes down town, school budgets 766
32. Article: Opinion Letters to the editor 745
33. Article: Entertain ‘Real Housewives’: Man Gretchen reportedly cheated with speaks out 713 34. Spotlight Awards 2008 votingt 686
35. Front: Entertainment 657
36. Front: Marketplace 654
37. Front: York County Coast Star 651
38. Article: Richter wins Hampton’s Coop. School Board seat; all towns pass the budget 649 39. Flash Gallery: WHS girls basketball vs Dover 605
40. Article: Chisholm keeps Exeter Coop. School Board seat 602
41. Article: Aldrich wins Exeter selectman seat 594
42. Flash Gallery: Winnacunnet Class L Semifinal 564
43. Article: York police log 536
44. Auto Listings 528
45. Business Search Module Results 526
46. Article: Jail time for driver too drunk for field sobriety tests 511
47. Flash Gallery: PHS Class I Semifinal Win 504
48. Article: York schools' wage earners listed 465
49. Front: Rockingham News 460
50. Flash Gallery: Newmarket vs. Woodsville 441
51. Article: AP Hosted 437
52. Front: Business 436
53. Article: Sports Winnacunnet girls advance to Class L title game 434
54. Article: Huskies sheltered in hotel lot are safe, say officials 424
55. forums:forumdisplay.php 412
56. Front: Real Estate 402
57. Obituaries Guestbook 401
58. Article: Photo Zoom: Rollover accident in Portsmouth sends woman to the hospital 400
59. Flash Gallery: Seacoast Town Elections 2009 397
60. Article: Charges dropped against alleged rapist 393
61. Article: York neighborhood's vehicles burglarized 384
62. Article: Rockingham County grand jury indictments — March 2009 379 63. Front: Archives
64. Article: Officer fires at drug suspect during N.H. raid 355
65. Article: Entertain Go&Do: Cormac McCarthy at the Dolphin Striker 353
66. Article: Email a friend 352 67. Article: 12 horses seized by N.H. SPCA 333
68. Article: Sports Portsmouth boys advance to Class I championship game 320
69. Article: Schools' top wage earners in 2008 317
70. Front: Exeter 310
71. Dining: Front 309
72. Front: CRIME 309
73. Front: Runway Ready 309
74. Article: York coyote sightings prompt warning to keep small pets inside 303
75. Article: Photo Zoom: ‘Real Housewives’: Man Gretchen reportedly cheated with speaks out 295
76. Article: Richard McDermott wins Hampton Falls selectman spot 292
77. Article: Woman gets suspended sentence after punching ex-boyfriend who asked for ring back 292
78. Article: Woman assaulted ex-boyfriend who asked for ring back, say police 288
79. Article: Ouellette keeps post as Kingston town clerk 287 80. Article: Police looking to fill four positions 284
81. Article: Email Article Sent 283
82. forums:index.html 275
83. Front: High School 275
84. Article: Rineman defeats Creighton for North Hampton selectman 275
85. Front: Hampton 273
86. Article: Entertain Tatiana?! ‘American Idol’ officially loses its wild card mind 272
87. Forums: null: View Forum 271
88. Article: Joyce Charbonneau keeps post as Stratham town clerk 268
89. Article: Alleged Citizen's Bank robber faces new charges 265 90. Article: Business York's Wildcat Pizza dishes up new location 263 91. Article: Business The Village Scoop ice cream shops for sale in York 256
92. Flash Gallery: Epping Senior Night 252
93. Article: Court denies Boland request to see alleged victim 245 94. Article: Two Village Scoop ice cream shops in York for sale 243 95. Article: Exeter police log 242
96. Flash Gallery: Ugly Bat Boy Cat 241
97. time:index.html 237
98. Article: South Berwick's new town manager has open door 228 99. Article: Theft of $13.99 bottle of wine leads to 30-day jail sentence 228
100. Article: Woman testifies about drug use in overdose death trial

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

Local galleries lead way to 211,000 page views

A deep content mix led to 46,000 uniques and 211,000 page views yesterday.

