RideSearch Blog

RideSearch helps Save You Gas

noreply@blogger.com (Brian Alden Bass) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:43:00 +0000

The results are in and RideSearch is listed as a number one site to find a carpool. Currently they are working on their iPhone carpool app. That can be found at iphone.ridesearch.com

Now is the time to try their award winning carpool calculator to calculate the price of your commute. You will find that you can really save money by carpooling with other people.

RideSearch works with Google Chrome

noreply@blogger.com (Brian Alden Bass) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:06:00 +0000

I have made sure that RideSearch.com carpool searching technology works with Google Chrome. Google Chrome is the latest browser available from Google. Initial reviews show that it faster than any browser out there and is more stable than other browsers. And it is only in Beta. The official RideSearch blog has been moved to http://ridesearch.com/blogs/ridesearch/default.aspx.

RideSearch wins Award

noreply@blogger.com (Brian Alden Bass) — Mon, 19 May 2008 13:30:00 +0000

RideSearch.com has been listed as one of the top 100 useful web sites by Women's Health Magazine. This will appear in the June issue.

100 BEST WEBSITES | Women's Health Magazine
http://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/100-best-websites

RideSearch in the News

noreply@blogger.com (Brian Alden Bass) — Mon, 19 May 2008 13:25:00 +0000

US News and World Report
http://biz.yahoo.com/usnews/080514/14_8_new_ways_to_save_on_gas.html

Weather.com
http://climate.weather.com/articles/shiftinggears2008.html

Tampa Tribune
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/may/06/gas-prices-fuel-interest-ride-boards/

RideSearch on Living in Style

noreply@blogger.com (Brian Alden Bass) — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:40:00 +0000

RideSearch.com Monthly Newsletter

noreply@blogger.com (Brian Alden Bass) — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:00:00 +0000

Thank you for signing up with RideSearch.com, the free, nationwide premier carpooling website!
We have recently announced to the world that membership is growing rapidly. Our growth increases your odds of finding the right person to carpool with, so we urge you to log in to RideSearch.com create your profile if you have not already done so.

Ridesearch would also like to announce that our carpool contest is in full swing. We will award a $50 gas card to the first carpoolers who will share their RideSearch carpooling story with us. Be one of the first RideSearch users to send in their story about how you and and another RideSearch user are actively carpooling with RideSearch and we will give a $50 gas card to both users. Both users should send me the following information via email(brian@ridesearch.com)

Your username and real name
The other person's username and real name
Your story of:
a. Why you wanted to carpool.
b. How you met each other at RideSearch.com.
c. How much money you saved by carpooling.
d. How long (time and distance) both of your commutes are.
e. Did you use intersections, parking lots, or addresses to meet?
f. Did you meet in a public place first?
g. Would your recommend RideSearch to a friend?
h. And any other details about what it is like to carpool.
Note: As a result of this action you recognize that your testimonial may be used on the website, newsletter and in other public relations activities like newspapers, radio, and TV.

Looking back, April was a busy month for RideSearch.com. We released our carpool calculator on the iPhone and were linked on Apple.com. You can visit this site on your iPhone at http://iphone.ridesearch.com

We are working hard to spread the word about carpooling, and we owe it all to your support. Be sure to keep spreading the word about Ridesearch.com to your friends and coworkers and together we can all make real impact in your community and the world!

During April we promoted the site to the nation in the following ways:
1. The Live Green Expo in Plano, Texas
2. The Green Apple Festival in Los Angeles. Earth Day (I got interviewed by globalbroadcast4kids.com)
3. The Green for Life EcoFest in Palm Beach Florida, where we sponsored the "RideSearch Trolley"
4. The Nortel Green Fair in Dallas for the employees of Nortel.
5. The Green Living Family Festival at the Heard Museum in McKinney, Texas

At the end of May, RideSearch 2.0 will be released, which combines Ridesharing and Carpooling. We are going to have Free Ride Forums. Stay tuned for the best addition to our site yet!

If you would like to see RideSearch.com on TV and have Dish or Direct TV turn to the ION Network on this Thursday May 8th for a minute segment on the show Living in Style. It shows how to carpool with RideSearch.com.

Thursday 5/08 @ 1:30 PM EST, on the I Network (Formerly known as PAX TV) you can check your local station for this channel, ie: direct tv – channel 305, dish network – channel 181,
This runs on a single feed as follows: Thursday 05/08 1:30 PM EST12:30 PM Central Time11:30 AM Mountain Time10:30 AM Pacific Time

Finally, RideSearch is also cooperating with major corporations to make our service available to employees from corporate intranet sites. If you are interested in our benefits program (small, medium or large businesses), or in advertising on RideSearch.com or in our monthly newsletter, please email me at sales@ridesearch.com Thank you very much for signing up. You are helping us make a world of difference!

