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The site should use Google Structured Data for Recipes. Always a good idea to check Google Structured Data to see if a format exists for the thing you're doing
by dbg31415 5y ago
The site should use Google Structured Data for Recipes.
Always a good idea to check Google Structured Data to see if a format exists for the thing you're doing. Odds are Google has a format for you, and odds are it's a good format to adopt for a lot of reasons.
This format is what makes the nice recipe cards show up in Google Searches (https://www.google.com/search?q=pot+roast https://www.google.com/search?q=pot+roast).
I get not wanting to have a "mommy blog" approach to content, but things like prep-time, cook-time, and just consistently formatted XML behind the scenes is good for your users.
https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/structured-data/recipe https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/structure...
Once you have it set up, it'll be easy to add in something like https://www.basketful.co/ https://www.basketful.co/ and that'll make it easy for people to shop their local grocery store -- and give you a revenue source for your work.
Next up, you just need user reviews! (= This will also help you build a community... having a sign up, being able to email market to people when new recipes they might like come up, or just have a tool where you send them 3 choices a day for dinner options, and a "buy now" link to their favorite retailer.
Lots of good stuff you can do with this site. Nice work!
- guhidalg 5y agoThanks for the tip of the structured metadata, I will add this to the backlog. Really useful tip about basketful, I'll follow up on this. Reviews are just the tip of the iceberg! Favorites, lists, recommendations, etc... having accounts unlocks all of that. Thanks for the feedback!