This is Money top stories: March 2008

This is Money's readership, based on the industry-wide measure of 'unique users', hit a new high in March. Nearly 1.2m unique users came to the site and looked at more than 9m pages.

Many were people were looking for Isa advice. 'Isa season' sees a rush to take up the £7,000 allowance before the 5 April midnight deadline each year. You get a fresh allowance of £7,200 from 6 April but it's a case of use it or lose it with this year's allocation.

We were braced for a rush of readers to come to the site, given that our independent savings tables, including Isas, are now among the most popular online. And, of course, we also gather Isa fund tips. But we were chuffed with a 30% rise in readers on a year ago, and double a figure of 572,000 two years ago.

The average time spent on each page, an important satisfaction benchmark, also hit a new record of 84 seconds having climbed steadily from 77 seconds a year ago and 71 seconds a year before that (March 2006).

Unique users
March 2008 - 1,166,561
March 2007 - 897,245
March 2006 - 572,652
March 2005 - 313,154

We also saw a surge of interest from people concerned about the health of banks and the safety of their savings. Borrowers are also worried about their ability to find a new mortgage deal and are hunting around for views on whether the value of their home will fall this year.

To read our advice and for the web's best savings tables , go to http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/isa-advice

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4. Is there going to be a house price crash?
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6. Ten steps to reclaim unfair bank charges
7. Will you choose a cash Isa or a crash Isa?
8. Interest rates: News and predictions
9. How safe is your bank?
10. Barclays leads with 6.5% cash Isa
11. Budget 2008: What it means for you
12. Property market slumps to 20-year low
13. House prices to fall 20%, economist warns
14. The day the banks faced disaster
15. House prices fall as property crunch bites
16. Could Kaupthing Edge be the next Rock?
17. Which banks hold your money?
18. The European house price boom is over
19. Premium Bonds winning numbers
20. Bank charge letter templates
21. 50 ways to save money...
22. £520 NI stealth tax if you earn £40,000
23. Investors suffer as buy-to-let backfires
24. How to buy a bargain home in a slowdown
25. Pressure for rate cut as house prices fall
26. How your Isa will change in 2008
27. The 100% savings account
28. A guide to Isas and other tax-free investing
29. The last-minute Isa hunt begins
30. Experts pick their top equity Isas for 2008
31. HBOS crisis rumour denied as shares tank
32. Buyers of second homes face crackdown
33. Sell Tesco shock as City gloom deepens
34. Newspaper and magazine share tips
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