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I've heard this explanation before but it sounds like one of those "it sounds plausible, so people will keep repeating it" explanations. I suspect the real rea
by TehShrike 4y ago
I've heard this explanation before but it sounds like one of those "it sounds plausible, so people will keep repeating it" explanations.
I suspect the real reason is what the author of the post claims – Google sends more readers to articles with lots of fluff.
> This food blogger wrote about an experiment she conducted. She listened to some of her readers and actually tried just putting the recipe up top before everything else. All of the articles in her experiment went lower in the rankings.
- graeme 4y agoOh, to be clear: I agree! Google also rewards the fluff, you can show more ads, etc But the copyright is part of the equation and it deserves a mention. Also, part of google rankings is manual quality review, familiarity, etc. if a recipe site strongly diverges from the normal form it can confuse readers or quality rankers. The lack of copyright to a degree has influenced the form that is now industry standard.