Brian A. Bass
Creator of RideSearch.com
http://www.ridesearch.com

Read about Carpooling on MSNBC

noreply@blogger.com (Brian Alden Bass) — Wed, 07 May 2008 02:07:00 +0000

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24491366/

I have a quote at the bottom. It is true, people can be as selective as a dating service, but you don't have to be as picky. This article is ok, but I think a majority of carpools are not going to be the worst case scenerios that are presented here.

RideSearch.com Announces New iPhone Carpool Application

noreply@blogger.com (Brian Alden Bass) — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:35:00 +0000

RideSearch.com has released a new iPhone Application. This application has calculators on it that help people who carpool. With your iPhone go to iphone.ridesearch.com to use the site.

The site contains:
1. The ever popular RideSearch gas savings calculator
2. A carpool fare calculator for people who split gas money
3. A miles per gallon calculator for people who want to know how many miles per gallon they are getting for a tank of gas.

The iPhone application also has a resources sections where users can learn all about how to carpool with RideSearch. There is also a link to the main login screen where users can check their messages and a click to register button for people to quickly register and start carpooling.

Brian Bass, the founder of RideSearch.com says," I believe that by expanding RideSearch into different segments of the population all of America will have a means of getting into carpooling. When everyone signs up there will be a very high probability of people finding the ultimate carpool. Gas prices are way too high. If all of America carpooled we would actually lower the price of gas on our everyday commute. Carpooling with RideSearch.com is a gas price solution that works right now."

About RideSearch.com: RideSearch.com is a free nationwide carpool and rideshare matching system. Since its release on January 1st,2008 there has been tremendous growth in the website. Visit RideSearch.com and start carpooling today.

RideSearch.com March Newsletter

noreply@blogger.com (Brian Alden Bass) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:40:00 +0000

1. A Thank You from Brian Bass
2. Wanted: Your carpool stories.
3. Beta Testers Wanted for iPhone site.
4. The future plans (The 5 Cs).
A. RideSearch for Commuters
B. RideSearch for Companies
C. RideSearch for Colleges
D. RideSearch for Cities
E. RideSearch for Countries
5. Encouragement

Many thanks to all of you that have signed up with the premier site for carpooling RideSearch.com! I certainly appreciate your support. Our mission is, and will continue to be, to make our environment cleaner and to ease the rising cost of fuel at the pump. As I look through the news, I see more and more reasons for you and I to carpool, and I thank you for being the pioneers in that endeavor. I think that as we look to the future we will definitely reap the rewards of carpooling for a better tomorrow.

I want to encourage you to stay with us as we grow. We are going through some growing pains. For instance, I would ignore the email that was sent to you by getresponse.com asking you to join the RideSearch mailing list. That was a mistake as I was searching for newsletter software I was unaware that they give away emails. RideSearch seeks to not be a spammer and will never sell or give away your email address. You have already taken that all important first step in signing up and as more users sign on, check back to Ridesearch.com and go to the tab marked "Find a Ride" or "Message Center" to see if you have new matches. If you aren't sure if you have messages in your inbox, we will take care of that for you. You will receive an email that says "A Carpool Message is Waiting For You" whenever you get a message from a potential match. I also encourage you to send a personal email, even this email, to a friend and tell them that signing up with RideSearch.com will help every commuter in the United States.

The word is spreading about Ridesearch and it is truly exciting! In the first month alone we had over 1,000 visitors and in the months following we experienced a growth of over 2,000 visitors to the site. We feel that the next big news story could launch RideSearch.com into the household name status. RideSearch is mounting many aggressive internet advertising campaigns and our goal is to spread the word to the entire nation. We are also reserving booth at the Plano, Texas, Green Expo and at the Green Apple Festival in Los Angeles for Earth Day. Get involved in Earth Day (April 22, 2008) and show up to your local festivities with flyers to hand out to people. Email me, Brian Bass, address is brian@ridesearch.com and I can provide you with eco-friendly business cards, also.

I encourage you to post our link in your blogs and forums that you visit. Just copy the following text into your signature or wherever you post things on the Internet:

Carpool with RideSearch.com

2. Wanted: Your carpool stories.
As our membership grows, the odds of you finding the perfect carpool gets better. I am currently looking for your carpool stories. Be one of the first RideSearch users to send in their story about how you and and another RideSearch user are actively carpooling and I will pay for a full tank of gas for both users. Both users should send me the following information via email(brian@ridesearch.com)

Your username and real name
The other person's username and real name,
Your story of:
a. Why you wanted to carpool.
b. How you met each other at RideSearch.com.
c. How much money you saved by carpooling.
d. How long (time and distance) both of your commutes are.
e. Did you use intersections, parking lots, or addresses to meet?
f. Did you meet in a public place first?
g. Would your recommend RideSearch to a friend?
h. And any other details about what it is like to carpool.
Note: As a result of this action you recognize that your testimonial may be used on the website, newsletter and in other public relations activities like newspapers, radio, and TV.

