Judys Book

Judy’s Book is a web community that allows users to swap recommendations on restaurants and local businesses with their friends.

Judy's Book is a search service for finding local and online coupons, sales and deals. It's kind of like that wad of coupons your grandma carries around with her but way bigger and more resourceful and you can add reviews. In 2004, [Seth Godin](http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2004/09/judysbook.html) called it 'Craig's List meets Zagats meets Orkut.' Judy's Book allows small businesses to submit their deal info, which the site publishes in a highly searchable way. Users can track item categories or specific local and online stores. Any online or local store can build a Judy's Book profile that users can review and rate. Users can post any deals, coupons or sales they want. They can also 'enhance' previous postings with more detailed info, extra reviews or more defining tags. Everything users do is tracked on their MyDeals profile page. Judy's Book was founded in early 2004. Competitors include [Yelp](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/yelp), [insiderpages](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/insiderpages), [Craigslist](http://www.techcrunch.com/tag/craigslist) and [Citysearch](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/Citysearch). The company was [deadpooled](http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/23/judys-book-to-shut-down-yelp-is-the-last-of-the-local-review-sites-still-standing/) in October 2007. In October 2008 Judy's book [relaunched with new owners](http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/27/judys-book-under-new-management-back-from-the-dead/).