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Google tests showing full recipes right in search results (www.theverge.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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All your content are belongs to us.. sorry what they mean is "We’re always experimenting with different ways to connect our users with high-quality and helpful information. "

Quite funny how all recipe posts have (frustratingly) a ton of content before you get to the recipe I assume to assist with ranking on their search and then Google just lifts the good stuff.

I wonder what the site gets as part of the agreement.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

I don't know if I like it or if I hate it. On one hand they're literally stealing the content off those sites, and on the other hand the sites kind of deserve it for telling me their whole life story before I get to the recipe.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah, but them telling you their life stories is also Googles fault...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Really? I always assumed it was about ad revenue by making you view more webpage.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago

I think it's seo and ad revenue, but who dictates the rules for ad revenue? Obviously not just Google, but yeah still pretty much at fault.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, SEO

search optimizing... And who defines search

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

A little bot of both probably :)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Does Google care if the content is there but hidden with CSS? I don't think you need to actually torture the users.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

Hidden text or color matched text has resulted in an SEO penalty since like 2003.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

That wouldnt keep users trapped on the site as long. Trapping the users on the site longer makes Google rank it higher.

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