New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu’s slide from so-so Republican to establishment tool didn’t take long, but why would it. The Sununu DNA is predisposed toward ruling-class establishment policy. Toe the blue line to get a seat at the table, even if it’s the kiddie table.
Ranking
President Franklin Pierce and the Worst Franchise Players Ever
U.S. News and World Report famously does an annual ranking of the top 100 colleges in America. It all gets lots of attention and schools that make the list understandably tout the ratings in their marketing plans. Truth be told, the best college in America for a Granite Stater could be a community college or … Read more
As Old Media Shifts Focus Online GraniteGrok Continues to Dominate the Space
Several of New Hampshire’s ‘Newspapers’ have gone *begging for donations to stay afloat. Some have shifted more content online and abandoned 7-days a week print editions. With an increasing shift to digital, how has GraniteGrok’s dominance held up?
Last night we quietly and peacefully overtook the Union Leader in Domestic Alexa Ranking (again)
Last night we quietly and peacefully overtook the Union Leader in Domestic Alexa Ranking (again) to retake the number one spot as NH’s online traffic leader in digital-print media.
Summer Surge: GraniteGrok Could Overtake UnionLeader.com Before August 1st!
A little over a year ago I set my mind to a task. What do I need to do to make GraniteGrok.com live up to the tagline I convinced Skip to paste at the top of every webpage on our site: “Dominating the Political Bandwidth in New Hampshire?”
GraniteGrok Passes Seacoast Online as Summer Surge Pushes us to #2
Four days ago we reported our Grok July Summer surge from 5th on our list of NH Media Internet traffic leaders to 3rd place. Yesterday we leaped over Seacoast Online into the Number two spot, behind the Union Leader.
Granite Grok Passes the Concord Monitor in Alexa Online Rankings
The last time we formally compared our Alexa Online ranking to other digital footprints in New Hampshire GraniteGrok was sixth on our list. That was last September, right after we launched Grok 3.0. Since then we’ve been caught up in the process of getting all the backend (and some front end) details squared away. I wasn’t really … Read more
Chick-fil-A – The Restaurant Libs Love to Hate Poised to Become #3 Chain in the Nation
Chick-Fil-A is run by a devout Christain family. The restaurant is closed every Sunday. But according to MarketWatch Chick-Fil-A is poised to become the third biggest restaurant chain in America. Surpassing both Burger King and Wendy’s in annual sales.
Where We Stand In NH Digital Media Right Now
While Creepy touchy Uncle Joe Biden considers a run at a job where you might get to nominate Supreme Court Justices (maybe he’ll send a letter asking Dianne Feinstein to be his VP) GraniteGrok has been steadily climbing the internet digital-print-media ladder in New Hampshire.
We’re Creeping Up on the Conway Daily Sun…
With August showing so much improvement in traffic it seemed like a good time to update our Alexa rankings and announce some changes. I’ve been including WMUR since the start but it occurs to me that a Television Channel website is not exactly a goal of ours. I’m not saying we couldn’t ever compete just that we can’t even try right now unless we start doing school closings or weather. That’s not happening so I’ve plucked them off our site list.
Who can we add that does compete? No one yet but I’m looking and perhaps you can help.
Ranking Numbers Improve But Position Remains the Same
If I may take a moment of your time for a quick update. In the past month, GraniteGrok’s Alexa numbers have improved. Our National numbers are better, and our global numbers took a healthy leap in the right direction. But we did not advance in our list of statewide internet media portals.
Of the fourteen sites we are tracking only one moved, and it was in backward.
Granite Grok Passes the Keene Sentinel – Time to Go After The Conway Daily Sun
In our ongoing quest to build our reach and ranking as a top-five New Media presence in New Hampshire, I’m proud to announce that Alexa shows us climbing past the Keene Sentinel to the number seven spot in our watchlist.
This is great news because seeing increased traffic in the heat of summer is an excellent indicator of what we can expect come fall and winter.