Drunk drivers and dodge ball

Tuesday, March 11 was a big day thanks to Fark picking up Beth's "Drunk driver arrested on elementary school grounds" story. Rachel's Forrest's story on the Travel Channel's Samantha Brown coming to Portsmouth and Karen Dandurant's story on the police finding drugs in an a car after an accident also did very well.

Ken Stejbach's Dodge Ball Photo gallery did 3,900 page views and the staff photos of the week also got more than 3,000 views.

Totals were 34,164 uniques and 164,470 page views.

On Wednesday we returned to earth with 25,904 uniques and 158,638 page views. The most noteworthy item was the dodgeball photo gallery getting another 6,500 page views

Tuesday, March 11
1. Article: Drunk driver arrested on elementary school grounds 10,867 20.7%
2. Article: Travel Channel star films in Portsmouth 2,719 5.2%
3. Article: Police: Drugs found in crash 2,373 4.5%
4. Article: Big changes for Bow Street 1,442 2.7%
5. Article: Senior swingers party host admits to assaulting tenant 1,097 2.1%
6. Article: Opinion Letters to the Editor 1,066 2.0%
7. Article: Police locate suspect in swamp after woman reports threats 990 1.9%
8. Article: Police Log 963 1.8%
9. Article: Bush honors city's Pease Greeters 750 1.4%
10. Article: Skunk leaves lasting impression on K-9 676

1. Flash Gallery: Epping Dodgeball Tournament 3,907 25.2%
2. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week March 3-9 3,357 21.6%
3. Flash Gallery: Newmarket/Epping Boys B-Ball 924 6.0%
4. Flash Gallery: Pease Greeters 841 5.4%
5. Flash Gallery: Winnacunnet Graduation 2007 423

Wednesday, March 12
1. Article: Snow leaves roadways slick 1,463 3.3%
2. Article: York residents fight losing homes to I-95 tolls 1,433 3.3%
3. Article: Hampton votes in new selectmen, nix fire station projects 1,428 3.3%
4. Article: Drunk driver arrested on elementary school grounds 1,153 2.6%
5. Article: Arrests made in metal theft 985 2.3%
6. Article: 'Swingers' host hit tenant 851 1.9%
7. Article: Portsmouth police log 730 1.7%
8. Article: Hundreds gather to protest McCain appearance 723 1.7%
9. Article: Devices at Fort Stark prompt bomb squad response 635 1.5%
10. Article: Opinion Letters to the Editor 608

1. Flash Gallery: Epping Dodgeball Tournament 6,539 47.7%
2. Flash Gallery: The Mac is Back 1,158 8.4%
3. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week March 3-9 1,084 7.9%
4. Flash Gallery: Winter photos 474 3.5%
5. Flash Gallery: Newmarket/Epping Boys B-Ball 455 3.3%

Slow yesterday, looks good today

Yesterday was slow with 24,977 uniques and 142,524 page views. Today looks very promising because Beth's story about the guy who passed a school bus while drunk and then ducked into a local elementary school to use the bathroom was picked up by Fark. We're already at 10,500 uniques. You'll also notice that Beth had the top three stories yesterday.

Here are details from Monday, March 10

1. Article: Suspect arrested after allegedly chasing, threatening children 1,966
2. Article: Police Log 1,637
3. Article: Skunk leaves lasting impression on K-9 1,507
4. Article: 1,473
5. Article: Drunk driver arrested on elementary school grounds 1,424
6. Article: Islington Street plans revealed 908
7. Article: Man charged after throwing rock through police cruiser
window 900
8. Article: Pease Greeters are off to White House 654
9. Article: Opinion Letters to the Editor 562
10. Article: Business The race is on for better biofuels 496

1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week March 3-9 4,651
2. Flash Gallery: Pease Greeters 2,433
3. Flash Gallery: Newmarket/Epping Boys B-Ball 2,065
4. Flash Gallery: Warriors Class L Champions 1,145
5. Flash Gallery: Winnacunnet Graduation 2007 1,122

March 7,8,9

Friday, March 7

44,649
158,510

1. Article: Man charged after throwing rock through police cruiser
window 22,914 36.8%
2. Article: FedEx Express fined for illegal booze drop 2,069 3.3%
3. Article: Opinion Uppity Moms and Caffeine Awareness Month 1,545 2.5%
4. Article: Opinion Letters to the Editor 1,508 2.4%
5. Article: Business How I built my geothermal home 1,296 2.1%
6. Article: City must come up with $7.3M for sick pay 1,022 1.6%
7. Article: Standoff over in Hampton Falls 742 1.2%
8. Article: Kittery couple whose son died in crash help pass new law 725 1.2%
9. Article: Police Log 719 1.2%
10. Article: Big plans for Little Bay Bridge, Turnpike 699

