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