James Emmrich

Hey readers, just wanted to let you all know that my Facebook Application, MotoHeaven.net has just been approved and added to Facebook’s Application Directory!

Add MotoHeaven.net to your profile by clicking here to go to its Application Page:
http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=31923297583

For those interested in motorcycles you may want to continue reading and learn a little bit about what makes MotoHeaven so special.

Community based authoring for the greater good

MotoHeaven is all about sharing and helping out. Just like Wikipedia, MotoHeaven uses community based editing to enable an up to date directory of information regarding safe legal places to ride, moto related events, and other motorcycle industry information.

As long as a visitor of MotoHeaven is logged in, they can freely add and edit listings. And if something should go wrong such as defacement or spam, the listing can be reverted back to a previous state and the offending user dealt with.

What makes MotoHeaven different?

There are a few websites and forums out there that have compiled lists of places to ride, but they all have the same issues: incompleteness, incorrect, out of date, duplication, and are a closed system.

So why are these issues bad? For one, incomplete and bad information is never helpful. Second, closed systems have a limited amount of people adding and maintaining an ever growing list. Once the amount of information reaches reaches a point where the authors cannot keep up with the updates and new additions the whole system fails and the visitors end up with something broken and hardly useful.

How does MotoHeaven work?

Using MotoHeaven does not require you to have an account, but having one gives you some features only available to registered users.

Once a visitor has registered for a free account, they can begin adding their favorite places to ride if they don’t already exist. They can also begin adding information to existing listings.

It’s easy creating new places to ride. In this case I’m creating the Rogers Centre which hosts the annual AMA Supercross.

After pressing Create, you are taken to the Listing Page where more detailed information can be added if you or someone else chooses to do so.

From above you can see the finished listing for the Toronto Supercross.

What benefits does MotoHeaven.net provide to the industry?

Benefits for motorcycle enthusiasts:

• Absolutely free accessible information by computer and Internet enabled cellphones
• Information related to all their favorite places to ride
• Ability to find new places to ride that are local, legal, safe, and recommended by friends
• Get directions to and from
• Rate, comment and review
• Learn about events and get notified when they near

Benefits for event managers, land/track owners, and industry businesses:

• Publicize your event or land/track by purchasing banners and profiles, and sponsoring contests
• Keep in touch with your loyal riders via opt in mailing lists
• Attract new riders by being listed in the largest database of places to ride
• Use tools for generating statistic, demographic and advertising information

Anything Else?

Well this is just the start! MotoHeaven has an enormous list of features that will be added throughout the year.

If this peaked your interest, add the Facebook Application by clicking here:

http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=31923297583

You can keep up with the latest news at my blog: http://www.lwp.ca/james/