Google likes to claim it loves the web. Google fucking broke the web.
Cookie notices on every fucking website? They need those because they use Google Analytics or Google Ads.
Recipe sites that go on for fucking days? That’s because Google penalises websites when you leave too quickly, and they can’t show as many ads.
Obviously-bullshit machine-generated “content” designed to entice you to click ads? That’s because Google Search is a monopoly.
I’m so tired of Google.
@samir
The cookie notice is required now due to European regulations.
Dedicated corporate recipe sites don't have a lot of preceding article text because they have a sufficient amount of keywords throughout the site and thus rank higher in search results.
Smaller sites and bloggers need to do this to rank in search results. Alot did it wrong and told unrelated stories. Things have changed and are changing.
Ads make the content free versus paid subscription regardless of size.
HTH.
@melsaywhat I've heard it's about recipes not being copyrightable but the rest of the page is. Any truth to that part?
This is correct. Here's a good explanation. As far as I can tell based on a quick search, it's similar outside of the US.
https://copyrightalliance.org/are-recipes-cookbooks-protected-by-copyright/