If you are the first carpool group to send this information I will notify you with instructions on where to send your gas receipt and will reimburse you from there.

3. Beta Testers Wanted for iPhone site.

The iPhone site is almost finished! I will be releasing a press release when it is completed. Now it is in testing and I invite all RideSearch users to try it out. I still need to make a few adjustments to the 'Find a Ride' and 'Message Center' tabs in the iPhone site. If you experience any problems with other parts let me know at help@ridesearch.com

Registration to RideSearch will still be done through our normal site at http://www.ridesearch.com/register.aspx

If you would like to test the iPhone application out early and have an iPhone go to:
http://iphone.ridesearch.com

I have included 3 dynamic calculators that do the following:
1. Calculate Gas Savings by Carpooling
2. Calculate how many Miles Per Gallon you receive
3. Calculate how much a person would owe another on a carpool by MPG, Gas Cost, and Distance

I am excited about this site and view this as another opportunity to reach more commuters. You may inquire: Why would an iPhone user want to carpool? My answer is that gas is increasing at an alarming rate and by way of the iPhone we can reach more users to pull into the database.

Thank you again for supporting my development activities! I look forward to your reviews.

4. The future plans.
I have many irons in the fire and as you can tell, have high hopes and dreams. I have learned in life that if you work hard and are persistent anything is possible. So as the iPhone site nears completion I will be continuing work on the following activities:

A. RideSearch for Commuters - This is what we currently have. I will be expanding it to include a forum for one time carpools, which by definition is a rideshare.

B. RideSearch for Companies - This is currently in development and can be custom built for your companies needs.
1. We are working with a major corporation right now to get the details outlined. (stay tuned for that press release)
2. We will offer an al la carte method:
A. A landing page for your company that offers company news and personalization features - similar to a MySpace page for the HR team.
B. Advice Section for members of your company to carpool.
C. A company forum for carpool contests, stories, and rules.
D. A search feature that will only search for people who have the same domain name as your company.
E. Link trading to show that the company is environmentally conscious.
F. A press release describing how your company supports carpooling with RideSearch.com

C. RideSearch for Colleges and Universities - currently in design. If you have any ideas let me know.

D. RideSearch for Cities - We offer the customized carpool plans for cities. I have already started talking to local government leaders and can work with cities to make RideSearch.com their official carpool program. What this means is basically giving cities a landing page, street signs, and press releases that talk about their commitment to the environment. If you know any city leaders email me and I will be more than happy to speak with them about our program.

E. RideSearch for the World - One of our long term goals is getting RideSearch to expand to the world. 15% of our traffic is world wide.

5. A Note of Encouragement

Thank you again for supporting this site. I have a vision. I have hope for our future. We can all learn to share our resources and conserve our planets limited fossil fuels. We can all stop greenhouse gases from harming our planet and we can learn that sacrifice is beneficial to our planet and to our wallet. The time is right now for all commuters to carpool. Thank you for taking the first step at RideSearch.com.

Sincerely,
Brian Bass
The Creator of RideSearch.com
http://www.ridesearch.com

RideSearch is Growing

noreply@blogger.com (Brian Alden Bass) — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 06:53:00 +0000

I would like to encourage the new users of RideSearch.com. There are people signing up every day. We are getting traffic from all states now. I am grateful to all who sign up. You are the real heroes. I know we can all spread the word. I am grateful for your confidence in the site and in carpooling. You are awesome!

Brian Bass
Creator of RideSearch.com

RideSearch.com on YouTube

noreply@blogger.com (Brian Alden Bass) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:13:00 +0000

Click here to see a cool carpool video about RideSearch.com

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLQe0Sivcfs

First Month of Operations

noreply@blogger.com (Brian Alden Bass) — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:09:00 +0000

This first month of operations is going to be hard to beat. First, the
initial press release got picked up by some newspapers in the land,
then NBC5i did a news story on RideSearch that got aired in all of
Dallas, Rhode Island and Massachusets. We also over 1400 unique
visitors to the site in just 4 weeks. I think if more people get
involved we actually can make a difference.
This next month promises to be even better. Another press release will
get sent out regarding my decision to make the site free with ads. And
then another press release will get sent when I am finished with
RideSearch for the iPhone. Also I could be in the papers and on TV for
a different network. Then I am also planning some activities for Earth
Day and still have other ideas brewing...