Top story was silliness about a man assaulting Chuck E. Cheese but that was closely followed by the Portsmouth rape case, Gina's bachelor posts and J.P. Nadeau's censure. Kisses and Disses and the business story on Ri Ra also did very well.

Galleries for the Durham Fire and the March 1 snowstorm also did very well, garnering 13,619 and 10,996 page views respectively.

Top stories:

1. Article: Man fined for assault on Chuck E. Cheese 6,882
2. Article: Man abducted, raped pregnant woman in Portsmouth... 5,111
3. Article: Entertain ‘Bachelor’ blog bombshell: Jason propose... 4,255
4. Article: Entertain ‘Bachelor: After the Final Rose’ recap: T... 3,456
5. Article: Entertain ‘Bachelor’ finale recap: Jason chooses M... 2,354
6. Article: Nadeau admits to conflict, will stop practicing law 2,016
7. Article: Fire destroys historic farm house 1,796
8. Article: Entertain Kisses & disses: Banning dances? Is this 1... 1,355
9. Article: Business Ri Ra Irish Pub eyes St. Patrick's Day openi... 1,288
10. Article: Entertain Watch clip from 'Bachelor' finale (and read ... 1,240

Top photos

1. Flash Gallery: Historic Dame Farm Fire Durham 13,619
2. Flash Gallery: Snowstorm 3/1/09 10,996
3. Flash Gallery: Wrestling Meet of Champions 1,651
4. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Feb 16-22 704
5. Flash Gallery: Harp Seal at Seabrook Beach 480
6. Flash Gallery: From our readers: UFOs & aliens 478
7. Flash Gallery: Reader photos - March 2009 444 8. Article: Photo Zoom: ‘Real Housewives’: Man Gretchen re... 376
9. Flash Gallery: SWAT team subdues suspect 327
10. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Feb 9-15 317

16 articles and galleries get more than 1,000 page views

Thursday saw uniques at 53,015 and page views at 201,941. You could argue that this was the most impressive day of the month since such a broad mix of stories and photos drove traffic instead of one monster item.

Top story was still the topless coffee shop but the number 16 story about the Frisbee School closing in Kittery still got 1,119 page views.


1. Article: Topless coffee shop opens in central Maine 8,918
2. Flash Gallery: SWAT team subdues suspect 6,598
3. Article: Entertain ‘Real Housewives’: Man Gretchen reportedly cheated with speaks out 4,949
4. Article: Entertain ‘American Idol’ recap: Adam Lambert is the next Robert Pattinson? 4,886
5. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Feb 16-22 4,617
6. Article: Topless teen photo prompts warning 4,004
7. Article: SWAT team subdues standoff suspect 3,419
8. Article: Entertain ‘Bachelor Women Tell All’: Host told to 'calm down' (Graham & Amanda?) 2,992
9. Flash Gallery: SWAT Subdues Suspect 2,897
10. Article: Photo Zoom: ‘Real Housewives’: Man Gretchen reportedly cheated with speaks out 2,174
11. Article: Under-21 dance club shut down after one night 2,128
12. Article: Entertain Forgive her! Give Megan Corkrey a shot in the 'American Idol' top 12 1,880
13. Article: Gunfire ends 4-hour standoff in Portsmouth 1,434
14. 27. Article: Inn at Long Sands auctioned to York Beach couple for $775K 1,185
15. Article: Standoff suspect held on $50K cash bail 1,119
16. Article: Frisbee School to close this year 1,015

Armed standoff, Real Housewives and a topless coffee shop

We had our second-best day of the month yesterday with 64,185 uniques and 197,837 page views and are quickly approaching the 1 million uniques mark.

We had some help from our usual friends at Google, Yahoo and Fark, but some new referring domains drove traffic including: literotica (an adult site please don't view at work), majorgeeks.com and hfboards.com, a sports forum website.

Great job last night on the breaking news at Gosling Meadows (we should see more of those numbers in tomorrow's report). Special thanks to Beth and Scott who stood out in the cold to get a great story and photos, Andrew, who sent out alerts and got three versions of the story posted and Desiree for keeping the print operation running smoothly.

