Thursday, November 13, 2008

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%

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

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

Friday, October 31, 2008

We have exceeded 900,000 uniques for the first time

Thursday, Oct. 30, saw 32,609 unique visitors and 149,610 page views

Our monthly average is 30,300. We have already broken the 900,000 unique visitor threshhold for the first time with a full day to go.

Thanks to all for the effort that allowed us to reach this milestone. One million monthly uniques now seems within reach.

Top stories

1. Article: Ghost hunters say local building is haunted 7,684
2. Article: Police: Unconscious driver's truck smashes into pole 2,946
3. Article: Mom: 'I felt like a monster' with toddler 1,898
4. Article: Family blasts police over 91-year-old's arrest 1,347
5. Article: Business Maine-ly New Hampshire has new Portsmouth home 1,147
6. Article: Police: Woman tased, arrested after fight at gas station 1,025
7. Article: Portsmouth police log 813
8. Article: Robinson led retreat for gay Catholic priests 638
9. Article: Prominent N.H. Republican endorses Obama 601
10. Article: Turkey-stalker confronted by police 537

Top photo galleries

1. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Oct 20-26 6,918
2. Flash Gallery: Winnacunnet Girls Soccer 1,537
3. Flash Gallery: USS New Hampshire Arrives 619
4. Flash Gallery: U.S.S. New Hampshire Sub 538
5. Article: Photo Zoom: Ghost hunters say local building is haunted 427
6. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 42 405
7. Flash Gallery: Exeter Fall Festival 2008 401
8. Flash Gallery: Darklore Manor 371
9. Flash Gallery: USS New Hampshire tour 309
10. Flash Gallery: PHS Class I Field Hockey 2008 297

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

On track for best month yet

It appears our daily web traffic reports are transmitting once again and I am happy to report that October is on track to be our best month yet. Andrew says we are averaging more than 30,000 uniques a day, including the lower traffic weekends.

Yesterday Fark picked up two stories; one about a woman who hid drugs in an interesting place and the other a simple press release about a squash growing program at UNH. Beth submitted both of these stories to Fark.

Many readers also were interested in the UNH student who died in a car crash as well as the opening of Christmas Tree Shops.

Top gallery was the USS New Hampshire Submarine.

Total uniques: 41,873 and page views: 171,392


Top stories

1. Article: Police: cocaine traffickers misspelled alias, hid drugs in body cavity 12,128
2. Article: UNH student killed in crash 3,577
3. Article: Squash hybrids grown and served at UNH 3,362
4. Article: Business Christmas Tree Shops now open 2,921
5. Article: Business Christmas Tree Shops opening this week 1,045
6. Article: Mass. man revived, wife jumps from burning NH home 1,015
7. Article: City gets $345K Wi-Fi boost 844
8. Article: She's in the Navy now 815
9. Article: Portsmouth Police Log 754
10. Article: USS New Hampshire sets sail from shipyard 734

Top galleries

1. Flash Gallery: U.S.S. New Hampshire Sub 8,510
2. Flash Gallery: Exeter Fall Festival 2008 2,641
3. Flash Gallery: Photos of the Week Oct 20-26 2,534
4. Flash Gallery: USS New Hampshire tour 1,639
5. Flash Gallery: USS New Hampshire Arrives 1,610
6. Flash Gallery: PHS Class I Field Hockey 2008 1,464
7. Flash Gallery: Celeb Watch 42 1,117
8. Flash Gallery: Darklore Manor 671
9. Flash Gallery: Fall photos 563
10. Flash Gallery: Making Strides Walk 235

Monday, October 6, 2008

Web traffic: Friday Oct. 3 through Sunday Oct. 5

Friday, Oct. 3 -- 30,756 unique visitors and 148,746 page views
Top stories: Adam's endangered wolffish still enjoyed residual fark traffic, followed by Maine restaurant loses liquor permit over skinny dips (AP story, no fark, but still lots of local interest). Celeb Watch photo gallery was most popular by a big margain, followed by Scott's creative "Portsmouth in red" gallery, which made good use of his time on a slow news night.

Saturday, Oct. 4 -- 16,853 unique visitors and 84,903 page views
Pot/booze bust was most popular, followed by story on well-known local resident Beth Bennett who died of cancer. Celeb Watch again took top photo gallery spot.

Sunday, Oct. 5 -- 21,789 unique visitors and 91,566 page views
Two of Gina's entertainment stories, both posted Sunday night at after 8 p.m., took the top two spots: Tina Fey’s 'SNL' debate spoof sparks debates and 'Nick and Norah’ review: Well-chewed gum still has flavor left. Photo galleries: Celeb Watch 40 again (who was in it anyway??) and Beth's off-hours gallery on a tattoo fundraiser to pay a vet bill for an injured dog.

