Wednesday, October 2, 2013

A "Yummy" Addition to Our Family


No, it's not a new recipe ingredient, not a new puppy sibling for Hadley (don't tempt me!) and no, we didn't have a baby.  Although, in a sense, we did.  A while back Brian and I purchased a web site called Yum Goggle which featured beautiful food photography and links back to the recipes.  It was small and rather poorly designed but we saw an opportunity.

For the past few weeks, I've been working with a designer to update the look of the site and fix its many bugs.  Some of the changes were easy, some were like giving birth but all were a labor of love.  And today I'm so thrilled to say it's done...for now.  I mean, really, are these things every fully done?  But I wanted to "unveil" it officially.  To those of you (most of you) who are not food bloggers, Yum Goggle is a great place to go for cooking inspiration.  You'll find the work of some of the best food bloggers and recipe developers to browse through.  You'll get ideas and directions and a feast for the eyes.  I do hope you'll visit often.

http://www.yumgoggle.com/
But I'd also like to speak to some of my fellow food bloggers for a minute and explain the philosophy behind Yum Goggle.  We're all familiar with curated sites that arbitrarily reject photos for "composition" and other varying and, ever changing, reasons.  And we've seen the handful of sites that take all comers, no matter how awful, and produce no results.  We want to be different.  We want to be the most blogger friendly resource for you.  No, we don't accept all photos but our criteria is not based on cropping, lighting and composition.  Does the food in the photo look like something we'd want to eat?  If so, we want to show it to the world and let them see your work and your recipe.  Who better than another food blogger can understand all that went into creating what's in that photo?

And, while we're at it, who better than another food blogger understands the need to show off your work on social media?  And so, we do.  You'll find us pinning, tweeting, and posting your work to Facebook and G+.  And so I'm asking you to join Yum Goggle, submit your photos, follow us around on social media, visit, pin, share and spread the foodie love.  And, if you need me, get in touch.  I'll be here...cooking.

Contact us at yumgoggle@gmail.com

17 comments:

  1. That is so exciting!!! I had no idea you bought it!! I am definitely checking it out!

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  2. Thrilled for you, Anita! Wishing you much, well-deserved success with Yum Goggle. As a food blogger, I can say that I am already seeing lots of new traffic by submitting my photos. Thank you!

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  3. Congratulations and best wishes for much success!

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  4. Awesome, Anita! I'll definitely share to Yum Goggle (hopefully my pics are accepted!) and will share on social media. What a great addition to your family!

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  5. Such great news! No one deserves it more than you!!

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  6. That sounds like a great philosophy :)

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  7. Very nice! I just found Yumgoggle a little while ago. I'll definitely get more of my recipes up. Congrats!

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  8. OMG...I love YumGoggle! I had no idea that you bought it. I even did a blog post about it a few months ago after my photos were accepted!! Congratulations Anita! :)

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  9. I just found Yum Goggle and have to tell you it is so easy to use when submitting photos, etc. A breeze! Love the look of the site, too. Well done!

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  10. Congratulations! A yummy addition to the family.

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  11. Wow, congratualtions! I heard of it not too long ago (when recipenewz shut down) but had no idea who owned it. I'll be posting over there soon!

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  12. Exciting! I am behind with this one but I am going to check it out now.

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  13. I already submitted my photos. I hope they get accepted :)

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