Written by: Jophiel Silvestrone
Jophiel Silvestrone has written 326 posts in the Tech Blog.
Jophiel grew up on a ranch in Paradise Valley, Montana near Chico Hot Springs. Working on the ranch instilled work ethic and self motivation. Filled with this drive, Jophiel started mowing the local school's yards twice a month throughout the summers, at the age of 12. He moved to Billings in 2004, where he has been deeply involved in the local business community ever since. A serial entrepreneur, Jophiel has ran multiple businesses in our local community. The first business, a janitorial and carpet cleaning company, founded in 2005, has employed over 50 locals. Moving on to the media industry, Jophiel and several partners founded Green Directory Montana in the spring of 2007. Green Directory's sustainability ranking software awarded points based on sustainable or "green" actions. These points counted towards a business's total "Green Score," which in turn ranked them against other businesses in their category and throughout the entire site. It also featured a limited edition print version distributed annually. A business acquisition allowed Jophiel to focus on new projects, and a few close business colleagues and Jophiel started Rocky Mountain Mr. & Ms. Magazine, a lifestyle publication for men and women in the Magic City. After a year and a half at the helm of RM3 Magazine, the business was purchased. He now runs a web development company SkyPoint Studios and fathers his son Jaoquin, who plays football, basketball, soccer, and is learning snowboarding from his dad. Recently, has expanded to locations in Havasu, Arizona & Vegas. SkyPoint Studios is a market leader in both Billings & Havasu and Jophiel is working on building that same level of market dominance in Vegas. Specialties: Extensive experience in online and offline business. Especially savvy at WordPress, and operate several sites, one example is the blog: skypointwebdesignbillingsmontana.com/tech-blog. Check out skypointwebdesignbillingsmontana.com for the latest projects from SkyPoint Studios.
New Website Tech: HTTP2
A new technology has come out for websites that allows them to run much faster. It’s called HTTP2 and it is the second generation of the original HTTP1 protocol.
Originally, all traffic on the web was sent through HTTP1, one file item at a time. Of course back when we were using dial-up, all the other equipment can only handle one item at a time, so this really didn’t matter.
But nowadays with high-speed internet connections, equipment can handle multiple file transactions at one time. So the old http, is the slowdown point in the transaction and what can cause slower connection speeds on websites.
In order to speed up your website, switching to this new protocol can dramatically improve download and upload speeds. A faster website is always better because it creates a better user experience for the visitor and therefore Google will reward your website with higher SEO rankings.
So how do you get HTTP2? That is simply a matter of upgrading the server that your website lives on. You’ll have to move your website or start with a fresh new site that is on a server that allows this multi-file transfer connection. Here at SkyPoint Studios, we recently have invested in getting servers that allow this connection.
If you want to upgrade your website, we can simply move your hosting from your current plan to the new upgraded connection plan. This will allow much faster connection speeds and will increase the overall enjoyability of your website and also will give you a nice boost ranking in search engines.
Ready to get started with HTTP2? Call us now at 406-208-8733 or fill out the contact form located here.