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By June of 2002, we could no longer walk
through our house and Leslie rented her first booth.
A year later, John wrote a website for that charming
little mall. While looking for places on the Internet
to link to that website, the idea for Michigan Antiques
Directory (MAD) was born and our mission became clear.
What follows is the short story of the history of MAD.
October, 2003 - the domain for MAD was registered
with a hosting company. John began the process of gathering
information and constructing the site.
February, 2004 - the county group of Muskegon,
Ottawa, Kent and Allegan, as well as the county group
of Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Emmet, Grand Traverse
and Leelanau had listings numbering about 50 and MAD
went live.
May, 2004 - we add a database to the website
to handle a heavier load of information and increase
the functionality of the site. Now, we have some power!
By 2005, we have representation for every county
in the state, with listings numbering around 900. We
continue to refine the site with particular attention
to search engine criteria - most especially Google.
The year 2006 - we are at launch point. The
verification process in under way and we have added
infrastructure to support our customer service goals.
We now leave our "About Us" page and invite
you to head over to our newsletter, the MAD
RAG, for current information of our development,
progress and performance.
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