Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Top 25 pages for Monday, June 9

Yesterday we had 25,606 unique visitors and 187,440 page views. Top photo gallery was the Exeter Prom with 35,690 page views. Top story was"Police: illegal alien restrained, raped victim; $100K bail set" with 2,951 page views.

1. Flash Gallery: EHS Prom 2008 35,690
2. Home 17,119
3. Jobs Listings 14,464
4. Front: Portsmouth Herald 12,502
5. Seacoast Real Estate Pages 7,042
6. Front: Obituaries 4,848
7. Flash Gallery: Christopher Tobey Memorial 2008 3,406
8. Article: Police: illegal alien restrained, raped victim; $100K bail set 2,951
9. Front: Breaking News 2,780
10. Article: Lobsterman's legacy: Family, friends remember Christopher Tobey 2,724
11. Article: 16-year-old, unlicensed driver killed in crash 2,279
12. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week June 2-8 2,218
13. Front: Police Logs 1,745
14. Flash Gallery: Winnacunnet Prom 2008 1,692
15. Article: Pedestrian struck by car after falling into roadway 1,691
16. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,632 17. Front: News 1,571
18. Front: Employment 1,480
19. Front: Exeter News-Letter 1,429
20. Article: Man faces felony rape charge 1,426
21. Flash Gallery: Epping Prom 2008 1,394
22. Front: Hampton Union 1,394 23. Article: Plea for help after teenager loses leg 1,348 24. Flash Gallery: KHS Prom '08 1,190
25. Flash Gallery: Kennebunk H. S. Photos 1,065

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Web traffic for Wednesday, June 4, 2008:

Almost a copy of yesterday, with 26,610 unique visitors and 172,754 page views.

"Dog mauled on beach" (2,900), "Flasher at Odiorne" (2,275) and "Six-alarm fire" (2,195) led the stories, with most popular galleries "KHS Prom" (3,542), "Photos of the week" (2,896) and "Epping Prom" (2,439).

KHS Prom has been a very popular gallery and continues to deliver.


Articles:

Woman says her dog was mauled on beach 2,900 6.4%
Jogger reports flasher at Odiorne in Rye 2,275 5.0%
Six-alarm fire levels antiques salvage business 2,195 4.8%
Man shared cognac, pot with teenage girl, police allege 1,680 3.7%
NH woman with cancer sentenced to prison for embezzleme... 1,357 3.0%
Portsmouth police log 1,069 2.4%
Five-alarm blaze in South Hampton 1,047 2.3%
Entertain ‘Sex and the City' movie review: I’m just not th... 1,026 2.3%
Sex offender who attacked girl, 6, is arrested in Rye 637 1.4%
No cause discovered in South Hampton blaze 598 1.3%
York police log 577 1.3%
Sports Portsmouth boys fall short in bid for championship 571 1.3%
Market Square Day goes 'green' in 2008 546 1.2%
AP Hosted 469 1.0%
Opinion Letters to the Editor 457 1.0%


Galleries:

KHS Prom '08 3,542 11.0%
Photos of the Week May26-June1 2,896 9.0%
Epping Prom 2008 2,439 7.6%
Winnacunnet Prom 2008 2,307 7.2%
Class L Track Meet 2,038 6.3%
Portsmouth Junior Prom 1,595 5.0%
Wells H.S. Grand March 1,466 4.6%
Raymond High Prom 2008 1,363 4.2%
Prom pictures - user submitted 1,262 3.9%
Phillips Exeter Academy 2008 1,217 3.8%
Portsmouth Senior Prom 2008 1,151 3.6%
Marshwood Junior Prom 2008 795 2.5%
York High Prom 2008 612 1.9%
SPCA Pet Fest - Paws Walk 466 1.4%

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

May's greatest hits, start of June

Here's a little more detail on our May numbers and our first June report.

As mentioned yesterday in May we had 37 percent growth in page views and 33 percent growth in unique users.

The top 10 stories in May were:
1. Portsmouth Police Log: 29,000
2. He'll pay $5,000 for a wife: 21,843
3. Two men broke into mini golf course to smoke pot in cave: 20,924
4. Community rallies to support beheaded ant: 16,702
5. Man accused of stealing beer had 152 arrests: 12,767
6. Opinion: Letters to the editor: 11,042
7. London 'Bachelor' proposes to Lornzo Lamas' daughter: 10,151
8. David Archuletta fans say their American Idol votes misdirected to David Cook: 8,225
9. AP Hosted (this is the automated feed of AP news): 8,114
10. The second coming of Narnia: Prince Caspian Review: 7,809

Top 10 photo galleries were:

1. Winnacunnet Prom: 362,652
2. Portsmouth Junior Prom: 265,970
3. Marshwood Junior Prom: 240,112
4. KHS Prom '08: 156,176
5. York High Prom: 138,117
6. Traip Academy Prom: 76,741
7. Wells Grand March: 57,182
8. Newmarket Prom: 42,480
9. Photos of the week May 12-18: 30,534
10. Sanborn Junior Prom: 29,323

Congratulations to all on a great month!

