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{{Infobox website
|name = Foodily.com
|type = Recipe search engine and social network service
|url = [http://www.foodily.com/ foodily.com]
|logo_caption = Food, I love you
| alexa = 91,478 ({{as of|2012|10|11|alt=October 2012}}){{cite web|url= http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/foodily.com |title= Foodily.com Site Info | publisher= Alexa Internet |accessdate= 2012-10-11 }}
|logo = Foodily Logo
|registration = Optional
|location = San Francisco, California
}}
Foodily.com is a social networking platform built on top of a recipe search engine. It offers a new way to search for and find and share recipes from friends and from your network of connections as well as from the broadest selection of recipes online -- from big name chefs to up and coming bloggers.
History
Foodily.com was co-founded by former Yahoo veterans.{{cite web |url= http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/25/yahoo-vets-raise-5m-for-stealthy-foodily-from-index/ |title= Yahoo vets raise $5M for stealthy Foodily from Index |accessdate= 11 October 2012 || url-status=live}} It was launched as a web service on February 1, 2011. In November 2011, Foodily went mobile with the launch of its free iPhone app.{{cite web |url= http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/10/recipe-search-sharing-service-foodily-arrives-on-iphone/ |title= Foodily arrives on iPhone |accessdate= 11 October 2012 || url-status=live}}
Awards
In 2012, Foodily.com won the Webby Award{{cite web |url= http://news.yahoo.com/webby-awards-names-upstart-best-food-beverage-website-112238404.html |title= Webby Awards names new upstart best food and beverage website |accessdate= 11 October 2012 || url-status=live}} for the best food and beverage site.{{cite web |url= http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=16#webby_entry_food_drink |title= 16th Annual Webby Awards Nominees & Winners |accessdate= 11 October 2012 | url-status=live}}
See also
References
Further reading
- [http://vimeo.com/17823174 Food, I Love You] from vimeo.com
- [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/16/foodily-a-social-search-e_n_823665.html "Foodily: A Social Search Engine Just For Food"] from The Huffington Post (February 16, 2011)
- [http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/01/foodily-brings-social-goodness-and-menu-sharing-to-recipe-search-engine/ "Foodily Brings Social Goodness And Menu Sharing To Recipe Search Engine"] from TechCrunch (February 1, 2011)
External links
- [http://www.foodily.com Foodily.com]
- [http://blog.foodily.com The Foodily blog]