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I _think_ OP is referring to the fact that most sites are forced into writing really long form posts because the format is "encouraged" by Google. I don't know
by equalsione 4y ago
I _think_ OP is referring to the fact that most sites are forced into writing really long form posts because the format is "encouraged" by Google.
I don't know the ins and outs but my understanding is that if you don't follow the Google format then you recipe drops way down in Google search results.
- mikro2nd 4y agoNo, they're forced into long form posts because recipes cannot be copyrighted. By adding a story you get something with copy rights.
- Kbelicius 4y agoIANAL but wouldn't you just get a copyright on the story and somebody could still extract all the necessary information for preparing the meal and publish it as a simple recipe?
- mikro2nd 4y agoIANAL either, but I believe that, yes, you could do just that. Of course you'd not have any copyright... :) TBH I'm not entirely clear why the issue is so important to the people who publish these things, but clearly it is!
- rchaud 4y agoWhy would they care about copyright? The sites these recipes sit on are ad-funded. Copyright would matter if they were selling these as books, not for free online where anybody can copy it, save it as a PDF etc.