So it has been good and I thank everyone for their support. Without
people who want to carpool this site wouldn't work at all. Thanks!

Brian Bass
Creator of RideSearch.com

First Media Coverage on NBC

noreply@blogger.com (Brian Alden Bass) — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:17:00 +0000

Well, the interview went well. Different footage was aired at the First at 4, News at 5 and News at 6. The first at four was the biggest story. I think NBC in Dallas has a lot of viewers. So I am hoping that word will spread.

Here is a link to the video on the NBC5i Website:
http://video.nbc5i.com/player/?id=203291

I do realize that I have a big hurdle to get past to be successful:
1. People don't want to carpool
2. People don't trust the internet

Those are some big hurdles. But, here are my answers
1. With gas prices and the environment getting worse people are eventually going to have to carpool
2. Once people have to carpool they will need a site that is more secure and more private - it is like the dating service sites in the 90s. Eventually everyone started banking online. I think carpooling online is a logical step.

I think RideSearch.com will take off. It is all up to you. The option is now there. Time to carpool.

Brian Bass, The Creater of RideSearch.com to be on NBC

noreply@blogger.com (Brian Alden Bass) — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:28:00 +0000

Another announcement - Today at 4pm and possibly 5pm and 6pm on NBC5i here in Dallas, I will be on the news. I was just interviewed by Melissa Newton. She was nice and the interview went well. That is so cool. I have a feeling this is just the start...

First Week to Carpool

noreply@blogger.com (Brian Alden Bass) — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:59:00 +0000

This first week saw 8 new subscribers and 4 new profiles. It was a good week press wise. I had close to 200 visitors. I am getting into marketing the site and realize that now my focus is going to be getting the site marketed to the nation. A hard task indeed. Part of it is going to be getting links to RideSearch on other sites. That is why I have created all of these blogs. But the important links are from sites with high traffic and from news sites. So to all those who want the nation to start carpooling copy the following into your weblogs, website forums and any place you visit on the net:

Carpool with RideSearch.com

Thanks,
Brian Bass
Creator of RideSearch.com

Going Green? Try to Carpool. RideSearch.com is Launched

noreply@blogger.com (Brian Alden Bass) — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:04:00 +0000

The announcement of RideSearch.com, a new carpool website. It is like a dating service, except it matches you with others interested in carpooling. The cool thing is the first 500 members and the first 10 members in each zip code get a lifetime membership.

read more | digg story

Merry Christmas!

noreply@blogger.com (Brian Alden Bass) — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:26:00 +0000

Merry Christmas to all the RideSearch.com fans out there. I think 2008 will be the year of carpooling. The site is almost complete. You can still visit it and give me your suggestions. Even after January 1st I will continue to update it and it will get better and better. This is just the beginning.

Brian Bass
Creator of RideSearch.com

RideSearch has been reviewed

noreply@blogger.com (Brian Alden Bass) — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:22:00 +0000

This is a review of RideSearch when it is in Beta,
Just wait till I perfect it and release it....

http://www.douglaskarr.com/

2 Weeks and Counting

noreply@blogger.com (Brian Alden Bass) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:18:00 +0000

Wow, I am excited. Visions of carpoolers are dancing in my head.. I was talking about what my motiviation is with this site tonight and I have to say, truthfully, my biggest motivation is saving the economy. See, I feel the pain of high gas prices just like everyone else and that hits me and all of us close to our wallets, every week. 2 Years ago when I started making RideSearch I was stung by how high gas prices were getting. And it just kept on getting higher. I said to myself,"someone has to do something." and then RideSearch was born. I have a dream. That all Commuter's will use RideSearch.com to carpool to work and back. And that as a result of lower demand for gasoline, the gas prices will go lower and thus, heal the pain of the cost of weekly commuting. I believe it can happen. We just all have to work together.

Brian Bass
Creator of RideSearch.com

We are going official January 1st

noreply@blogger.com (Brian Alden Bass) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:44:00 +0000

On January 1st of 2008 RideSearch.com will no longer be in Beta. I'd like to ask people to go signup now and communicate with us about any issues encountered. I want RideSearch to be the best rideshare site and best carpool site on the internet.

Sincerely,
Brian Bass

Welcome to RideSearch!

noreply@blogger.com (Brian Alden Bass) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:38:00 +0000

Welcome to my blog. This is the owner of RideSearch, Brian Bass. I have created this blog as a way of communicating with all of its fans. I think carpooling is the wave of the future and I am glad of the site. I think it is going to work. I think even if you don't go with RideSearch and decide to go with eRideshare or some other rideshare site you should still do it. Anyway to get American's to carpool. That is the goal. That is the mission.

Sincerely,
Brian Bass
http://www.ridesearch.com