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Re:Googling for answers costs you time by iainmerrick on Monday July 03, 2023 @04:03AM (#36570125)
Are there really 10 different explanations?

I’ve seen “they’re long so there’s more space for ads” and “they’re long so you spend more time there so it doesn’t get penalised by google”, and to me those are pretty closely related.

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Re:Googling for answers costs you time by sam_bristow on Monday July 03, 2023 @04:10AM (#36570169)
There's also the "recipes aren't copyrightable, but the fluff about grandma baking cookies is" explanation.
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Re:Googling for answers costs you time by BugsJustFindMe on Monday July 03, 2023 @08:12AM (#36571788)
I see that one a lot and it doesn't hold up to scrutiny because copyright on grandma isn't how recipe websites make their money.
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Re:Googling for answers costs you time by moreati on Monday July 03, 2023 @04:13AM (#36570184)
I've also seen "the recipe itself isn't copyrightable, so they add prose/filler that is".
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