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Melinda's page impressions rocket

Latest figures have revealed the celebrities section in a regional newspaper website hit record figures thanks to Melinda Messenger’s participation in Celebrity Big Brother.

ThisisWiltshire drew massive page viewing figures during November, when the programme was being aired 24 hours a day.

The website, which carries news from the Swindon Evening Advertiser and Wiltshire Times as well as four other weekly newspaper series, runs a popular section for local celebrities including Billie Piper and Melinda Messenger.

Melinda’s pages received 19,292 page views in October but November’s figures topped 130,000 thanks to her increased profile during that time.

The Melinda site has an extensive news archive, with vital statistics, galleries and details of Mel’s modelling and presenting career.

To check out the Melinda site, click here.

The parent ThisisWilsthire site carries news from the Gazette & Herald, Swindon Star, West and North Wilts Star and Devizes News.

The site has thousands of pages of news, sport, entertainment and information, and attracts some 1m page views each month.

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