Thanks also to Carl Pepin who sat through four overtimes at the Kennebunk Hockey game and provided a story and photo gallery.

Top stories

1. Article: Topless coffee shop opens in central Maine 22,859
2. Article: Entertain ‘Real Housewives’: Man Gretchen repor... 14,591
3. Article: Photo Zoom: ‘Real Housewives’: Man Gretchen re... 6,640
4. Article: Entertain 'Real Housewives of OC' Confess: Tamra sa... 3,889
5. Article: Topless coffee shop proposed for small Maine town 2,591
6. Article: Report: Trooper wanted more charges against ex-po... 2,271
7. Article: Eggs thrown in ongoing neighbor dispute; school cler... 2,034
8. Article: Entertain ‘Bachelor’ blog bombshell: Jason propose... 1,579
9. Article: Inn at Long Sands auctioned to York Beach couple fo... 1,148
10. Article: SWAT team responds to Gosling Meadows 1,139

Top photos

1. Article: Photo Zoom: ‘Real Housewives’: Man Gretchen re... 6,640
2. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Feb 16-22 1,676
3. Flash Gallery: Vanity Fair Oscar Party 928
4. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 48 829
5. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Feb 9-15 533
6. Flash Gallery: Winnacunnet Prom 2008 520
7. Flash Gallery: Kennebunk Hockey 4-overtime Win 341
8. Flash Gallery: From our readers: UFOs & aliens 239
9. Flash Gallery: York Basketball Regional Champs 206 1.4%
10. Flash Gallery: Division I Swim Championships 159

Bachelors, F-bombs and sexy 'grinding'

Another strong day with 36,986 uniques and 164,570 page views.

Huffington Post was our number 2 referring domain yesterday but I can't figure out what they linked to. Anybody know?


top stories
1. Article: Entertain ‘Bachelor Women Tell All’: Host told to '... 4,566
2. Article: Entertain Kisses & disses: No more 'F-bombs,' pick up... 3,165
3. Article: Entertain ‘Bachelor’ blog bombshell: Jason propose... 2,672
4. Article: Sexy 'grinding' may get Exeter High dances banned 2,616
5. Article: Dog rescued after spending hour in icy water 1,296
6. Article: Fish can no longer nibble your feet: N.H., Florida ban ... 1,248
7. Article: Trooper wanted more charges against ex-Portsmouth... 1,119
8. Article: Topless-teen photo prompts warning at school 1,070
9. Article: Portsmouth police log 856
10. Article: Portsmouth city manager orders hiring freeze 691

Top galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Vanity Fair Oscar Party 2,391
2. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 48 1,370
3. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Feb 9-15 674
4. Flash Gallery: Blessing of the Animals York 411

And the Oscar for Most Read Web Story goes to ....

On Monday, Gina Carbone who had our number 1, 6 and 15 stories with her Oscar coverage. Gina and Company did a great job both online and in print. Check out her blog "Seacoast Pop Culture" when you get a chance.

I'd also like to thank Scott Yates for turning around a photo and extended cutline on the veterinary clinic fire in Newington late Saturday. That was our number one web content item on Sunday.

Kudos also to Jenn Feals for her well rounded story on dirty dancing at Exeter High School.

One area where we can improve: text alerts. We're lagging in the number of these we send out and that is causing us to fall behind our peers in terms of text alert subscribers. Let's look for opportunities to communicate with our readers via Textcaster.

Total Traffic Monday we had 35,214 uniques and 153,649 page views.

1. Article: Entertain Poor Joaquin Phoenix is mocked at the Oscars 4,340

2. Article: 'Crack' sold to informant resembles bubble gum, say police 2,917

3. Article: Portsmouth police log 2,543

4. Article: Sexy 'grinding' may get Exeter High dances banned 2,523

5. Flash Gallery: Vanity Fair Oscar Party 2,268

6. Article: Entertain ‘Commie homo-loving sons of guns’ give Oscar to Sean Penn 2,180

7. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 48 1,979

9. Flash Gallery: York Basketball Regional Champs 1,296

10. Article: Storm dumps snow, causes outages 1,099

11. Article: Fire at a Newington veterinary clinic 946

12. Article: Construction worker to face DWI charge six years after arrest 929

13. Article: Entertain ‘Bachelor’ blog bombshell: Jason proposes, then dumps for runner-up? 817

14. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Feb 9-15 815

15. Article: Entertain Kate Winslet (finally!) wins first Oscar 638

February averaging 38,800 uniques

February traffic is holding strong with an average of 38,800 daily unique visitors. This has us on track to break through the 1 million mark for the second month in a row (and in a month with just 28 days!)

Yesterday's total of 40,141 shows why we are doing so well. Our content was a great mix of must-read local news combined with some excellent pop culture pieces.

Here are yesterday's top 15 stories and galleries:

1. Article: Entertain ‘Bachelor’ blog bombshell: Jason proposes, then dumps for runner-up? 4,904

2. Article: Business Friendly Toast to open second location 3,874

3. Article: Woman found in car with knife in stomach 3,843

4. Flash Gallery: Country Meadow Eviction Wells 2,706

5. Article: Man charged with impersonating cop 2,551

6. Article: Field sobriety tests challenged; DWI case dismissed 2,501

7. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Feb 9-15 2,466

8. Article: Two-vehicle crash at dangerous Greenland Route 33 intersection 2,260

9. Article: Ex-Catholic school teacher guilty of sexual assault on former student 2,127

10. Article: Police bills paid for pants, paint, plaques, pets and pastries 1,572

11. Article: Portsmouth postal workers fear for jobs 1,467

12. Article: Local man sentenced to prison in bank fraud case 1,355

13. Article: Coast Guard commander remembered, respected by crew 1,260

14. Article: Dad's daily ocean plunge honors 2 sons lost to addiction 1,118

15 . Flash Gallery: Childrens Museum Mardi Gras 1,071

Over 1 million served in Jan., Feb. starts strong

January numbers beat our ambitious budget of 1,043,915 daily unique visitors with a total of 1,082,307. This topped last January and the New Hampshire Primary by 24 percent.

February is also off to a strong start with 35,921 uniques and 178,826 page views yesterday.

Top stories yesterday were: 1. Article: Entertain Top 10 Super Bowl ads (can't go wrong w... (5,966) by Gina and Deborah McDermott’s story “Kittery cop arrested on assault charge” (3,117). The reality tv reporting is keeping our traffic strong into the night.

Top photo gallery was Penguin Plunge with more than 14,000 page views.

Top stories

1. Article: Entertain Top 10 Super Bowl ads (can’t go wrong w... 5,966 2. Article: Kittery cop arrested on assault charge 3,117
3. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,905
4. Article: NH DWI crash sparks later crash involving cruiser 1,787
5. Article: Penguin Plunge raises $528,000 1,762
6. Article: Seabrook Sam signals spring is coming 1,610
7. Article: NH gas station reports water in fuel tank 1,054
8. Article: Teen found drunk, unconscious at downtown bar; cha... 1,024
9. Article: Second DWI for driver who crashed on Rye rocks 907
10. Article: Crash victim’s family supported by community 900
11. Article: Derry man dies after crash 890
12. Article: WHS senior still critical 831
13. Article: Mom’s truck stop sex endangered child, say police 774
14. Article: Police: Man drove drunk into snow bank, fell asleep 674
15. Article: Mass. man killed while walking on I-495 626

