traffic report March 28, 29, 30

We had decent traffic over the weekend led by Beth Lamontaine's story: "Bar Watch: Portsmouth watering holes cited for violations" Nice job by weekend crew using web head. I'm sure this made a big differnce in cracking the 2,000 page view ceiling. We also got some help from link off of Politico.com to some of our old Hillary Clinton stuff.

Saturday's traffic was led by the lawsuit against the priest and diocese. This was picked up by a website called Spiritdaily and that drove nearly 2,000 page views.

On Friday the man who jumped from the Hampton Bridge led online traffic. I was contacted by a local psychologist who reminds us to provide a "Where to get help" box when we do suicide related stories. I'll put one together that we can keep on file to run with all suicide-related stories.

Traffic totals:

Sunday 18,570 uniques, 88,282 page views
Saturday 17,882 uniques and 83,517 page views
Friday 23,611 uniques and 141,377 page views.



Sunday, March 30
1. Article: Bar watch: Portsmouth watering holes cited for violations 2,035
2. Article: Clinton camp reimburses; landlord to donate check to Obamacampaign 1,140
3. Article: Shotgun shown during pizza shop robbery, say police 866
4. Article: Clinton campaign doesn't pay, others say 739
5. Article: GR8 PL8S: State 2nd in number of vanity plates 736
6. Article: Business Portwalk sparks business interest two years beforecompletion 580
7. Article: Teen pleads guilty to role in murder of carpenter 559
8. Article: Portsmouth police log 487
9. Article: Sports Young players give Red Sox hope of prolonged success 452 10. Article: Sports Area's pro baseball players enter 2008 with questions 386
1. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 23 514
2. Flash Gallery: Making a Fuzzy Head 265
3. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week March 17-23 248
4. Flash Gallery: Winter photos 206
5. Flash Gallery: Epping Dodgeball Tournament 201

Saturday, March 29
1. Article: $30M suit claims rape by priest caused HIV 1,955
2. Article: Are you smarter than a Dondero Elementary Schoolfifth-grader? 869
3. Article: Portsmouth police log 832
4. Article: Pier II warehouse could be yours free 778
5. Article: Driver in Chicopee tanker crash dies 693 6. Article: Sports Notre Dame shocks UNH in NCAA tournament 576
7. Article: Contractor stole antique door, owner tells police 504 8. Article: Opinion Letters to the Editor 395
9. Article: Software blamed in Hannaford breach 353
10. Article: Entertain ‘Idol’ recap: Did David Cook steal 'Billy Jean'? 335
1. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 23 712
2. Flash Gallery: Making a Fuzzy Head 264
3. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week March 17-23 262 4. Flash Gallery: Winter photos 186
5. Article: Photo Zoom: Are you smarter than a Dondero ElementarySchool fifth-grader? 132
Friday, March 28
1. Article: Man jumps from Hampton bridge 1,860
2. Article: $30M suit claims rape by priest caused HIV 1,467 3. Article: Hanover Street bids farewell to solarium 1,251
4. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,145
5. Article: Opinion Letters to the Editor 1,112
6. Article: Ex-Portsmouth man sues for $30M, claims priest raped him 874
7. Article: Death of patron who fell down stairs led to tavern's licenseloss 833 8. Article: Locals, state disagree on historic value of aged Pier IIwarehouse 751
9. Article: Entertain 'Idol' recap: Did David Cook steal 'Billy Jean'? 677
10. Article: Fiery tanker crash closes Interstate 91 614
1. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 23 1,331
2. Flash Gallery: Making a Fuzzy Head 478 3. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week March 17-23 442 4. Flash Gallery: Portsmouth Junior Prom 2007 343
5. Flash Gallery: Winter photos 297

Drunks, lobstermen and kidney worms

Thursday, March 27

We had 24,102 unique visitors and 133,399 page views

Good recovery by Beth led to 3,500 page views on the guy who left BLT, fell down the stairs and died. Feuding lobstermen story also continues to do well as does Gina's 'Idol' piece. Dave Choate's brief on the cat with the rare kidney worm also broke the 1,000 page view ceiling. Glad to see the photo gallery "Making a fuzzy head" get nearly 2,000. This was a project by the Kittery Garden Club. Strictly local.

With four days left in the month we have 703,906 unique visits against a goal of 795,214. That means we need to average 22,827 over the next four days. Let's pull out all the stops and see if we can make it.

Articles
1. Article: Death of patron who fell down stairs led to tavern's licenseloss 3,508
2. Article: Judge hears local lobstermen's accounts of harassment, threats and theft 1,900
3. Article: Entertain ‘Idol’ recap: Did David Cook steal 'Billy Jean'? 1,435
4. Article: Cat with rare giant kidney worm avoids surgery 1,035
5. Article: Driver was 'lucky' to escape train crash 778
6. Article: Opinion Dining Out: Ron Jillian's 743
7. Article: Opinion Letters to the Editor 597
8. Article: IRS to offer help receiving economic stimulus payments 563
9. Article: Up to six inches of snow predicted 555
10. Article: Portsmouth police log 528
Flash Galleries
1. Flash Gallery: Making a Fuzzy Head 1,081
2. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 23 683
3. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week March 17-23 378 4. Flash Gallery: Winter photos 236
5. Article: Photo Zoom: Judge hears local lobstermen's accounts ofharassment, threats and theft

Idol and breaking news lead the way

On Wednesday, March 26 we had 24,443 unique visitors.

Items of note were two web-only stories written by Gina Carbone. The first, "Idol' recap: What's wrong with Carly?" got 758 page views but an update with a new headline, "Did David Cook steal 'Billy Jean'?" was our number 1 story with 1,646 page views. I'd guess that putting David Cook's full name in the headline improved its Google ranking.

Jeff, would you agree?

