| Some history of About Calgary Internet
Directory.
We started a general subject links
type web site in 1995 (playernet.net) that
was linked to our MS Windows O-M-N-I
BBS.
Both are no longer maintained or
on line for public consumption since 2002.
About Calgary Internet Directory
was started in 1996 for our BBS customers
seeking web sites About Calgary.
Internet Search engines were seriously
lacking and would continue this way
for more years to come.
Web browsers were also lacking in
ease of use and crashes were also a
common problem. MS IE was way behind
Netscape Navigator in features
for a few more years.
Broadband (Cable & ADSL) was
not available at that time.
Almost all our customers at that
time used 28.8 modems, some used 14.4 modems.
We made the web site to load reasonably
fast and kept it as easy as possible to use
(simple) and free of bugs that
would crash web browsers.
Most of our customers were brand
new to computers and would get confused, lost
and frustrated with a lot of web
sites.
We receive rave reviews for the
fast loading and ease of use as well as not crashing
web browsers like many other web
sites did at the time.
The web site worked very well with
both Netscape Navigator and MS IE as well as
other web browsers (text web browsers
were still very common at that time).
Our out look was if it is not broken
don't fix it.
Now About Calgary Internet Directory
does rank in the top 10 Calgary web sites on
most (if not all) popular search
engines. Not a easy or inexpensive task on todays
Internet or even the 1990's Internet
either.
We now receive listing requests
everyday of the year (even Christmas day), for the
most part all Calgary and area
web sites are added with in 24 to 36 hours of us
receiving them, less then 72 hours
in all cases. All non Calgary and area listing
requests are ignored (listing requests
come from all over the world), we just do not
have the time to reply to all listing
requests unless they are a Calgary and area web
site that is accepted for listing
on About Calgary Internet Directory and a valid email
address is included with the listing
request (valid email address is not required).
Support is available 24 / 7 365
days a year.
Contact Support Staff
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