SEO may be the reason for many of the bigger blogs, but I think we shouldn't default to cynicism here. People who are passionate about a given topic often love

SEO may be the reason for many of the bigger blogs, but I think we shouldn't default to cynicism here. People who are passionate about a given topic often love to ramble on about it. And if you aren't very passionate about food, you aren't likely to start a food blog. And most people don't start blogging as a purely educational activity, but rather as a way of expressing themselves. As a result, they aren't necessarily thinking about optimal user experience like a software business would. I had a coworker who had a food blog and she would fill each post with ramblings like all the rest do, but it is because she wanted to tell her story of why that particular meal was important to her. And if you were to ask her in person about a meal or what she likes to cook, she would talk in as much detail since that was her passion. The default of assuming everyone is a bad actor is growing rather tiresome. Not to mention, these people didn't need to share their recipes at all. And we aren't compensating them for their work. We just complain.