CrossCanadaSearch.com : A Brief History

A Brief History

A Brief History of CrossCanadaSearch.com
Hi, my name is Charles Morrison, and I thought I'd give you a first person narrative on the development of CrossCanadaSearch.com.
Back in 1992, I began writing and publishing Christian Music Bulletin, a newsletter about Canadian Christian Music. As CMB, as it is now known, grew, I added a website to provide some online resources that would allow people and music industry involved individuals to network and co-operate.
The CMB website spawned a links page, like most personal and project sites. This links page was rather unfocussed in that it contained links to sites that were in some way connected with the following topics: Canada, Music, Christianity. It grew to include 150 links.
However, there came a point when I realized that I was in a position to offer something unique, and that was my knowledge and network of Canadian Christian Music websites. Thus Northern Sites was born - Spring of 1997. Northern Sites - Canadian Christian Music Links Directory began with 80 links and grew to around 220 in June of 1999.

Upon further reflection and viewing several other sites, I realized that there was an opportunity to fill these needs:

to bring broader awareness to Canadian Christian Music Artists (Northern Sites goal)
to build a high quality, easy to use Internet information product for Canadian Christians.
to develop and deliver an advertising product for Canadian Christian institutional advertisers.
having a sense of satisfaction in knowing that Canadian content exists in spite of a strong presence of US culture, which appears even stronger on the net due to a lack of Good Canadian networking products.
These things could all be realized in a Canadian Christian Search Engine, with a strong, comprehensive and prominently displayed music section. The concept development began in May of 99, and actual beta testing and graphics work was undertaken in June and July. Official launch was scheduled for beginning of August, but delayed due to website hosting transitions.
CrossCanadaSearch.com launched Aug 16th, 1999. We appreciate any support (moral, weblinks, or advertising) that you can give us.