Fri. Oct. 3 - Stories:

6,215 - Petition: Wolffish in danger
1,988 - Restaurant loses liquor permit over skinny dips
1,818 - Police: Man impersonating friend arrested on friend's warrant
1,783 - What will replace Kline's Furniture building?
1,436 - Officials fuming over bomb scare
1,250 - Police: 'Stolen' BMW really fraud
834 - City rules no horses; couple sues
694 - Market Basket OK’d in Stratham
692 - Opinion Letters to the editor
662 - Two injured in Eliot accident

Fri. Oct. 3 - Galleries:

9,449 - Celeb Watch 40
1,430 - Portsmouth In Red
668 - Photos of the Week Sep 22-28
568 - Hampton Beachcomber Summer 2008
447 - USS New Hampshire christening
338 - High school football
265 - Petition: Wolffish in danger
234 - Celeb Watch 39
221 - Exeter vs. WHS Girls Soccer
207 - Photos of the Week Sept. 15-21

Sat. Oct. 4 - Stories:

1,962 - Police break up teen booze, marijuana party
1,892 - Beloved cancer awareness champion Beth Bennett Rice dies
1,467 - Hampton man accused of sexually assaulting Winnacunnet s...
1,447 - Restaurant loses liquor permit over skinny dips
968 - Dispute roils York thrift shop; workers walk off the job
832 - City rules no horses; couple sues
808 - Hampton man charged with sex assault on Winnacunnet stu...
692 - Crews rip up new roadway
670 - Portsmouth police log
536 - Entertain Shopping at a slightly hidden gem in Kittery

Sat. Oct. 4 - Galleries:

2,670 - Celeb Watch 40
816 - Portsmouth In Red
238 - Photos of the Week Sep 22-28
188 - High school football
171 - Celeb Watch 39
166 - Hampton Beachcomber Summer 2008
151 - Pan Mass Kids Bike Ride 2008
123 - Exeter vs. WHS Girls Soccer
107 - City rules no horses; couple sues
105 - Photos of the Week Sept. 15-21

Sun. Oct. 5 - Stories:

2,458 - Entertain Tina Fey’s 'SNL' debate spoof sparks debates on...
2,420 - Entertain 'Nick and Norah’ review: Well-chewed gum sti...
952 - Disaster! (Drill): Pease crash scenario involves hundreds
901 - Man arrested after Mayday call
712 - Portsmouth police log
649 - Police break up teen booze, marijuana party
637 - Judge says prison guards can keep $2 million
622 - Maine woman sentenced for Social Security fraud
590 - 1 man dead in N.H. vehicle fire
524 - Dispute roils York thrift shop; workers walk off the job

Sun. Oct. 6 - Galleries:

3,018 - Celeb Watch 40
1,373 - Tattoo fundraiser for dog
594 - Photos of the Week Sep 22-28
408 - Portsmouth In Red
257 - Hampton Beachcomber Summer 2008
239 - High school football
178 - Celeb Watch 39
142 - Exeter vs. WHS Girls Soccer
126 - Tina Fey’s 'SNL' debate spoof sparks debates...
125 - USS New Hampshire christening

Friday, October 3, 2008

Web traffic for Oct. 1 and 2, 2008

Off to a strong start in October. Wednesday, Oct. 1, saw 28,427 visitors and 150,879 page views, led by Former reality TV contestant accused of insurance fraud and Police raid on UNH frat house.

Thursday, Oct. 2, gave us 65,364 visitors and 187,063 views, thanks to a good farking of Adam's "big fish story" (Wolffish) and Beth's article on a man arrested on his friend's warrant.

Photos of the Week was the most popular gallery on both days.

The numbers:

Wed. Oct.1:

Articles:
1,878 - Former reality TV contestant accused of insurance fraud
1,805 - Police raid on UNH frat house nets 9 students
1,488 - Employee charged with stealing clothes from store
1,476 - Business Aged to perfection: 2 Ceres St. aims for comfort, ...
1,455 - Bar ban policy is suspended
1,428 - Deputy chief's son charged with deserting military
1,179 - Entertain I'm disappointed that Neal E. Boyd won 'America's ...
1,055 - Portsmouth police log
979 - Police say man had 19 bags of drugs in mouth
914 - U.S. Marshals arrest N.H. fugitive couple in Vermont

Photos galleries:
5,737 - Photos of the Week Sep 22-28
3,183 - Portsmouth In Red
758 - Pan Mass Kids Bike Ride 2008
441 - High school football
411 - Hampton Beachcomber Summer 2008
399 - Celeb Watch 39
287 - USS New Hampshire christening
260 - Photos of the Week Sept. 15-21
161 - Exeter vs. WHS Girls Soccer
157 - Launching a Gundalow

Thu. Oct. 2

Articles:
36,918 - Petition: Wolffish in danger
4,236 - Police: Man impersonating friend arrested on friend's warrant
3,855 - Entertain I'm disappointed that Neal E. Boyd won 'America's ...
3,622 - Police raid on UNH frat house nets 9 students
2,265 - Mother believes daughters were abducted
1,649 - Photo Zoom: Petition: Wolffish in danger
1,247 - Traip evacuated
1,135 - 18-year-old faces second-degree assault charge
1,007 - Portsmouth police log
730 - Sirens to sound throughout Seacoast

Photo galleries:
3,233 - Photos of the Week Sep 22-28
2,723 - Celeb Watch 40
1,981 - Portsmouth In Red
1,649 - Photo Zoom: Petition: Wolffish in danger
464 - Celeb Watch 39
359 - USS New Hampshire christening
345 - Pan Mass Kids Bike Ride 2008
331 - High school football
307 - I'm disappointed that Neal E. Boyd won 'Americ...
277 - Photos of the Week Sept. 15-21