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This makes me think about how Google has begun to demand recipe sites include Calorie counts. Are we a few years away from Google Recipe Search?

• reaperducer 7y ago
  One of the sites I maintain has a collection of recipes. It was only when Google started sending me email because they lacked calorie counts that I realized what a terrible idea microdata is for everyone but Google. I have since taken all of the microdata out of the HTML. If google wants it, it can pay for it.
  • Godel_unicode 7y ago
    > everyone but Google ... and the users of Google. Being able to see things like calorie counts directly in search results is awesome. Seriously, if you Google "banana bread" you get recipe ratings, cooking time, and calories right in the list of results. The UX is exceptional.
    • josteink 7y ago
      Why would you need or care about the calorie-count of a recipe?Either you want that food or not. Your guts will tell you. Is having a natural approach to food no longer normal?
      • tasssko 7y ago
        It makes it easy to compare how healthy a recipe is. I often do many searches looking for the differences in recipes with lower sugar levels. Then also how this changes preparation.
    • jacquesm 7y ago
      It's awesome, but it is also just a click away and that data isn't google's. That 'exceptional UX' is at the expense of someone else's work with google reaping the profits.
    • ec109685 7y ago
      It also allows things like Google Assistant to work.