The story about Jay Moriarity, from June of 2011, was among the Sentinel’s most popular this month
In the month of November, the Santa Cruz Sentinel website received 3,574,475 page views with 486,647 monthly unique visitors. In addition, Sentinel mobile apps received more than 700,000 page views.
The most-viewed story, about an employee who grabbed a robber’s gun, was helped by landing on the front page of fark.com. The second most popular story, Wallace Baine’s story from June of 2011 about Jay Moriarity, received attention from search traffic for Jay Moriarity as the movie “Chasing Mavericks” was released.
Other popular pages included the local election results page, which received more than 15,000 page views, the Sentinel online calendar (more than 90,000 views), and a nationally generated Victoria’s Secret slide show (63,000 views). The Sentinel’s media center, which features photos of interest updated daily from around the world, received more than 155,000 views.
Thanks to all for visiting. Here’s the list of most viewed stories.
- Employee of Santa Cruz business thwarts armed robber by grabbing his gun, police say
- On the 10th anniversary of the death of iconic surfer Jay Moriarity, his widow reflects
- Obama’s speech on Election Night: The full text
- Election Live Blog: Results and commentary on Bay Area, California and national races
- Whale skeleton fossils in Santa Cruz area draw gawkers
- Police: Ben Lomond man found lying in the middle of Ocean Street
- Surfer who died at Privates Beach identified
- Capitola Police: BMW chase suspect is wife of Soquel homicide victim
- Police arrest three in Friday night homicide near Depot Park
- Hundreds climb aboard for inaugural train ride up the coast; $14.2 million acquisition
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Here’s a list of our most popular stories for the month of July. We had 3,154,466 page views in the month, up 20 percent from the previous July. We had 385,896 monthly unique visitors, up 29 percent from July 2009. Here were the most popular pages on the Sentine website:
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Home |
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717,870 |
22.8% |
| 2. |
http://www.topix.net/cobrand/wrapper |
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264,599 |
8.4% |
| 3. |
Other |
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142,038 |
4.5% |
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Verve / SantaCruzSentinel.com |
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53,940 |
1.7% |
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Sentinel Forum |
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47,994 |
1.5% |
| 6. |
santacruzsentinelcom – Search Results – News / PG: 1 |
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45,690 |
1.4% |
| 7. |
Local News |
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36,421 |
1.2% |
| 8. |
Obituaries |
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36,230 |
1.1% |
| 9. |
Santa Cruz Sentinel Photo Contest : 2010 I Do |
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34,806 |
1.1% |
| 10. |
http://santacruzsentinel.ca.kaango.com/feListAds |
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22,271 |
0.7% |
| 11. |
http://events.santacruzsentinel.com/search |
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21,555 |
0.7% |
| 12. |
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/santacruzsentinel |
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20,374 |
0.6% |
| 13. |
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/santacruzsentinel/obituary.aspx |
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18,004 |
0.6% |
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Home / Real Estate transactions database |
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15,372 |
0.5% |
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Home / Santa Cruz restaurant owner jailed on child pornography charges |
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10,936 |
0.3% |
| 16. |
Sports |
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10,727 |
0.3% |
| 17. |
Letters |
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8,840 |
0.3% |
| 18. |
Home / 2009 University of California Employee Salaries |
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8,773 |
0.3% |
| 19. |
Santa Cruz Sentinel Photo Contest : 2010 Stately Statues |
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7,901 |
0.3% |
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http://www.uclick.com/client/scs/gpd |
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7,820 |
0.2% |
| 21. |
Home / Santa Cruz police bust alleged meth dealers, including big-wave surfer Anthony Ruffo |
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7,792 |
0.2% |
| 22. |
Home / Aptos Junior High teacher accused of molesting female student |
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7,475 |
0.2% |
| 23. |
Home / Man shot near downtown Santa Cruz, gang member arrested |
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7,088 |
0.2% |
| 24. |
http://santacruzsentinel.ca.kaango.com/ads/viewad |
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7,068 |
0.2% |
| 25. |
Verve / SantaCruzSentinel.com : Local News |
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6,929 |
0.2% |
| 26. |
Verve / SantaCruzSentinel.com : Cops and Courts |
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6,702 |
0.2% |
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Home / Santa Cruz is tops for ‘rich singles’: CNN and Money Magazine include Surf City in Top 25 lis |
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6,095 |
0.2% |
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Home / Action film shot in Santa Cruz |
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5,906 |
0.2% |
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Home / Several injured in Highway 17 hit and run; suspect driver flees, traffic snarled |
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5,771 |
0.2% |
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http://www.legacy.com/guestbook/santacruzsentinel/guestbook.aspx |
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5,731 |
0.2% |
| 31. |
Home / Santa Cruz Police: Woman killed when her throat is slashed in domestic fight |
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5,633 |
0.2% |
| 32. |
Weather |
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5,523 |
0.2% |
| 33. |
http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/mng-ba.santacruzsentinel/news/read |
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5,375 |
0.2% |
| 34. |
Local News / Man shot near downtown Santa Cruz, gang member arrested |
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5,358 |
0.2% |
| 35. |
Opinion |
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5,349 |
0.2% |
| 36. |
Home / Man threatens Castle Rock hikers with gun, demands sexual favors |
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5,067 |
0.2% |
| 37. |
SCS Extra http://santacruzsentinel.ca.kaango.com/ |
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5,045 |
0.2% |
| 38. |
Home / Neighbor feud in Santa Cruz Mountains spawns gun rights battle |
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4,918 |
0.2% |
| 39. |
Home / Boulder Creek family bought worthless second mortgage from Wells Fargo at foreclosure auction |
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4,907 |
0.2% |
| 40. |
Home / A nightmare for neighbors: Archer Drive a case study in empowerment over public nuisances |
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4,731 |
0.1% |
| 41. |
Horoscopes |
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4,731 |
0.1% |
| 42. |
http://santacruzsentinel.ca.kaango.com |
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4,719 |
0.1% |
| 43. |
Home / Car ends up inside Santa Cruz Wells Fargo after driver’s foot slips |
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4,630 |
0.1% |
| 44. |
jobs |
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4,603 |
0.1% |
| 45. |
Home / Warnings signs posted at Capitola Beach after surfers report another great white shark sighti |
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4,403 |
0.1% |
| 46. |
http://events.santacruzsentinel.com |
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4,314 |
0.1% |
| 47. |
Home / DA: Aptos Junior High teacher accused of having sex with student, 13, also had pornographic p |
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4,268 |
0.1% |
| 48. |
Home / Deputies: Felton couple’s deadly fight was over watching Winter Olympics; boyfriend will face |
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4,263 |
0.1% |
| 49. |
http://www.uclick.com/client/scs/cpa |
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4,240 |
0.1% |
| 50. |
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/santacruzsentinel/obituary-browse.aspx |
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4,228 |
0.1% |
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