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Re: Show HN: OnlyRecipe.app – Remove clutter from recipe sites

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Post by AwkwardPanda »

mstudio wrote: post #55

Nicely done! I just ran into this "clutter" issue last week while trying to read a recipe that kept auto-scrolling due to a pop-up ad intermittently changing height at the top of the page. Some quick feedback: it worked perfectly for a recipe at "simplyrecipes.com" but was unable to find a recipe on the Food Network, specifically: https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/creme-brulee... Keep up the good work!

Thanks for the feedback.. Yes i am continuously "fixing" some sites that have very specific issues.

Should be fixed in a few days.

Re: Show HN: OnlyRecipe.app – Remove clutter from recipe sites

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Post by jenscow »

BoorishBears wrote: post #28
adwww wrote: post #12

Anyone know why this life story rubbish seems particularly acute on recipe websites? I get the authors are doing it to boost Google rankings. But why do I only see it on cooking blogs, and not on blogs about cycling, DIY, programming, urbanism, whatever else I'm searching.... Not many tech blogs start with a 4 page life history before showing me the code snippet I'm looking for.

think of how niche Rust is compared to Apple Pie

Personally, I long for the Rust which I used to smell coming from my grandma's kitchen when we used to visit on Sundays.

Unfortunately, she's no longer with us. However, her Rust continues to be a part of our lives.

The Rust you buy from shops today just isn't the same.

Re: Show HN: OnlyRecipe.app – Remove clutter from recipe sites

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Post by ziggus »

asow92 wrote: post #8

reminds me of https://www.paprikaapp.com/

Agreed. Probably the best recipe app around, just for the built-in browser that lets you grab any recipe from a site. I think I've run into one instance of a site that it couldn't scrape, out of hundreds.

Re: Show HN: OnlyRecipe.app – Remove clutter from recipe sites

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Post by candiddevmike »

AwkwardPanda wrote: post #2

It can get frustrating skimming through text walls just to find the recipe on blogs/sites. Authors do it to get high ranking on Google. You can use OnlyRecipe.app to extract the recipe information. It works on almost all sites/blogs which follow a recipe standard when they post. You can also save it to your phone directly using the app. Scan recipe QR code using your phone camera and voila. Android: https://play.goog…

The irony of having an ad supported app to scrape recipes from ad supported websites. I'm not sure how I feel about this.

Re: Show HN: OnlyRecipe.app – Remove clutter from recipe sites

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Post by _ttg »

2bitencryption wrote: post #11

What is the reason that every single recipe site, without fail, follows this same horrible pattern? I.e. the twenty paragraph "When I was a child growing up in Atlanta..." followed by a crappy in-house video player followed by, finally, the actual recipe? My assumption is SEO? For some reason, Google must really like having tons of text on your page, and dislikes simple "here's the recipe"? etc? Second question - any…

It's Google SEO, as others have pointed out. A pretty insightful look into the incentives in this article - https://www.protocol.com/tech-vs-food-bloggers

Re: Show HN: OnlyRecipe.app – Remove clutter from recipe sites

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Post by joshstrange »

switzer wrote: post #10

Since OnlyRecipe.app is already parsing the recipe site, it would be a great feature to allow conversion to weights from volume (e.g. show 120g of flour vs. 1c of flour). Also, allow someone to double (or 1.5x...) the recipe as well, and have all measures double in the recipe!

You might be interested in Paprika, it can import recipes from anywhere, let you edit/save them, and scale. It's got a ton more features than just that but it's a great app and worth every penny.
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