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>Not to mention the 1200 word partial life story preceding every recipe. Everyone I know balks at this, yet it exists. Can some explain why? Where is this trad
by newswasboring 6y ago
>Not to mention the 1200 word partial life story preceding every recipe.
Everyone I know balks at this, yet it exists. Can some explain why? Where is this tradition coming from? Does this drive page views? I know nothing about the cooking subculture. Is it some sort of normies vs "really into this" thing (and please excuse the phrasing, I could not come up with something better). Because that would mean the page is just not targeted at me. But then again that argument will make sense if the monetization was not through advertisement and view volume.
I didn't realize how curious I was about this.
Edit: just had a thought. Can it be something to do with SEO? Does google like bigger articles with lots of personal text? If this is the reason it would blow my mind. Without knowing it google algo would have made the internet a shittier place, this is very amusing to me.
- twalla 6y agoIt's mostly SEO and "engagement" but also possibly copyright law (at least that's the case with cookbooks that include non-recipe fluff content) From the US Copyright Office: "Mere listings of ingredients as in recipes, formulas, compounds, or prescriptions are not subject to copyright protection. However, when a recipe or formula is accompanied by substantial literary expression in the form of an explanation or directions, or when there is a combination of recipes, as in a cookbook, there may be a basis for copyright protection.”
- gruez 6y agoAdding your life story into your recipe might make it eligible for copyright, but what's the point? Someone can simply strip out your life story and then they'll be allowed to copy it.
- C1sc0cat 6y agoIt does, I do work in that space (for a major brand) and for recipes those with 500-800 words rank better - look at the data from SemRush.