The Slippery Rock Gazette launched new website features with the May issue that will put the best available stone industry information at the fingertips of its users.

“The next phase of our website improvements is to provide a directory of high quality manufacturers of stone tools and materials,” said Braxton-Bragg President Rich Hassert, publisher of the trade newspaper. “We're hoping this directory can be a convenient resources to our readers for when they are looking for tools or ideas or just who makes what.”

The new features will also better leverage the institutional knowledge contained in The Slippery Rock Gazette, which has become the most widely-read stone trade newspaper in the United States. This monthly publication is mailed directly to businesses and individuals working in the stone and associated trades as well as being available online.

“We will not only present the best available products today, but there will be links from the company’s information in the The Slippery Rock Gazette back to the company homepage as well as to other web pages that will provide additional information,” Hassert said. “It will hopefully be a one stop portal for researching products, companies, and materials.”

As a continuing service to the stone industry, The Slippery Rock Gazette offers both print and online classified ad listings for used tile and stone tools and equipment, help wanted announcements, and business opportunity listings. Online ads are free, however they must be renewed each month, to keep the listings fresh.

“We've had so many people take advantage of the free classified ads that we're working on a new way to present them which will be more user friendly and efficient,” Hassert said. “The third thing is we're working to bring more and more back issues of the The Slippery Rock Gazette online and to make the content available and searchable. That's an ongoing project. When we are done we hope to have more useful tools to provide more resources to our readers.”

The Slippery Rock website complements the corporate Braxton-Bragg website, which is designed for ease of use. There are more than 3,500 products listed on www.braxton-bragg.com representing millions of dollars of inventory. 94% of all items sold are in stock and ready to ship the same day. The website information will indicate whether an item is special order and how long it will take to be shipped.