BELLPORT-NY.COM

You will notice we have begun to change our main navigation to the site and add some new areas. The idea behind the upgrades is to make it easier for you to find the information you are looking for here. We are also adding in the featured areas of our business directory. The new areas are a little bare at the moment. We are just waiting for more information from you locals in order to fill these spots and get the word out about all shops restaurants and businesses in the Village of Bellport and the surrounding areas.

In order to get the ball rolling we are offering some free spots in the featured areas of the directory. You can contact us for more information about that, if we talk to you first. Our basic directory will remain free for the lifetime of your listing. Once the featured categories have been filled up we will also begin to offer more options for advertising your business, such as custom designed full page ads. That is a little way down the road still, but we will keep everyone informed as to when that will begin.

In addition to our business directory we are going to change up our news format a bit and put a greater spotlight on the local events, with a “Things To Do” section. This area will go into much greater detail about whats happening in Bellport than our current events page, which we will keep updating in a calender type format with just the basic what, where and when info.

Please be patient as we make these changes, and keep coming back to check things out. We appreciate our loyal readers and are striving to give all of you exactly what you are looking for here. So keep the feedback coming, we love to hear from all of you and we take all your comments and suggestions seriously.

Its been a couple days since we have updated our news section here. That’s because we have been putting all of our energy into the coming redesign of BELLPORT-NY.COM. We have had over thirteen thousand page views since last month and loads of input from our readers on what they are looking for and would like to see here. We take you guys seriously and in response to your requests, we are scrapping the current layout in order to serve you better and make the site more functional.

There are two key areas that everyone wants to see expanded here. That would be the directory and the events areas. The news section will be changing as well. I have been working to bring in some other sources to provide the news on this site, so that I can free up my time to focus on the local events, and building the best business directory around. I have already touched on my plans for these upgrades and you can find out more about that in other press releases here.

The general idea behind everything is to create more interest in The village of Bellport and The North Hamlet, and drive business to all the local shops restaurants and service providers in the area, all the while providing current and relevant information to those that live in the area now. We feel this is a valuable service and are proud that we can give something back to the community that has given us so much.

So stay with us, keep coming back, and please continue to let us know whats on your mind. I want the citizens of Bellport to help shape the site that will represent their community to the rest of the world,. Believe me when I say the rest of the world is looking. In the last month we have had visitors from all over the US, China, Netherlands Japan, Canada, Germany, Australia, Great Brittan, and many other European Countries. Most of our visitors are from right here in America, but rest assured the rest of the world is watching too, and you can have a say in what they think about your home town.

At some point early next week we will take the site offline for the upgrade. Everything is changing and we can’t wait to hear your thoughts on the new BELLPORT-NY.COM. Make sure and bookmark our Home page and check back periodically so you can check it out. In the meantime we do have several updates ready for our local news and events section that we will be rolling out over the weekend. We hope you enjoy, and find something of use here. Make sure and stop by our forum, or leave us a comment here, or send us an email and let us know how we can serve you better. Thanks for stopping by.

This weekend we hit the streets to get the word out about our website. I had the opportunity to talk one on one with many of the local area business men and women in person to let everyone know about some of our goals and services. The reaction was great and we look forward to working with every one of you. If I did not get a chance to talk to you yesterday, don’t feel slighted. I will be making my way into each and every one of your places of business as time goes along. There are so many wonderful shops, restaurants and businesses in the area that it is just impossible to speak to everyone in one day. Rest assured we will be reaching out to you.

I want to give everyone a clear picture of what we are trying to accomplish here, and I also want your input on what you would like to see happen in the future. My primary goal right now is to pack this site with as much useful information as possible. What you see here now is only the framework of what is to come. Each and every section of this site will be expanded upon to include more specific and detailed information than we have at the moment. For example, our events area will grow from a simple list of places times and dates, into full articles describing what goes on at each of these local events.

Our business directory will be expanded and divided into categories. Each business will have the opportunity to provide more detailed descriptions of their products and services. You will be able to include photos and links back to your own website. All of our current ad spots will eventually be opened up to locals who need more exposure. We have come a long way in the six weeks we have been online, but we also realize that we have a long road ahead of us to make BELLPORT-NY.COM the best that it can be.

We hope you will join us on this journey. I can not stress enough how valuable your opinions are to me in the creation of this. If you have not done so already, please sign up and become a member so that you can begin to help shape this online community. Now is the time, while we are still in the early stages of the game. I want to thank all of you who gave me a moment of your time this weekend. I know your time is valuable, and I really appreciate everyone’s interest. I look forward to getting back out there and talking to all of you in more detail about our plans and the opportunities available to you.