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March 23, 2007
Top of the hit parade
Hot on the heels of the Gazette's best sales week of the year we have recorded a bumper day for the website this week.
On Wednesday the site had the highest number of hits so far this year for an individual day. It's always interesting to track the web statistics on a daily basis so I was particularly keen to see what had attracted so many users to the site.
The news headlines gained the most hits with the three most popular stories viewed:
1. Police car involved in accident
2. Stadium sold to mystery buyer
3. Thieves abuse wheelchair user
Also proving popular was the jobs section while without wishing to blow my own trumpet that day's blog (A-mazing twist) registered a highly encouraging number of hits.
The great thing with the website is that you can get almost instant feedback on what are the most popular stories with users while with our newspapers we have to wait two weeks to get a true picture of how sales have performed - which can often be quite frustrating.
Meanwhile, as I expected our page three lead in this week's Gazette about the Last Super Club - whose members place bets on which of them is going to die next - has generated a great deal of interest. You can also read the story on the website today.
It is without doubt one of the most bizarre stories we have had this year and has already found its way into at least one national newspaper.
There has also been some interesting comments posted on the local Hillingdon Chat forum http://www.hillingdonchat.com.
I must admit the comments about the uncanny resembalance between one of the club's members and council leader Ray Puddifoot made me smile...
Posted by aseal at March 23, 2007 8:44 AM