The support from our readers has been humbling. Thank you for helping to facilitate this transition and to ensure that GraniteGrok can move forward instead of backward. We’ve passed 20% of the goal, but we still have a ways to go.
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This is a Big Ask But We Need Your Help!
Did you know that GraniteGrok is on the edge of an existential crisis? Okay, that’s a bit hyperbolic, but we are confronted with a situation that could handicap our ability to deliver content the way we have in the past on the cusp of another significant election year.
WOW! – Traffic Surge Took Us Down But We’re Back!
Our apologies for the downtime. We’ve had a surge of traffic today focused on a handful of new articles, and the volume pulled us off a cliff. We’re back and going to have to add some bandwidth, and all I have to say is, Thank You!
Houskeeping
Continuing to dominate the political bandwidth in New Hampshire means we try things, and they do not always work as planned. Auto-opening in a new tab when you click any link, for example. We did away with that after a month or so.
As Site Traffic Continues to Rise Let’s Take a Look at from Where It Is Coming …
We like to talk a bit about our local Alexa rank, and we are due for another one of those updates in a few days, but this “look” focuses on something we do not mention as much.
More Ways You Can Help Us Spread the Message…
In the blink of an internet eye, and more often than ever, we are able to take stories nationally. It could be a Grok author or an Op-Ed but this is happening with greater frequency. Just imagine your stuck-up school board story going national? Do you like that idea? Well, here’s how you can help.
Celebrate Four Consecutive Months at Number One!
The year of our Lord 2021 has been good to the ‘Grok pageview-wise. While we typically trade first and second place for the most online print-media traffic in New Hampshire with the Manchester Union Leader, this year’s been a bit different.
Please Excuse Our Virtual Dust
If you find this site momentarily inaccessible, keep trying. We are in the process of dealing with some back-end changes to improve page-load speed. We’ve got a few ideas including changing features to the home page that may be dragging on page load time.
What’s the Next Level For GraniteGrok.com?
We appreciate the time you spend with us. Your comments, tips, leads, and links (even though we can only get to a fraction of them), are invaluable. But we are looking for the next step. What can we do to elevate the experience?
The Top Three Most Viewed Posts on GraniteGrok.com for 2020…
It’s the end of the year, and we’re at the end of the top ten. Our annual look at what you, our readers, spent the most time, well, reading. What got the most page views from among the 4600 odd new publish posts for 2020?
This is GraniteGrok’s 40,000th Published Post
I want to congratulate everyone who has written for us over the past 14 years. A long list of very qualified and distinguished professionals. Lawyers, Historians, Rocket Scientists, Politicians, Experts in every field and policy, and more than a few regular folks.
We Passed the Union Leader in Online Traffic Rank In a Run-Up to a Statewide Primary
Just a quick pat on the back to our readers who have knocked it out of the park so far this month. From the beginning of the month through yesterday’s primary our traffic pushed us back to number one for online print-media traffic in New Hampshire.
Chris Maidment is NOT an Admin at GraniteGrok.com
There’s a rumor going around since I launched the new EC5 Poll. That Christopher Maidment, who works for the Wheeler Campaign, is an Admin at GraniteGrok.com. The implication is that this will allow him to manipulate the poll results. Not that he could if he was, but Chris is not an Admin.
Still Wrestling with the Union Leader for NH’s #1 Online Print Media Portal
It’s fun to revisit this now and again, mostly because of the alarm it sounds in the hearts and minds of Democrats. How in the world could that (!#/*%$!) site be getting as much online traffic as the Union Leader? This won’t help, but sometimes we get more.
My First Co-Hosting Gig on WSMN 1590 – Our Guest has over 30-Years in Law enforcement
Today was the first of what could be many future co-hosting gigs on WSMN 1590. Liz Gabert, the host of ‘Life with Liz’ has invited me to co-host her show one day a month (the 4th Wednesday). She offered more but my schedule does not permit. And today was the first of these co-hosting gigs.
What a Difference a Year Makes (Without Page 3 Girls!)
GraniteGrok continues to make advances in Alexa Ranking. This time globally. We passed every other on-line media venue on our NH list in National Ranking. Then we passed them all in Global Alexa Ranking.
GraniteGrok.com is the #1 Digital Print-Media Site in New Hampshire!
I am proud to announce that as of this morning, GraniteGrok.com has passed the Union Leader in Alexa Online Ranking. We are New Hampshire’s Number One!
CNHT Picnic – The Advocacy Groups Part 3
Next batch of Groups! GraniteGrok – Skip Murphy Republican Liberty Caucus of NH (“RLCNH”) – Spec Bowers 603 Alliance – Jim Kofalt House Republican Alliance (“HRA”) – Carol McGuire OK, GraniteGrok isn’t quite the normal advocacy group compared to all the others that spoke at CNHT’s Annual Picnic. Most are single issue groups: Education, … Read more
An Open Letter to Our Wonderful Attorney General
Dear Mr. Attorney General: The Nashua School Board is preventing its staff and students from accessing GraniteGrok.com. If you haven’t already read about it, you can read all about it HEREand HERE. To state the obvious, GraniteGrok.com is being censored by the Nashua School Board for political reasons: Why block us? There has to be … Read more
