Vying for top viewing on Bradenton.com

Metro/Online Editor Marc Masferrer has started informative, motivating and somewhat competitive online updates throughout the day for the Herald newsroom.

He starts the day sharing which galleries and stories have been viewed the most on Bradenton.com from the past 24 hours. And he then sends updates just before noon, mid-afternoon and then closing out the day.

It's a great tool for reporters and photographers to see how their stories and galleries are doing online, and to check for updates or additional assets. Marc sends out the Top 10 overall, and the Top 10 galleries with one caveat: He excludes the criminal mugshot galleries, because they ALWAYS are among the most-viewed (sigh).

The links are live in his emails -- here's how we're doing as of noon today:

Top 10 overall:

1. Tomato glut hurting Manatee growers

2. Manatee sheriff's office releases photo of robbery suspect

3. Gov. Rick Scott doesn't reappoint trustee to State College of Florida board

4. Man seriously injured in fight in Bradenton *

5. Tough market means 25 pounds of tomatoes for $1 (gallery)

6. Woman chased by deputy, bitten by two dogs in Bradenton

7. Florida driver: I left accident because I had diarrhea *

8. Football clash with Skyline off, but Manatee High Hurricanes to play Miami Central

9. Seminar in Palmetto will discuss county, state water issues

10. Waterfront Bradenton condo plans continue to stall

Top 10 galleries:

1. Tough market means 25 pounds of tomatoes for $1

2. Braden River Pirates softball quarterfinals

3. SCF jazz groups at Courthouse Square

4. Junior ROTC awards, Bradenton Chapter of Military Officers Association

5. Cement truck driver dies in Ellenton accident

6. Scenes from Bradenton's Glazier Gates Park

7. Lakewood Ranch vs Tampa Jefferson Softball 04/24/2012

8. Happy Birthday Babies! Week of April 24, 2012

9. Bradenton Relay for Life

10. Parade route past Wares Creek dredging