Top Galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Penguin Plunge 2009 14,055
2. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Jan 26-Feb1 3,017
3. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Jan 19-25 1,833
4. Flash Gallery: Miss Hampton Beach 2008 484
5. Article: Photo Zoom: Penguin Plunge raises $528,000 304
6. Flash Gallery: Readers' photos - Jan. 2009 289
7. Flash Gallery: Police beat photos 262 8. Article: Photo Zoom: Top 10 Super Bowl ads (can’t go wro... 261
9. Flash Gallery: WHS vs. Goffstown Boys B-Ball 223
10. Flash Gallery: December 2008 Ice Storm 214
11. Article: Photo Zoom: Seabrook Sam signals spring is coming 206
12. Flash Gallery: Dover Cat Show 205
13. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Jan 12-18 197
14. Flash Gallery: Epping vs. Newmarket Boys B-Ball 161
15. Flash Gallery: Inauguration Day 144

Outstanding content mix drives traffic

Yesterday we had 56,398 uniques and 219,017 page views. What is most remarkable, though, is that we had 17 different pieces of content with 1,000 or more page views. We scored thousands of page views with a mix of the latest on power outages, news of the weird, reality TV, entertainment reviews, Mermaid girl, reader submitted photos, spot news and even a sports story.

1. Flash Gallery: December 2008 Ice Storm 28,821

2. Article: Report: UNH's freshman camp canceled due to nudity 22,484

3. Flash Gallery: Dec. Ice storm - reader photos 10,350

4. Article: Many still without power; aid available 3,662

5. Article: Entertain Yes! Portland, Maine, physics teacher wins 'Survivor: Gabon' 3,406

6. Article: Girl with Mermaid syndrome defies the odds 3,221

7. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Dec 1-7 3,112

8. Article: Entertain SNL ends 2008 with painful Kanye, wasted Laurie, bye Amy 2,892

9. Flash Gallery: A Night At Portsmouth's Shelter 2,139

10. Article: Unitil: 11,735 without service, making progress 1,917

11. Front: 2008ICESTORM 1,472

12. Article: TV show on Maine 'Mermaid Girl' airs Sunday 1,421

13. Article: Three injured in head-on collision 1,355

14. Article: Update on Unitil, PSNH customers out of power 1,350

15. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,089

16. Article: Seacoast schools announce closings 1,076

17. Article: Sports Former Sox pitcher Bob Stanley coaching in Newington 1,038

18. Article: Hot coffee, cold pizza: A night at the shelter 997

Good day for uniques and pages

Monday, Nov. 24 saw 29,419 unique visitors and 145,115 page views at seacoastonline. There were no blockbusters but instead a steady flow of good stories, photos, emails and text alerts that led to a successful day. Let's keep pushing to see if we can get our daily average over 28,000 for November. Last I checked we were in the 27,000 range.

Top stories:

1. Article: Local 'celebrity' remembered fondly 2,415

2. Article: Teen held on bail for second assault charge 1,861

3. Article: Fatal fire in Dover under investigation 1,685

4. Article: Bill toughens law on visual sexual aggression against children in Maine 1,432
5. Article: Life Early detection of esophagus condition may help prevent progression to cancer 1,239

6. Article: Police: woman abused and neglected pet rabbit 1,188

7. Article: Family of NH mom can't accept manslaughter verdict 1,067

8. Article: Business Unemployment benefits extended, file now 981

9. Article: Dancers try to go all night at 1930s-style marathon 870

10. Article: Portsmouth police log 844

Top galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Fashion Up! Gala 4,711

2. Flash Gallery: Iron Brides in Portsmouth 3,721

3. Flash Gallery: Exeter v BG Div II FB 2008 3,534

4. Flash Gallery: Exeter vs. BG Championship 837

5. Flash Gallery: Rye Sagamore Fire 604

6. Flash Gallery: Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra 384

7. Flash Gallery: Peter Pan at PHS 302

8. Flash Gallery: Hampton Beachcomber Summer 2008 288

9. Article: Photo Zoom: Local 'celebrity' remembered fondly 212

10. Flash Gallery: Annie at Rye Elementary 208

The play's the thing

Thursday, Nov. 20 saw 27,198 and 164,464 page views, a good showing thanks to photo galleries of PHS "Peter Pan (10,527 page views) and Rye Elementary School's production of "Annie" (5,844).