Monday, June 2

24,361 uniques and 168,002 page views

Top stories

1. Article: Profile of a serial killer 1,660
2. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,601
3. Article: $100K cash bail set for man who allegedly fired gun, led policeon chase 1,155
4. Article: Jeffrey R. Hoyt 1,016
5. Article: Dogs have their day for SPCA 1,005
6. Article: NH town mourns teen killed in crash on W.Va. raceway 923
7. Article: York toddler nearly loses toe on rusty playground slide 800
8. Article: Business Fractional aircraft program holds open house at newPease facility 737
9. Article: Are you carpooling to work due to high gas prices? 684
10. Article: No one hurt in workplace standoff in Dover, N.H. 593

Top photo galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Epping Prom 2008 7,039
2. Flash Gallery: Portsmouth Senior Prom 2008 5,811
3. Flash Gallery: Winnacunnet Prom 2008 5,450
4. Flash Gallery: KHS Prom '08 5,198
5. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week May26-June1 3,511 6. Flash Gallery: Phillips Exeter Academy 2008 2,383
7. Flash Gallery: Raymond High Prom 2008 2,171 8. Flash Gallery: Portsmouth Junior Prom 1,830
9. Flash Gallery: Prom pictures - user submitted 1,131
10. Flash Gallery: Wells H.S. Grand March 1,075

Friday, May 30, 2008

Traffic for Thursday, May 29, 2008:

Unique visitors were slightly down (26,961) but page views were slightly up (195,560), led by "girls sunbathing on tracks hit by train" (3,781) and "rescued dogs" (3,744). For photo galleries it was a repeat performance of the top three galleries: KHS Prom (fourth straight day at #1, with 20,294), Seacoast Track Championship (6,393) and Raymond prom (4,417).




1. Article: Rescue dogs from South (not this one) become local 'horror... 3,744 8.3%
2. Article: Girls, 13 and 14, hit by train, lose limbs after sunbathing on... 2,071 4.6%
3. Article: Sunbathing teenagers hit by train, lose limbs 1,710 3.8%
4. Article: Van linked to fatal crash found 1,506 3.3%
5. Article: Child targeted in sex crime, police charge 1,340 3.0%
6. Article: Sex offender who attacked girl, 6, is arrested in Rye 1,118 2.5%
7. Article: Entertain Portsmouth actor in 'Sex and the City: The Movie' 1,062 2.4%
8. Article: Portsmouth police log 976 2.2%
9. Article: He'll pay $5,000 for a wife: Man places ad in newspaper 946 2.1%
10. Article: Sex offender who attacked girl, 6, is arrested in rye 919 2.0%

1. Flash Gallery: KHS Prom '08 20,294 33.9%
2. Flash Gallery: Seacoast Track Championship 6,393 10.7%
3. Flash Gallery: Raymond High Prom 2008 4,417 7.4%
4. Flash Gallery: Portsmouth Junior Prom 4,010 6.7%
5. Flash Gallery: Winnacunnet Prom 2008 3,605 6.0%
6. Flash Gallery: Wells H.S. Grand March 3,405 5.7%
7. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week May19-25 1,700 2.8%
8. Flash Gallery: Prom pictures - user submitted 1,370 2.3%
9. Flash Gallery: Marshwood Junior Prom 2008 1,277 2.1%
10. Flash Gallery: York Memorial Day Parade 2008 1,130 1.9%


Thursday, May 29, 2008

Traffic for Wednesday, May 28, 2008:

Respectable traffic Wednesday with 29,260 unique visitors and 194,949 page views, led by "man offers $5,000 for a wife" which saw residual traffic from fark (4,921 views), "holiday tourists" story (2,814). Strongest galleries were KHS Prom (16,779), Seacoast Track Championship (9,530) and Raymond Prom (4,483).

Top articles:

1. He'll pay $5,000 for a wife: Man places ad in newspaper 4,921 10.8%
2. Holiday tourists flock, but don't spend night 2,814 6.2%
3. NH car lot employer charged with stealing thousands 1,549 3.4%
4. Portsmouth police log 1,469 3.2%
5. Animal officers: Rescue dogs from South proving dangerous 1,082 2.4%
6. York couple's home featured in Country Living magazine 789 1.7%
8. Animal officers: Rescued dogs from South proving dangerous 729 1.6%
9. Another downtown gas line struck, quickly repaired 706 1.5%
10. Entertain David Cook goes on date with ex-'Idol' contestant 675 1.5%
11. York police log 645 1.4%
12. Photo Zoom: Holiday tourists flock, but don't spend night 608 1.3%
13. NH school says it can't remove teacher facing drug charge 596 1.3%
14. Girls, 13 and 14, hit by train, lose limbs after sunbathing on trestle 585 1.3%
15. Police arrest two in high-speed chase at Hampton Beach 578 1.3%

Top photo galleries:

