whodoyou
About whodoyou
whodoyou is fast becoming the most trusted location for local business recommendations. More than 10 million people search for local service providers every day in the US alone, yet this $30b market still relies heavily on the fragmented, ad hoc process of word-of-mouth recommendations. whodoyous unique approach converts online conversations between friends and groups into structured recommendations. The magic happens when a new user comes to whodoyou.com, searches for a local business, and quickly finds that the same question has been asked and answered dozens, even hundreds of times by neighbors and locals in the know. Even better, when users log in we create a private vault - a list of recommendations culled exclusively from that users friends and groups. whodoyou ensures there is a real identity associated with every recommendation. Nowhere else can you find as many authentic and personalized recommendations as on whodoyou. We welcome you to try it today!
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Aug 13, 2014
Facebook, Social Recommendation Service WhoDoYou Launches iOS App David Cohen on August 13, 2014 2:40 PM Social local search service WhoDoYou Wednesday announced the release of an iOS application, joining its website and Android app. WhoDoYou mines content and advice shared on Facebook and other social networks to provide recommendations for local businesses in the top 500 cities in the U.S. and more than 50 international markets. It uses advanced machine learning and natural language processing to parse content and deliver the most relevant results. The company said its website and Android app boast more than 500,000 users, adding that users who access the service with Facebook Login receive more personalized results culled from their friends and groups on the social network, which are unavailable via public searches and displayed only in users’ private vaults. Founder and CEO Yoav Schwartz said in a release introducing the iOS app: Because it is collected from genuine conversations between friends, the quality of the information found on WhoDoYou surpasses that of other leading review services, which are rife with bias and manipulation. WhoDoYou will appeal to millions of iOS users because it was created for regular people with busy lives who rely on friends to help them find trusted local businesses. Readers: Where do you get your recommendations? Related Stories
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- Predict emerging trends
- See competitors' playbooks
- Stalk the smart money
- Identify tomorrow's challengers
- Spot growing industries
- Kill analyst data work
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