Georgia voters turn to ajc and ajc. Com in record numbers

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GEORGIA VOTERS TURN TO AJC AND AJC.COM IN RECORD NUMBERS

AJC helps voters learn more about political candidates, make informed decisions
ATLANTA (July 22, 2010) – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and ajc.com delivered extensive political coverage leading up to Georgia’s primary election. On July 20, voters turned to ajc.com in record numbers with more than 5.28 million page views and 800,000 unique visits.

With the Georgia’s largest newsroom, the AJC has the resources to provide readers with in-depth political coverage, and help them make their own decisions about the candidates.

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  Voters Guide, a resource to help voters compare candidates and presented in partnership with the League of Women Voters of Georgia and Channel 2 Action News, exceeded 448,000 page views.
  

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  PolitiFact Georgia, examines statements made by Georgia political figures and rates based upon accuracy, topped 12,481 page views – more than any other website in the PolitiFact.com network.
  

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  ajcMobile, the mobile version of ajc.com, received more than 270,000 page views.
  

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  And in print, the Georgia Newspaper Partnership, Georgia’s 13 largest daily newspapers’ partnership to provide statewide political coverage and polling, broke news that former Secretary of State Karen Handel led the pack in GOP nominations on July 18.
  

Georgia’s 2010 primary election ranks as the seventh highest traffic day ever in ajc.com history, which include Atlanta’s 2009 flood and 2008 tornado. In addition, the primary coverage received the highest traffic ever for content outside of the AJC’s photo galleries.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the leading source — both in print and online — of news, information and advertising for metropolitan Atlanta, reaching a total print and online audience of nearly 2.2 million people each week. Every month, nearly 2.3 million unique visitors access the newspaper's Web sites, including ajc.com and accessAtlanta.com. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is part of Cox Media Group, a publishing, digital media and broadcasting subsidiary of Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises.