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Mobile Recommendations Service, Goodrec, Goes Live With Over 100,000 Recommendations

Posted on: Monday, 9 February 2009, 23:00 CST

Company Launches Out of Beta and Unveils New iPhone Application

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Goodrec, the mobile and online recommendation service, launched today with over 100,000 recommendations made by its users since the introduction of its Beta service at TechCrunch 50, in September 2008.

Now anyone can view the recommendations on Goodrec (www.goodrec.com), and access the 725,000 listings for restaurants, nightlife, movies and more. And, with simple 'Thumbs Up', 'Thumbs Down' recommendations and short quicktips, it's easy to find and make recommendations by and for your friends, enabling personal informed decisions when at home or on-the-go.

Additionally, users will soon be able to download the company's new "GoodFood" iPhone application, which is dedicated to making it easier and faster to find and share restaurant recommendations. Registered users can continue to use the company's "Goodrec" iPhone application to make and request recommendations in any category.

"We offer a unique and easy way to make recommendations from a mobile phone," said Mihir Shah, CEO and Co-Founder of Goodrec. "Over 50% of our recommendations come from a mobile and our Beta users have already embraced the ability to quickly share their recommendations and photos right after an experience. We are excited to launch broad access to our recommendations both online and on our new GoodFood iPhone application."

Goodrec's mobile applications take advantage of the iPhone's location-based capabilities, giving users the power to quickly find places around them that friends have recommended. In addition to being easy to scan when users are out and about, Goodrec's recommendations have also proven to be addictive, with many users making over a hundred in a single day.

Goodrec also has the capability for users to ask the Goodrec community for recommendations. With "Request Recommendations" users can post questions, personalize their requests, and pick friends from their email contacts or Facebook that they would like an answer from. Whether they are looking for restaurants to visit during their next vacation or the best book to help with managing their finances, "Request Recommendations" is an easy way for users to harness the knowledge of their friends.

For more information about Goodrec, please visit www.goodrec.com.

About Goodrec

Goodrec is a mobile and online recommendation service that offers simple 'Thumbs Up', 'Thumbs Down' recommendations and short quicktips at the moment of inspiration from people you know and trust. The San Francisco-based company was founded in 2007 and is funded by leading seed stage firms including Jeff Clavier's SoftTech VC, Richard Wolpert's Chance Technologies and Betaworks.

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