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Subject: Tyngsboro(ugh), MA

Author:
Ray Redican

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Date Posted: 12:44:47 02/22/07 Thu

On,

http://www.Tyngsboro.com
http://Tyngsboro.com

http://www.Tyngsborough.com
http://Tyngsborough.com

Using and not using the Www's are resolving to different web pages which needs to be fixed.

Initial thoughts. Tyngsboro, MA's information is public knowledge free. One may be able to copy and paste all the relevant unchanging information associated with Tyngsboro, MA found on the web at sites such as the one you have tyngsboro and tyngsborugh.com pointing to.

Copy and Paste Save As all Tyngsboro info. Point to content that changes such as their web sites calendar, meetings or minute discussions.
Note: Their web site sucks for lack of better language and I do not think you ultimately want to be associated with such a malfunction http://freecal.brownbearsw.com/Tyngsborough_Calendar.

My advise is to take what you need from their web site create your own basic town info web site like they TRIED to do but you do it better. Tyngsboro is small 13,000 people. The market isn't burdensome and once the basic site is set up you control that much more of the entire process. The parts of the Town of Tyngsboro.com web site that they will be updating reliably you then point to. I do not believe it is a good idea to disappoint a unique visitor typing in tyngsboro(ugh).com wheter that be a person or search spider.

Data mining. Someone should be collecting information from users logging into the site. As it stands right now the site that you have tyngsboro.com and tyngsborough.com pointed to has a contact URL: http://www.tyngsboroughmass.com/Contact_Us.htm that w00hen one selects Enter the page errors out leading one to believe that the form submitted is broken. If this is the case Citizens are currently disappointed. The point being is that email demographics are important.

--on check out the red box on the town web site where it says "Click here to pay your taxes or sewer fees online" that doesn't allow you to click and the line of dashed ------------------------> looks like code gone bad. Their site sucks i really don't want anyone bad mouthing MJ's idea to point to the Town of Tyngsboro's shitty web site. One more link that sucks is
http://www.tyngsboroughmass.com/Search_Site.htm . on i invite you to log on to that URL and search for example Tyngsboro and see what happens.

I thought you had DESIGN work completed. All this is, is pointing to a piece of $%^& web site that may or may not as a result be tarnishing your newspapers reputation and others's including my image. Do as you wish I am just offering insight into what I have seen since 1997. I learned to create boring town information but relevant web sites ad supported. Lastly I learned to brand myself and have control over as much of the unique users's experience and to collect the demographics associated with visitors to the site.

What did you design though?

Ray Redican jr. (CIS)
CBNO DRACUT.COM (CIS)

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