Boompa Enters Growing Automotive Social Network Market
 Michael Arrington at TechCrunch is reporting that Ethan Lance and Dave Snider have launched an automotive social network called Boompa.
Berkeley, California based Boompa is just that - a new web startup focused on car fanatics (and better yet, it isn’t ridiculous). The founders, Ethan Lance and Dave Snider, previously worked together at CNET before starting this company.
Users enter information on cars they own, or want to own. Other users can tag and comment the vehicle, and contact the owner and/or add him or her as a friend. The site is extremely well designed and uses Ajax effectively throughout. The fact that just the two founders built the site in a few months is impressive.
The founders have another, rather ambitious goal as well - to create the definitive database of car information on the web, called their Database Project.
Boompa isn't actually the first "MySpace for Cars." Michael Arrington obviously hasn't heard of Edmunds' CarSpace which was talked about in March. Boompa probably won't be the last car-related social network to launch either.
Posted on June 12, 2006
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