Oregon's fastest growing news Website sets new record with just under 600,000 hits in one day.
(SALEM) - Salem-News.com's most visited day in history happened this week when the site received 597,751 hits. The traffic generated on Monday stems from many factors, but the primary story drawing visitors was the arrest of an Oregon dad for using a stun gun on his 18-month old son.
Traffic on Salem-News.com took a big jump last summer when it was added to the Google News site, becoming one of the 4,500 news sites that supply news to the world's largest search engine. A Google search of the words salem oregon news now sees Salem-News.com holding the top search position, ahead of the Statesman Journal newspaper.
For people new to the Web, a "hit" is not a representation of the number of people who visit a site. Hits are counted each time a Web page is loaded. Each piece of artwork on a site counts as one hit. Therefore, the number is always several times higher than the actual number of site visitors.
On Monday, Salem-News.com received 21,522 "unique visits." This data is recorded each time a different IP address visits the site. Several people in a home, business or school district may look at the site over the course of a day, but their traffic only counts as one unique visit if generated by the same IP.
Probably the most important number to examine in Web traffic is the number of "pages viewed." On Monday, February 5th, 2007, there were 32,842 Salem-News.com pages or stories opened.
With Oregon coverage ranging from our city's downtown to war in the Mid-East, Salem-News.com is continuing to serve Oregonians and people from all over the world. Many new and exciting additions are coming to Salem-News.com in the very near future.
With newspaper circulation in the Willamette Valley continuing to decline sharply, the Internet is the preferred choice of news for the majority of the population. In the United States, over 75% of adults are online.
A few fast facts about Salem-News.com
Salem-News.com is locally owned and operated in Salem, Oregon.Salem-News.com's Tim King has recently traveled to Afghanistan to report on the involvement of Oregon troops in the war there.Kevin Hays won the Contributor of the Year Award from the Oregon Associated Press on behalf of Salem-News.com in 2005.Salem-News.com is affiliated with a number of other local media groups including KPTV FOX-49 TV News and KEX 1190 AM Newsradio in Portland, Oregon.Who is behind Salem-News.com?The Web Designer is Matt Lintz.Bonnie King is General Manager and Producer.Salem-News.com's News Director is Kevin HaysTim King is Salem-News.com's Chief Correspondent and Reporter.Salem-News.com's Opinion/Editorial writer is Henry Clay Ruark.Glen Bledsoe is Salem-News.com's Staff Cartoonist.Lela Taylor serves Salem-News.com as Community Editor and Feature Reporter.Sean King is the site's Teen Reporter.Kevin Montgomery serves Salem-News.com as a Photojournalist/Reporter.David Duncan is Technical Consultant.
Contact Salem-News.com staff members at: newsroom@salem-news.com
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