1. Flash Gallery: Exeter Wins Basketball Playoffs 2,800 25.6%
2. Flash Gallery: Eppiing/Littleton Boys Prelim 2,090 19.1%
3. Article: Photo Zoom: Man charged after throwing rock through police
cruiser window 683 6.2%
4. Flash Gallery: Winnacunnet/Merrimack Girls Semi 411 3.8%
5. Flash Gallery: PHS Boys Class I Tourney 388 3.5%


Saturday, March 8

21,692
104,422

1. Article: Man charged after throwing rock through police cruiser
window 5,527 20.1%
2. Article: Police dog's bite ends armed standoff 1,541 5.6%
3. Article: Man in Hampton Falls police standoff is identified 827 3.0%
4. Article: Police Log 720 2.6%
5. Article: City selling its old cars 571 2.1%
6. Article: Sports Winnacunnet girls win second straight Class L title 496 1.8%
7. Article: 485 1.8%
8. Article: Opinion Letters to the Editor 477 1.7%
9. Article: Standoff over in Hampton Falls 477 1.7%
10. Article: One rock, 10 days in jail 408 1.5%

1. Flash Gallery: Warriors Class L Champions 4,528 27.6%
2. Flash Gallery: Hampton Falls Standoff 2,837 17.3%
3. Flash Gallery: Winnacunnet/Merrimack Girls Semi 1,085 6.6%
4. Flash Gallery: Exeter Wins Basketball Playoffs 734 4.5%
5. Flash Gallery: Winnacunnet/Trinity Girls B-Ball 618

Sunday, March 9

19,004
95,546

1. Article: Life 5 things you didn't know about HPV 1,713 7.3%
2. Article: Man involved in standoff is ID'd 1,251 5.4%
3. Article: Man charged after throwing rock through police cruiser
window 753 3.2%
4. Article: Kittery, Maine, woman worked at South Pole 581 2.5%
5. Article: Sports Still some fight left in Bruins 568 2.4%
6. Article: Economy prompts proposals for expanded gambling 493 2.1%
7. Article: Business The race is on for better biofuels 470 2.0%
8. Article: Police Log 428 1.8%
9. Article: Man in Hampton Falls police standoff is identified 411 1.8%
10. Article: Business Is there an iPod crime wave? 373


1. Flash Gallery: Warriors Class L Champions 2,509 26.4%
2. Flash Gallery: Portsmouth Under the Umbrella 835 8.8%
3. Flash Gallery: Hampton Falls Standoff 581 6.1%
4. Flash Gallery: Exeter Wins Basketball Playoffs 480 5.1%
5. Flash Gallery: Restaurant Week 436 4.6%

Traffic March 5 and 6

On Wednesday we had 25,793 uniques and 132,584 page views. On Thursday we had 25,191 uniques and 134,572 page views. Nice to see sports breaking into the top 10. "Kelly will play football for Army" by Ken Stejbach was the number 5 story on Wednesday and Mike Zhe's column on Red Sox spring training was our number 1 story Thursday.

Weds

1. Article: Teens rack up dozens of charges in thefts 1,370 3.7%
2. Article: Alleged N.Y. gang members nabbed in local drug busts 1,151 3.2%
3. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,002 2.7%
4. Article: Opinion Letters to the Editor 807 2.2%
5. Article: Sports Exeter's Kelly will play football for Army 797 2.2%
6. Article: Business Portsmouth hotel collects honors 710 1.9%
7. Article: Campus police seek alleged shower peeper 646 1.8%
8. Article: Obama regains lost ground in Democratic race based on Texas
caucus results 642 1.8%
9. Article: AP Hosted 561 1.5%
10. Article: York police log 558 1.5%


1. Flash Gallery: Exeter/BG Hockey Semifinal 2,052 28.7%
2. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Feb25-Mar2 526 7.4%
3. Flash Gallery: Charlie Brown Memorial Hoops 483 6.8%
4. Flash Gallery: Winter photos 461 6.4%
5. Flash Gallery: Restaurant Week 299 4.2%


Thurs

1. Article: Sports Fun has been sapped from spring training 2,396 6.0%
2. Article: UNH police seeking women's shower peeper 2,012 5.1%
3. Article: Driver issued summons in morning crash 1,853 4.7%
4. Article: Three hospitalized in Route 1 accident 1,497 3.8%
5. Article: Business Architect Lisa DeStefano loves Portsmouth 1,186 3.0%
6. Article: Portsmouth police log 822 2.1%
7. Article: Hampton police arrest man after chase at beach 767 1.9%
8. Article: Opinion Letters to the Editor 710 1.8%
9. Article: Pan Am grounded 661 1.7%
10. Article: Sports Exeter's Kelly will play football for Army 657 1.7%


1. Flash Gallery: Winnacunnet/Merrimack Girls Semi 1,773 22.6%
2. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 20 954 12.1%
3. Flash Gallery: Winter photos 497 6.3%
4. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Feb25-Mar2 361 4.6%
5. Article: Photo Zoom: Driver issued summons in morning crash 257 3.3%
6. Flash Gallery: Restaurant Week 244

Do we have a new baseline?

