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“ For example, have you ever noticed that the main content of most websites is something like 70% down the page? Every recipe site I’ve ever seen is like this —
by xivzgrev 4y ago
“ For example, have you ever noticed that the main content of most websites is something like 70% down the page? Every recipe site I’ve ever seen is like this — nobody cares about how this recipe was originally your great-grandmother’”
If anyone is curious, this is at least part due to copyright law. A recipe is a set of facts, which is no copyrighted. But recipes with substantial literary expression (making it unique) can be copyrighted. Content creators don’t want their stuff copied so viola…that’s how you get a long winded story before the goods.
https://copyrightalliance.org/are-recipes-cookbooks-protected-by-copyright/#:~:text=Can%20You%20Copyright%20a%20Recipe%3F,be%20protected%20by%20copyright%20law https://copyrightalliance.org/are-recipes-cookbooks-protecte....
- lethologica 4y agoI always thought it was more for the SEO than the copyright.
- GavinMcG 4y agoI see this claim repeated but is there any evidence for it? It’s not like writing a long story adds any protection for the recipe. Seems the author’s explanation is simpler (though even simpler is that the audience of those long-winded sites appreciates the content, or the authors enjoy creating it).
- np_tedious 4y agoSurely they could put that crap after and achieve the same status?