Smith-Concepts - Danbury Connecticut Web Designer

New Project

2005-11-25T11:26:00.000-05:00

Check out JasonMassimo.com
It is a new project I'm working on. I've just finished the inital site and first draft.

Google Sitemaps

2005-11-17T13:00:00.000-05:00

Google Sitemaps has added some new features to this tool. https://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps
Having a sitemap and submitting to Google will help Google index your pages correctly.

Google Analytics

2005-11-15T10:41:00.000-05:00

Google has just launched a new free program Google Analytics
They're offering free web-based statistical information. They bought URCHIN so it looks like they are using that technology to run the system. I just signed up for my own account yesterday and it takes 12 hours before I can see the data but so far it was easy to setup, easy to add the code the my pages, and runs smooth. There are some slowness issues with the Google site but those should be ironed out soon enough as more people use it.
Looks good so far.

Jagger 3

2005-11-09T17:05:00.000-05:00

Jagger 3 is pretty much rolled out in Google. Look for lots of shakeups in the rankings. My sites seem to have improved but time will tell. The search engine that has been the best for my sites has always been MSN, but Google is the most popular one so it's good when my sites improve there.
Take a look at http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum30 and http://mattcutts.com/blog for more detailed info.
If you find sites that clearly should be ranked where they are in Google fill out a Spam Report at http://www.google.com/contact/spamreport.html

Google - Jagger Update

2005-10-28T09:45:00.000-04:00

It looks like Google is shaking things up over at the Googleplex.

Take a look at http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/jagger-2-update-info
He's got some good information on the latest update named "JAGGER"
Also check out http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum30/
Hopefully all of my sites will benefit from this shakeup and increase placement. I do hear that a lot of people are getting angry when they see their site go down in ranking. This update is a three step update and looks like they're on step 2 right now.

Interesting SIte

2005-10-27T14:56:00.000-04:00

I did some design work for a friend of mine with one of the sites he's affiliated with. Take a look it is an interesting site. http://www.smartkidswithld.com

Updated Web Tools

2005-10-27T14:51:00.000-04:00

I just updated my the tools page at http://www.smith-concepts.com/tools.htm
I added a buch of tools from iwebtool.com.
The best site for DNS tools is http://dnsstuff.com and their Firefox extension is excellent.

Finished Updating site

2005-09-07T12:52:00.000-04:00

I just finished updates on one of my customer's websites http://www.deck-co.com
The updates involved some text changes and an addtion of a "Deck of the Summer" page http://deck-co.com/deckofthesummer.htm and an overhaul of the materials page http://deck-co.com/materials.htm. The materials page now has a nice mouseover effect to display the various wood types.
Let me know what you think.

Useful Tools

2005-08-27T10:30:00.000-04:00

I just added a page to my website http://www.smith-concepts.com/tools.htm
It is an information page to many great tools to diagnose domain name issues, check dns, check the status of the internet etc.

2005-08-15T11:25:00.000-04:00

Current Project 8/15

2005-08-15T10:22:00.000-04:00

I'm working on updating Deck-Co LLC

About Me

2005-08-15T10:14:00.000-04:00

I'm the owner and designer for Smith-Concepts LLC, a web design company based in Danbury, Connecticut. I'm a graduate of the University of Connecticut. I've been designing websites since the early years of the internet. My first website was on the UCONN mainframe system. Graphical browsers had just come out, I think "Mosaic" was the one I used. Most websites then were al text as was my first website. For many years at UCONN the only internet access I had was through the mainframe using LYNX. Those were the days! Everything has evolved so much since that time. I've always enjoyed designing websites so a year ago I decided to start up my own web design company.

Welcome

2005-08-15T10:12:00.000-04:00

Welcome to my blog.
I'm starting this so I have an area to post my random thoughts about web design, the internet, and any random rant. I hope it will be entertaining and useful to many.