… We’d say a big thank you to the 114,614 ‘absolute unique visitors’* who read Liberal Democrat Voice in April.

That’s DOUBLE our March 2010 figure of c.57,000, and we are up some 270% on the equivalent figure for April ’09 … anyone would think there was an election on.

This brings our absolute unique visitor readership for the last year to date (1 May 2009 – 30 April 2010) to 421,146, over 67% higher than the equivalent figure for 2008-09 of 251,110.

The 5 top-read stories during the month were:

1. The flow diagram which shows you who to vote for (22) by Stephen Tall
2. Election purdah period: what can and can’t be done? (1) by Mark Pack
3. The ‘Digital Economy Bill Saints’: the MPs who voted against Labour’s internet freedom clampdown #DEbill (52) by Richard Flowers
4. Poll surge continues: is this 2003 or 1974? (43) by Mark Pack
5. Photo evidence – Geoff Hoon for sale! (10) by The Voice

And the top 5 traffic sources for Lib Dem Voice in April were:

• Google
• Twitter
• Guido Fawkes
• Iain Dale
• Lib Dem Blogs aggregator

Whether you’re a regular here, or an occasional ‘popper-by’, we’re delighted you looked in.

• If you want to keep up-to-date with LDV in the future, then why not sign up for our daily email alerts: easy-to-navigate links to LDV articles delivered to your inbox every morning;
• If you enjoy reading LDV, why not try writing for LDV?
• If you’re a party member, don’t forget to check out our private members’ forum;
• And if you value LDV’s work throughout the year, please consider making a donation to our running costs: this is a not-for-profit blog, and the whole team donates their time and effort free of charge. Any money you choose to give will help make LDV even better for the rest of 2010.

* Google Analytics’ term: it broadly means people using almost 115,000 different computers visited LDV at least once. Some people may be counted more than once (eg, home and work computer), whilst some people may not be counted (eg, two different people use the same computer, or someone reads the site through a feed reader without ever actually visiting it).