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[-] superkret@feddit.org 39 points 4 months ago

By the way:
They do that for 3 reasons: Keeping you on the site longer, which increases its rating with Google.
Adding more space for ads.
And preventing others from simply scraping and reposting the entire content on their site, since recipes by themselves can't be copyrighted, but written stories can.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago

True.

Although in Tolkien's case, I think no one bothered to tell him that writers like Dickens were paid per-word for what they wrote and he just figured he'd do what everyone he grew up reading did.

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

writers like Dickens were paid per-word

Is that true? That explains Great Expectations. I had to read that in high school and it just went on and oooooon.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 4 months ago

I actually use my recipe blog to store passwords and credit card information. I've never had an issue.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 6 points 4 months ago

How does that work?

Now stir in the sour cream - "56&fHR+6AakOUH5&#3FJ" brand works best?

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 months ago

You crazy?! Not in the instructions. In the narrative portion. Where I talk about my hike through the Yukon, where I meditated and during that time, hunter2

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

On the google note

It’s because Google prioritizes unique content and prioritizes the beginning of a web page more than the end

If they put the recipe at the top it would be flagged as duplicate content

[-] sailorzoop@lemmy.librebun.com 11 points 4 months ago

Luke Smith's based.cooking aims to solve exactly that.
Might be missing a bunch of things but it's always worth at least checking out.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

And of course it's using units from Middle Earth instead or metric.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Bookmarked. Thank you.

[-] ObsidianZed@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

I only recently discovered two things.

  • Most recipe blogs have a Jump to Recipe button at the top.

  • The selfhostable mealie has a feature that lets you import recipes from most blogs with a simple Import from URL option.

[-] lath@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

It's Sam's ye olde family recipes book.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Recipes blog. If it was a cookbook, you wouldn't have to get through 20 pages before you got to the recipe.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

But where are the actual recipes?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago
[-] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Instructions unclear; how do I "scroll" a hardback paper book?

[-] kilorat@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

This explains Redwall

[-] tiramichu@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

scrolls straight to the bottom

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

That doesn't work anymore either, because they add a bunch of shit after the recipe now too.

And, even worse, they often put important details about the recipe in the middle of their screed rather than with the recipe itself.

[-] MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah, honestly, most blogs have a "skip to recipe" button. By now basically everyone knows why they do it (to keep their work from being ripped off), so I really don't mind the mild inconvenience of clicking an extra button. They're taking the time to share their expertise with the rest of us, I'm fine if they make sure they get credit for it.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

to keep their work from being ripped off

I don’t see how this could possibly work. My recipe manager can extract the recipe from those pages faster than I can cluck that button

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