[MrEyes]

Site Name: The Rev Counter - The Motorbike Community
URL: http://www.therevcounter.com

Description
TRC is a community for people who share a common interest in motorbikes. TRC provides forums, blogs, classified listings, games, streaming media and above all an active and busy community.

Reason for Nomination
If goes without saying that one of the main reasons for nominating TRC is that I would like to have a go at winning BOTM. However to be in with a chance there should be good reasons why TRC stands out. For me as site administrator my "mission statement" (pardon the jargon) is to strive to keep every community member happy all of the time, the details below show how I am working towards this.

The Setup

• My Forum - This is a great feature that allows members to view the forums in the way they want (I have published this mod here)
• vBAdvanced - This is used as the sites primary homepage and displays a summary of everything that is happening on the site (i.e. latest posts, random albums, social group information, site statistics etc).
• VBClassifieds - Allows all registered members to sell their stuff
• GARS - Geek Article & Review System - Allows all registered members to create reviews relevant to Motorbikes. This will shortly be extended to include articles.
• TRC Games - Here members can play games via ibProArcade (over 300) and VB Casino, member statistics are displayed in postbit.
• TRC Media - Members here can listen to and watch streamed media. This is regularly used by members to watch motorbike races while discussing them on the forums. Why watch at home on your own when you can watch and discuss with 100's of other people!
• Social Forums - If a social group reaches 10 or more members the group starter is given the opportunity to start a forum for their group. This has prooved to be a well excepted addition to the site as it allows group members to discuss their interests without others, who are not interested in the subject,
• All Albums - Displays a sortable list of all public albums.
• Post Thanks - Everybody likes to be appreciated, through this addon community members can thank each other for useful posts.
• Google Search Integration - In addition to the standard vBulletin search features both registered and guest visitors can search the site, via fully integrated pages, with Google.
• Blogs - Member blogs powered by vBulletin Blog.
• Styles - In addition to the changes to the default style (some might say that this is bland however it has been specifically designed to be work friendly), there are also a series of other styles added to the site. In addition to this a mobile device style can be accessed via http://mobile.therevcounter.com
• Enhanced RSS - Using the inbuilt VB RSS system site related news items are pulled down into a dedicated forum. If a member posts a comment on an RSS thread then this is automatically moved to the main discussion forum. This means that RSS posts don't get in the way of normal day to day discussion.
• SEO - Optimises the site for search engines, which attracts more people to the community. This is also used to submit site-maps to all major search engines. I have spent a considerable amount of time optimising TRC for SEO, this time investment is really starting to pay dividends.

So there you have it!

As per the nomination guidelines I have done my best to keep this short and sweet while still showcasing the best features TRC has to offer, I hope you believe it is worth your second.