Blame recipes with long intros on Google. And, well, yourself.
When you searched for “Lemon Meringue Pie recipe,” you got one with a long introduction because Google assumes any short article is junk. Google prefers articles that are at least 300 words, and more is better. Just the the recipe would be a couple of hundred words at most – anything that short won’t appear at the top of a Google results list.
But there’s more to it than that. On the Internet, as in real life, people expect to be paid for their work. When you go to a website to get a recipe, you’re paying for it by looking at advertising. The long introductions make room for more ads so the writer gets some compensation.
Want to find recipes without long intros? Buy a cookbook. The author gets paid in real money and everyone wins.
Use AllRecipes.com. It is an online cookbook with reviews an without the blog. You do have to actually read the reviews, though. Sometimes those well reviewed recipes have a major change suggested by a substantial number of reviewers – so they are really reviewing the modified recipe rather than the original.
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Buy a book, I think, which doesn’t really need to optimise search terms in the same way.
Dobber Premium Member almost 2 years ago
That’s what I hate about food blogs. It’s all that bla bla bla and endless pictures of the same thing. Just show the recipe already.
Zebrastripes almost 2 years ago
Endless scrolling….ridiculous!
mrsdonaldson almost 2 years ago
You’ll never find one. So annoying.
goboboyd almost 2 years ago
Upcycled Vintage Potions app. Mostly just add Sea Salt Caramel.
JoshHere almost 2 years ago
The yellow avocados with red pits look good
Ed The Red Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Blame recipes with long intros on Google. And, well, yourself.
When you searched for “Lemon Meringue Pie recipe,” you got one with a long introduction because Google assumes any short article is junk. Google prefers articles that are at least 300 words, and more is better. Just the the recipe would be a couple of hundred words at most – anything that short won’t appear at the top of a Google results list.
But there’s more to it than that. On the Internet, as in real life, people expect to be paid for their work. When you go to a website to get a recipe, you’re paying for it by looking at advertising. The long introductions make room for more ads so the writer gets some compensation.
Want to find recipes without long intros? Buy a cookbook. The author gets paid in real money and everyone wins.
jbarnes almost 2 years ago
Use AllRecipes.com. It is an online cookbook with reviews an without the blog. You do have to actually read the reviews, though. Sometimes those well reviewed recipes have a major change suggested by a substantial number of reviewers – so they are really reviewing the modified recipe rather than the original.