On March 4 we had 27,547 uniques and 149,083 page views.

What's interesting about this is that we really didn't have any blockbuster stories, photo galleries or other special features driving traffic. It looked like all our categories, both editorial and advertising, were up just a little bit and that was enough to make a difference.

Is 27,547 our new baseline?

Let's redouble our efforts at posting breaking news today to see if we can make the number move.

Top stories

1. Article: 3 face criminal charges in alleged Hampton hostage situation 1,363
2. Article: 1,278
3. Article: Opinion Letters to the Editor 1,271
4. Article: Giant 'snowwoman' stands tall 1,018
5. Article: Arrest leads to first seizure of drug ‘khat’ 965
6. Article: Business Carpenters' union picketing contractor at Pease 856
7. Article: Entertain Kisses and disses 800
8. Article: Arrest warrant issued for man who hid camera in massage
room 798
9. Article: Portsmouth police log 669
10. Article: Exeter Police nab two on drug charges 659


Top Galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Feb25-Mar2 3,278
2. Flash Gallery: PHS Boys Class I Tourney 1,124
3. Flash Gallery: Winnacunnet/Trinity Girls B-Ball 449
4. Flash Gallery: Winter photos 304
5. Flash Gallery: Restaurant Week 231

Web Traffic March 3, 2008

Overall traffic was strong Monday due to residual Fark traffic on the snowwoman story. We had 44,176 uniques and 161,455 page views.

Here are the top stories and photo galleries:


1. Article: Giant 'snowwoman' stands tall 16,458
2. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Feb25-Mar2 2,492
3. Article: Birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese marred by fight between moms 1,780
4. Article: Driver faces drug, alcohol charges following traffic stop 1,652
5. Article: Photo Zoom: Giant 'snowwoman' stands tall 1,313 0.8%
6. Article: Portsmouth school rep aims to nix $70,500 PMS design study 1,185
7. Flash Gallery: PHS Boys Class I Tourney 1,037
8. Article: Arrest leads to first seizure of drug ‘khat’ 1,036
9. Article: Second driver comes forward in pedestrian fatal 968
10. Article: Entertain What is going on with my TV? 942

In like a lion

February 2008 has been another record-setting month for Seacoastonline.

After achieving an average of 27,990 unique daily visitors in January we set the bar even higher with 29,233 uniques. This sets our year-to-date daily average at 28,615, which puts us slightly ahead of our year-end goal of 28,366.

March certainly came in like a lion yesterday with 62,366 unique visitors thanks, in large part to a Fark pickup of a wire story about a giant snowwoman. But many of our local stories also did extremely well, most notably Dan Lorenz’ story, “What is going on with my TV?” that brought in more than 7,000 page views.

Saturday’s traffic was also relatively strong thanks to Gina Carbone’s review of “The Other Boleyn Girl which brought in close to 6,000 page views.

Just a reminder to our weekly editors that you now have a breaking news window on your home pages. Please work with Andrew and Alexa to see that these windows contain fresh breaking news daily. If you want to see a good example of this working as it was designed check out the York County Coast Star home page.

Sunday, March 2
1. Article: Giant 'snowwoman' stands tall 37,127
2. Article: Entertain What is going on with my TV? 7,395
3. Article: Photo Zoom: Giant 'snowwoman' stands tall 3,703
4. Article: Going to pot 2,109
5. Article: Sports Lowrie could be next young star for Red Sox 1,572
6. Article: WWII vet victim of fatal fire 1,224
7. Article: Entertain 'Other Boleyn Girl': It's a bust 1,020
8. Article: Get ready for extra hour of sunlight 980
9. Article: Business Seabrook store part of Home Depot case 572
10. Article: Portsmouth police log 561
Photo galleries
1. Article: Photo Zoom: Giant 'snowwoman' stands tall 3,703
2. Flash Gallery: Exeter/Hanover Hockey 2,539
3. Flash Gallery: PHS Girls Hoop Camp 2008 535
4. Flash Gallery: Chocolate Indulgence Party 425
5. Flash Gallery: Winnacunnet/Trinity Girls B-Ball 346
Saturday, March 1
1. Article: Entertain 'Other Boleyn Girl': It's a bust 5,851
2. Flash Gallery: PHS Girls Hoop Camp 2008 2,957
3. Article: Police: Men stole from vending machines, left credit card information behind 1,672
4. Article: Three arrested after allegedly interrogating woman at gunpoint 1,325 5. Article: Body of snowmobiler found 758
6. Article: Giant 'snowwoman' stands tall 696
7. Article: Snowmobiler dies in crash 640