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Re:Bad Habits Creeping into Your Writing? by dspillett on Thursday April 25, 2019 @03:00AM (#19745694)
I'm not sure how a section of information that is often largely irrelevant to the recipe (despite mentioning a few key terms) is going to be a valuable SEO practise.

I assume people are trying to be the next online cooking personality who gets to publish a book. I've seen a couple in shops with pictures of YouTube recipe demonstration people on the cover.

Also, more text is more "content" to mix adverts into.

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Re:Bad Habits Creeping into Your Writing? by zimpenfish on Thursday April 25, 2019 @05:17AM (#19746353)
> I assume people are trying to be the next online cooking personality who gets to publish a book.

I just assume that they associate recipes and foods with times and places and people (generally happily) and it's akin to "do you remember that time mother cooked weasel?" kind of conversations you'd have with people, except on a blog.

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Re:Bad Habits Creeping into Your Writing? by dspillett on Thursday April 25, 2019 @07:46AM (#19747035)
That it probably the case for those that are put together more as a blog for friends and family to peruse.

But a lot of the sites I've seen don't feel that way. They feel like they are desperately trying to feel that way though (the old "sincerity is key: once you can fake it you win" skit).

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Re:Bad Habits Creeping into Your Writing? by kaycebasques on Thursday April 25, 2019 @01:26PM (#19750414)
> Also, more text is more "content" to mix adverts into.

Ah, yes. Of course. This is the most plausible explanation IMO.

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