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'Wash Po' Online Traffic Breaks Record, Spikes 42%

Traffic at The Washington Post's Web site reached a record 323.3 million page views in September, a jump of 42% over the year before. The monthly Web traffic at washingtonpost.com was nearly 27% higher than its previous high.

Not surprisingly, the record was driven by politics, where traffic was up 233% over last year. Business content was also hot, pushing page views up 141% over 2007.

In even more good news, video and photo galleries on the site also saw a steep increase in use in September, says editor Jim Brady, with 162% more videos played compared to last year.

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