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The author blames Google for the fact that recipe sites force you to wade through a long preamble before you get to the recipe. But if internet advertising didn
by jamesdhutton 6y ago
The author blames Google for the fact that recipe sites force you to wade through a long preamble before you get to the recipe. But if internet advertising didn't exist, then the recipe site would be charging him for the recipe. Recipe authors have to make a living somehow. If he doesn't want ads in his recipes, then he could always go out and buy a recipe book.
- dazc 6y agoIf internet advertising didn't exist then there would be only half a dozen recipes for scrambled eggs to be found, not the thousands there are now.
- jamesdhutton 6y ago... and probably not much else. I love the way I can type in whatever combination of ingredients I happen to have in my pantry, and get a bunch of free recipes with those ingredients. I doubt that would have happened without internet advertising.
- dazc 6y agoFair point
- qPM9l3XJrF 6y agoI also find the claim itself rather implausible and it makes me think the author just has a generic anti-tech bias. (Know what else Google is responsible for? Forwards from Grandma! And reposts on your favorite subreddit! And people ghosting you on Tinder!)
- walshemj 6y agoI don't understand all this whining about recipes sites. I have never had a problem with them and I am using an 8 year old creaky laptop. And Nigellas' or the Hairybikers sites are not encumbered with adds.
- ColFrancis 6y agoI don't think this would be the case. (A proportion of) People love to share things like recipes, they would share them regardless. Some other people found they can monetise recipes by putting ads on their sites. They have an incentive for SEO while the other people likely care less and so when we look around we see a bunch of ad-supported recipe sites. It is a little short sighted to then conclude that only ad-supported websites share recipes.