Top 10 stories:

1. Article: Blaze levels Rye building 2,727
2. Article: AG, police won't say why yard was dug up 2,542
3. Article: Police: Second worker stole thousands from York business 2,105
4. Article: Maine mom was 'mule' for drug traffickers, say police 1,666
5. Article: Entertain Was it really 'obvious' McKey would win ‘America’s Next Top Model’? 1,504
6. Article: Foss offers $5,000 reward in illegal dumping 1,230
7. Article: Portsmouth police log 868
8. Article: Repeat offender's fourth DWI charge dismissed 865
9. Article: Teen charged with tossing baby in car seat 777
10. Article: Police: woman jailed for two-year-old bra theft 658

Top 10 photo galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Peter Pan at PHS 10,527
2. Flash Gallery: Annie at Rye Elementary 5,844
3. Flash Gallery: Rye Sagamore Fire 3,777
4. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Nov 10-16 2,237
5. Flash Gallery: PMS Spirit Week 2008 903
6. Article: Photo Zoom: Was it really 'obvious' McKey would win ‘America’s Next Top Model’? 376
7. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 43 303
8. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Oct 27-Nov 2 269
9. Flash Gallery: PHS-Souhegan Division III FB 236
10. Article: Photo Zoom: Blaze levels Rye building 209

Web traffic, Nov. 12-18

The week in traffic - Nov. 12 through Nov. 18

Averages for the past seven days (Nov. 12 through 18) are 30,097 daily unique visitors, 137,607 page views. Average uniques peaked at 45,632 on Saturday, and Sunday was stronger than usual at 28,826. A good weekend.

Highlights from the past week include:

Articles:

- Nov. 13: Sex abuse / Exeter asst. principal on leave (3,994 views)
- Nov. 13: Diners, owners love Restaurant Week (2,580)
- Nov. 14: Man driving 102 mph: unaware of speed (2,452)
- Nov. 15-17: Intoxicated agressor resisted arrest (34,724) - Farked
- Nov. 17: Speeding ticket challenger - (2,254)
- Nov. 15: Ex-Ports Police Capt. investigated (2,578)
- Nov. 16-17: Neighbors angry over 'monster' Toyota sign (13,666) - Farked
- Nov. 17: City attorney on trial (2,937)

Photo galleries:

- Nov. 13: Portsmouth signs (1,607 views)
- Nov. 14-15: Celeb Watch 43 (7,722)
- Nov. 15-16: Ports. Mid. Sch. Spirit Week (5,814)
- Nov. 17: PHS/Souhegan football (2,681)

Traffic for Wed. Nov. 12

Wednesday, Nov. 12
26,913 unique visitors
136,661 page views

Articles:

1. 'Dancing with the Stars’: Cody cries for Juliann... 2,437 6.0%
2. Portsmouth police log 1,655 4.0%
3. Man tells police his ex is a prostitute 1,364 3.3%
4. Neighbor charged with hit-and-run 1,119 2.7%
5. Gas price drop reaches milestone on Seacoast 986 2.4%
6. City signs scrutinized 947 2.3%
7. Defeated county treasurer blames college students 851 2.1%
8. Crews still cleaning weekend oil spill in Stratham 722 1.8%
9. Maine man facing movie theater sex crimes 588 1.4%
10. McCain to Jay Leno: Palin isn't to blame 586 1.4%

Galleries:

1. Photos of the Week Nov 3-9 3,425 27.4%
2. Seacoast Veterans Day 2008 3,184 25.4%
3. Portsmouth signs 2,406 19.2%
4. PHS Volleyball - State Champs 409 3.3%
5. Portsmouth's Halloween 324 2.6%
6. Seacoast Half Marathon 2008 234 1.9%
7. Fall photos 203 1.6%
8. Photos of the Week Oct 27-Nov 2 146 1.2%
9. Exeter vs. BG Football 127 1.0%
10. PHS Volleyball Div II Semifinals 112 0.9%

Web traffic for Tue. Nov. 11

Tuesday, Nov. 11
26,064 unique visitors
138,180 page views

Articles:

1. 4 days, 1 birth and 1 wedding 2,291 5.4%
2. Officer nearly 'run over' 2,002 4.7%
3. Entertain Kisses & disses: Thanks for trying to save Jake 1,925 4.5%
4. Local competitor offers take on Circuit City's fall 1,459 3.4%
5. Police: driver fled DWI checkpoint, almost hit officer, left ID b... 1,413 3.3%
6. Higher Hampton home values, taxes raise ire 899 2.1%
7. Entertain 'Dancing with the Stars' recap: Going solo never f... 870 2.0%
8. Portsmouth police log 714 1.7%
9. Sports Boston's Lester to receive Hutch Award for courage 669 1.6%
10. Kittery teen hurt in York crash in stable condition 645 1.5%

Galleries:

1. Photos of the Week Nov 3-9 4,323 36.4%
2. Seacoast Veterans Day 2008 1,103 9.3%
3. Wells-Falmouth Girls Soccer Semi 996 8.4%
4. PHS Volleyball - State Champs 781 6.6%
5. Portsmouth's Halloween 365 3.1%
6. Fall photos 249 2.1%
7. PHS Volleyball Div II Semifinals 240 2.0%
8. Photos of the Week Oct 27-Nov 2 238 2.0%
9. Exeter vs. BG Football 230 1.9%
10. Seacoast Half Marathon 2008 219 1.8%

Great October, slow start in November

Colleagues,

The final October online traffic numbers were excellent with 934,371 unique visitors and 4,430,000 page views. This puts us up 46 percent year over year.

Top 10 stories for the month were:

Wolffish in danger
Frisky moose picks unlikely partner
Photo zoom of frisky moose picks unlikely partner
Portsmouth Police Log
Cocaine traffickers misspelled alias, hid drugs in body cavity
Woman fined for delivering litter to homeless shelter
Police: Woman at store opened wine, drank, fled
Moose ‘loves’ another Ford
Opinion: Letters to the editor
Police: Bust nets 4 pounds of pot, customer list

Top 10 galleries for the month were:

USS New Hampshire arrives
Sarah Palin in Dover
Photos of the Week Oct. 20-26
USS New Hampshire Sub
Plane Crashes into Oce3an
Celeb Watch 40
USS New Hampshire Tour
Darklore Manor
Shades of Autumn
Celeb Watch 42

November is off to a slow start. As of today we are averaging just over 26,000 uniques per day compared to 30,000 in October. I urge you to step up efforts sending any and all interesting items to the web. Stories are good but so are briefs about things like parking bans, parade sign ups and plans for roadwork that will tie up traffic.

Yesterday was typical of our current funk with 26,659 uniques and 140,450 page views.

Top stories were:

1. Article: Maine man killed after apparently lying in road 2,369


2. Article: Local eatery closes its doors 2,360



3. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,655



4. Article: New DWI mobile unit deployed; 480 stopped, 8 arrested 1,573



5. Article: 2 Maine men missing after boat sinks in pond 1,380



6. Article: Seacoast Half Marathon raises $50K for homeless shelter 1,299



7. Article: N.H. brewery to remain open 1,094



8. Article: Police: driver fled DWI checkpoint, almost hit officer, left ID behind 1,018



9. Article: Entertain ‘Twilight’ debate: Team Edward vs. Team Jacob 608



10. Article: Business Hungry? Portsmouth Restaurant Week starts today 544


Top photo galleries were:
1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Nov 3-9 2,435



2. Flash Gallery: Seacoast Half Marathon 2008 2,133



3. Flash Gallery: PHS Volleyball Div II Semifinals 1,128



4. Flash Gallery: PHS Volleyball - State Champs 997



5. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Oct 27-Nov 2 893



6. Flash Gallery: Exeter vs. BG Football 369



7. Flash Gallery: New England Cross Country 342



8. Flash Gallery: Portsmouth's Halloween 306



9. Flash Gallery: Seacoast Votes 2008 286



10. Flash Gallery: Fall photos 261