A press release about Stonewall Kitchen's new cooking school also scored more than 1,000 page views which serves as a reminder that interesting press releases are valuable content and should be posted on our website ASAP.


Top 10 stories

1. Article: Entertain 'Idol' recap: Did David Cook steal 'Billy Jean'? 1,646

2. Article: Rye man is charged in Eliot rape 1,605

3. Article: Car strikes train; man sent to hospital 1,513

4. Article: Judge hears local lobstermen's accounts of harassment, threats
and theft 1,356

5. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,148

6. Article: Dog owner on trial in pet's death 1,147

7. Article: Business Stonewall Kitchen to open cooking school 1,010

8. Article: Opinion Letters to the Editor 832

9. Article: Entertain 'Idol' recap: What's wrong with Carly? 758

10. Article: York police log 678


Flash Galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week March 17-23 929

2. Flash Gallery: Making a Fuzzy Head 743

3. Flash Gallery: Red Sox in Japan 576

4. Flash Gallery: Winter photos 285

5. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week March 10-16 245

Crime news dominates

Traffic ticked up slightly yesterday with 24,441 uniques and 139,168 page views. Beth's crime stories were six of the top 10, with both the parents who used their toddler to shoplift and the guy who sat in his car drinking after crashing it breaking 2,000 page views. Photos of the week continue to do well with 3,000 page views.

Top 10 articles

1. Article: Police: Couple used 2-year-old in Kmart thefts 2,014

2. Article: Man kept drinking after crash, say police 2,002

3. Article: Business Skybus CEO is out: What's impact on Pease flights? 1,309

4. Article: Resident reacted to second-hand smoke by lobbing stink bomb 1,054

5. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,010

6. Article: Commission recommends 15-day license loss for Brewery Lane
Tavern 973

7. Article: Police: Driver threatened women 925

8. Article: Opinion Letters to the Editor 835

9. Article: Entertain ‘Dancing with the Stars’: Show love to The Gute 820

10. Article: Opinion Balls Against Beavers 689

Top 5 Photo Galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week March 17-23 3,001

2. Flash Gallery: Red Sox in Japan 912

3. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 22 410

4. Article: Photo Zoom: Police: Couple used 2-year-old in Kmart thefts 280

5. Flash Gallery: Winter photos 271

web traffic down, dining site up

Yesterday we saw our traffic slowdown continue with 24,062 uniques and 130,352 page views. That's the bad news. The good news is that seacoasteats has been upgraded into the first version of our new dining site. Click here to check it out. Congratulations to Rachel and Jeff.

1. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,013
2. Article: Newlywed smashes windows with golf club after learning ofbride's boyfriend 932
3. Article: Crack cocaine use on rise: York chief warns parents 869
4. Article: Driver arrested after threatening to kill woman who cut her off 847
5. Article: Golden Age aircraft: Hampton field boasts historic beauties 749
6. Article: Dear Hillary ... 733
7. Article: Impact of Skybus CEO’s resignation on Pease unknown 725
8. Article: Police Log 621 9. Article: Opinion Letters to the Editor 586
10. Article: 19-year-old N.H. man charged with sexually assaulting boy 559
1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week March 17-23 3,175
2. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 22 1,715 3. Flash Gallery: Seabrook Cottage Burns Down 369
4. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week March 3-9 304
5. Flash Gallery: Winter photos 212

American Idol, jealous husbands, angry band members

Yesterday's online traffic was solid with strong readership of Gina's plea to vote Krisy Lee Cook off American Idol, the angry newlywed smashing the car windshields of his wife and her lover and music students letting a York Budget Committee member know he is a pompous jerk.

The best performing content on Tuesday was Don's photo gallery of the Seabrook cottage fire and Beth's story on the Portsmouth carjacking.

Wednesday, March 19

26,746 uniques and 141,822 page views
1. Article: Entertain 'Idol' thoughts: Send Kristy Lee Cook home 4,205
2. Article: Newlywed smashes windows with golf club after learning ofbride's boyfriend 2,553
3. Article: Music students lash out at town official 2,430
4. Article: Police Log 1,1215. Article: Business Skybus unveils new route 911
6. Article: House OKs decriminalization of pot 630
7. Article: Seven officers, nine hours and 1 dwi charge 571
8. Article: Opinion Letters to the Editor 552
9. Article: York police log 534
10. Article: Murder suspect LaBarre's diary, unsealed, holds gruesomesecrets 526
1. Flash Gallery: Seabrook Cottage Burns Down 3,217 2. Flash Gallery: Skating for Greenland Rec 2,537
3. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week March 10-16 836
4. Flash Gallery: Seacoast United/Bring It Soccer 824
5. Flash Gallery: Newmarket/Conant Championship 550

Tuesday, March 18
24,057 uniques and 152,594 page views
1. Article: Woman carjacked at office park, say police 3,094
2. Article: Business Moe's opens satellite store 1,891
3. Article: SPCA cat infected with rare kidney worm 1,349
4. Article: I-95 toll battle riles up York homeowners 953
5. Article: Police Log 871
6. Article: Opinion Letters to the Editor 812
7. Article: Entertain 'The Bachelor': The claws come out tonight 765
8. Article: Timothy J. Driscoll Jr. 724
9. Article: Portsmouth police: Man arrested after stealing Jeep fromwoman at office park 724
10. Article: Portsmouth police log 657
1. Flash Gallery: Seabrook Cottage Burns Down 8,401 2. Flash Gallery: Skating for Greenland Rec 2,131
3. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week March 10-16 2,115
4. Flash Gallery: Newmarket/Conant Championship 1,105
5. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week March 3-9

Link to NENA judges' comments

Here is a link to the NENA judges' comments for the Herald. The Hampton Union and Sunday comments are completely illegible.