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30

Mar 2023

Business
Business

Record readership for Stray Ferret with 2 million page views this month

Published: 30 Mar 2023, 17:26 BST

Updated: 30 Mar 2023, 17:29 BST

by John Plummer

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The Stray Ferret has had a record breaking March, with more than two million page views and almost 300,000 unique users.

The Harrogate district news service, which is now three years old,  has seen consistent growth in readership.

The figures quoted have all been verified by Google Analytics.

More than 30,000 people follow Stray Ferret posts on the various social media channels.

The most read stories in March included hundreds of job losses due to the sudden close of telemarketing firm Amvoc in Harrogate, disruption across the district due to snow fall, Knaresborough tractor run and the closure of the fast food restaurant Leon. 

Tamsin O'Brien, director of the Stray Ferret said:

"We set out to provide a service that we thought the residents of the Harrogate district wanted — well written news and information in an easy-to-read digital format. We constantly  aim to be first with the news and be as local as possible.  To have two million page views shows just how much people value this information and are engaged in where they live.
"Our readers tell us how much they like the fact our news content is free of annoying pop-ups or Google ads and we only allow local advertisers who also want to engage local residents — so the whole site is solely for the people and businesses of the district."


This month also saw the Stray Ferret launch its annual Business Awards and establish a networking Business Club.

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