Interested in GreatRecipes?
GreatRecipes.com is a search engine for recipes. In the same way Google searches the entire Internet GreatRecipes.com searches hundreds of cooking websites and blogs simplifying the process of finding great recipes for your friends and family.
Why Was GreatRecipes Created?
Have you ever looked for recipes at Allrecipes, Epicurious, orFood Network only to end up at Google searching for just the right recipe? If so, you're among the hundreds of cooks we spoke to in creating our search engine.
The Facts
GreatRecipes is the largest recipe search engine on the Internet indexing over 1.4 million recipes from more than 300 cooking websites and blogs. In addition to our recipe search we have incorporated a user voting system allowing our users to 'great' recipes that they would recommend to their friends and family.
The Technology
GreatRecipes uses recipe search and aggregation technology provided by RecipeBridge.com. RecipeBridge.com is the largest aggregator of recipes on the Internet and is thrilled to partner with Hearst Digital to bring great recipe search to the masses.
Official Launch Press Release
Hearst Magazines Digital Media Partners With RecipeBridge to Launch GreatRecipes.com
New vertical search engine simplifies the hunt for recipes online by aggregating content from more than 250 recipe web sites
New York -July 20, 2010 - Hearst Magazines Digital Media and RecipeBridge, the web's largest search engine for recipes, today announced that the two companies have partnered to launch a recipe vertical search engine GreatRecipes.com (http://www.greatrecipes.com). The site will aggregate content from more than 300 recipe web sites, making the hunt for great recipes a one-site searching experience.
GreatRecipes.com greatly simplifies the multiple Google searches typically required to find that 'great recipe' to prepare. Results are created based on the search terms, criteria entered and the viewing and rating habits of other users. This unique combination of methods allows users to quickly find the exact type of recipe they are looking for. For example, users can search based on their refrigerator contents or from one of the many popular great recipe collections. Site visitors can also vote on recipes they think are great and find recipes that the community has voted up.
"This partnership and site launch dovetails nicely with our efforts to provide people with tools that make accessing information simpler and more immediate," said Chuck Cordray, senior vice president and general manager of Hearst Magazines Digital Media. "GreatRecipes.com will also help to drive traffic to our existing sites with food content including Delish.com, Redbookmag.com, GoodHousekeeping.com and CountryLiving.com and better utilize the thousands of amazing recipes that are archived throughout our network."
"GreatRecipes.com makes finding the best recipes on the Internet fast and easy through a combination of search, social rating and recommendations," said Andy Theimer, co-founder, RecipeBridge. "The site combines the best of the social bookmarking community ranking systems that you find on sites such as Digg.com, with an incredible vertical recipe searching tool. The innovative features combined with millions of searchable recipes present the ideal tool for all food enthusiasts whether they are amateur cooks or experienced chefs."
About Hearst Magazines Digital Media
Launched in March 2006, Hearst Magazines Digital Media, a unit of Hearst Magazines, is dedicated to creating and implementing the digital strategy for Hearst's magazine brands and other sites which serve the company's consumer audience. The unit has launched, re-launched or acquired 24 Web sites and 10 mobile sites for brands such as Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Marie Claire and Seventeen, as well as non-magazine brand sites such as Delish.com, a food site in partnership with MSN; TheDailyGreen.com; and teen sites MisQuinceMag.com and MyPromStyle.com. To round out its growing portfolio of interests for teens and women, Hearst Digital has acquired Q&A platform Answerology.com; the eCrush Network (eCRUSH.com, eSPIN.com), a teen social community; social shopping site Kaboodle.com, and RealAge.com, a consumer health site. Currently, Hearst Magazines has eight iPhone applications; all of its titles are available on the iPad via the Zinio application; and, this summer, Popular Mechanics will launch its own iPad application, followed shortly by Esquire and six other leading Hearst brands.
About RecipeBridge
RecipeBridge is a free recipe search engine that aggregates recipes from hundreds of online cooking websites. RecipeBridge's recipe aggregation technology brings together over 1.4 million recipes from more than 300 cooking sites and blogs from across the web. Users can explore, search, and discover millions of aggregated recipes from top cooking sites to save to their favorites list of share with friends. Launched in April of 2009, RecipeBridge has grown to become a favorite destination for cooks looking for the best recipes on the web.
RecipeBridge is privately held by Andy Theimer and Bill Brennan. For more information about RecipeBridge please visit RecipeBridge.com or send us a message on our contact us pages.