1. KHS Prom '08 16,779 28.5%
2. Seacoast Track Championship 9,530 16.2%
3. Raymond High Prom 2008 4,483 7.6%
4. Winnacunnet Prom 2008 3,755 6.4%
5. Portsmouth Junior Prom 2,454 4.2%
6. Photos of the Week May19-25 2,079 3.5%
7. Kingston Memorial Day 2008 1,881 3.2%
8. York Memorial Day Parade 2008 1,707 2.9%
9. Marshwood Junior Prom 2008 1,390 2.4%
10. Portsmouth Memorial Day 2008 1,224 2.1%
11. York High Prom 2008 1,155 2.0%
12. Traip Academy Prom 2008 1,044 1.8%
13. Wells H.S. Grand March 1,024 1.7%
14. Exeter Memorial Day 2008 810 1.4%
15. UNH Commencement 2008 746 1.3%

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Top 15 galleries all had more than 1,500 page views

Much needed strong day Tuesday with 34,245 unique visitors and 233,969 page views.
Fark picked up Deborah McDermott's story about the guy willing to pay $5,000 for a wife and that brought in 7,500 uniques. And the Coast Guard press release about the yachtsman cited for operating while intoxicated brought in more than 2,200. In all, nine of our top 10 stories had more than 1,000 page views.

The KHS prom was once again our top gallery with 28,407 page views but most amazing, for the first time ever, every one of our top 15 galleries had more than 1,500 page views.

All the hard work of our photo staff is really paying off!

Top 10 stories
1. Article: He'll pay $5,000 for a wife: Man places ad in newspaper 7,450
2. Article: Boat operator allegedly intoxicated 2,232
3. Article: Gas main breaks in downtown Portsmouth 1,828 4. Article: Business New wine and cheese shop opens in Stratham 1,674
5. Article: Portsmouth Regional Hospital gets low marks 1,554 6. Article: 4 face charges in Saturday incident 1,505
7. Article: Downtown fire extinguished quickly 1,391
8. Article: Entertain David Archuleta fans say their 'American Idol' votesmisdirected to David Cook 1,327
9. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,029
10. Article: Woman killed in hit-and-run crash in Maine 783

Top 15 galleries
1. Flash Gallery: KHS Prom '08 28,407
2. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week May19-25 7,498
3. Flash Gallery: Portsmouth Memorial Day 2008 6,694
4. Flash Gallery: Winnacunnet Prom 2008 4,710%
5. Flash Gallery: Seacoast Track Championship 2,791
6. Flash Gallery: Portsmouth Junior Prom 2,553
7. Flash Gallery: York Memorial Day Parade 2008 2,177
8. Flash Gallery: UNH Commencement 2008 1,982
9. Flash Gallery: Exeter Memorial Day 2008 1,957
10. Flash Gallery: Hampton Memorial Day Parade 2008 1,950
11. Flash Gallery: Kingston Memorial Day 2008 1,863
12. Flash Gallery: York High Prom 2008 1,774
13. Flash Gallery: Raymond High Prom 2008 1,742
14. Flash Gallery: Wells H.S. Grand March 1,575
15. Flash Gallery: Marshwood Junior Prom 2008 1,516

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Facebook helps drive Kennebunk gallery traffic

People were out enjoying a sunny Memorial Day yesterday. Our unique visitors were way down (17,420) but those who came viewed a lot of pages (139,420). The Kennebunk Prom photos by Kevin Byron and Laura Dolce continue to be massively popular (30,708). One new wrinkle was the Coast Star's use of Facebook to promote its gallery. Here's a note Laura sent me yesterday:

"We created a link to the gallery on our Facebook page and “advertised” that it was coming the day before, then messaged everyone we could Saturday night that it was posted. I think we can really drive web traffic on certain content with Facebook."

Top stories
1. Article: Hot tubs and water slides? City mulls aquatic recreationoptions 1,498
2. Article: Police make second crack cocaine bust in 12 hours 1,311
3. Article: Mazda dealer hit with new lawsuit 1,153
4. Article: Portsmouth police log 1,137
5. Article: 4 face charges in Saturday incident 864%
6. Article: Police: Demand and money attract crack dealers 569
7. Article: Men, woman, kids in Portsmouth crack bust 496
8. Article: Business Stonewall cooking school offers interactive experience 305
9. Article: Teen killed in dirt bike accident in Maine 303
10. Article: Kittery boater cited for operating under the influence 300

Top photo galleries
1. Flash Gallery: KHS Prom '08 30,708
2. Flash Gallery: Winnacunnet Prom 2008 4,103
3. Flash Gallery: Memorial 5K Roadrace Portsmouth 3,365
4. Flash Gallery: Portsmouth Junior Prom 2,975
5. Flash Gallery: UNH Commencement 2008 2,737
6. Flash Gallery: Portsmouth Memorial Day 2008 2,656
7. Flash Gallery: Traip Academy Prom 2008 1,637
8. Flash Gallery: Wells H.S. Grand March 1,149
9. Flash Gallery: Marshwood Junior Prom 2008 1,054
10. Flash Gallery: Prom Prep: Hair Styles 879