Foodily.com explained

Foodily.com
Type:	Recipe search engine and social network service
Url:	foodily.com
Logocaption:	Food, I love you
Registration:	Optional
Location:	San Francisco, California

Foodily.com was a social networking platform built on top of a recipe search engine. It offered a way to search for and find and share recipes through social media as well as from other web sites. However, it is no longer possible to search for recipes, and the site simply gives the notice that the system is unavailable.

History

Foodily.com was co-founded by former Yahoo! veterans.^[1] 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.^[2] Foodily was acquired by IAC-owned social network [Ask.fm] in 2015.^[3]

Awards

In 2012, Foodily.com won the Webby Award^[4] for the best food and beverage site.^[5]

See also

• Social networking service
• List of social networking websites

Further reading

• Food, I Love You from vimeo.com
• "Foodily: A Social Search Engine Just For Food" from The Huffington Post (February 16, 2011)
• "Foodily Brings Social Goodness And Menu Sharing To Recipe Search Engine" from TechCrunch (February 1, 2011)

External links

• Foodily.com
• The Foodily blog

Notes and References

1. Web site: Yahoo vets raise $5M for stealthy Foodily from Index . 25 June 2010 . 11 October 2012.
2. Web site: Foodily arrives on iPhone . 10 November 2011 . 11 October 2012.
3. Web site: Ask.fm acquires Foodily . May 2015 . 22 January 2016.
4. Web site: Webby Awards names new upstart best food and beverage website . 2 May 2012 . 11 October 2012.
5. Web site: 16th Annual Webby Awards Nominees & Winners . 11 October 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120820093559/http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=16#webby_entry_food_drink . 20 August 2012 .