New ways we're tackling spammy, low-quality content on Search

Post by verve_rat » Wed, Mar 06, 2024, 6:40 AM UTC

hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #47

My "bar" for how Google does here is how it treats recipe pages. I absolutely loath what SEO has done for recipe pages, because now essentially every recipe page looks exactly the same: 1. Tons and tons of content about the history of the recipe, how humans first domesticated wheat, when the ancient Egyptians first discovered yeast as a leavening agent, etc. etc. 2. Then, after thousands and thousands of words, there…

Post by FragrantRiver » Wed, Mar 06, 2024, 8:27 AM UTC

wackget wrote: post #37

theamk wrote: post #3

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Just opened incognito window and entered "brownie recipe"... the first link is to "Love and Lemons" site which seems pretty good - there is a pretty small introduction, but then there is ingredients list, steps, etc.. top 5 links all look pretty good to me. (At least in web design area... I have no ideas if recipes themselves are tasty or not) Maybe it's a regional thing (I am in the US)? Or your profile is messed up…

Just checked out Love and Lemons. Sorry but I can't say it impressed me at all. The vast majority of the page is blogspam garbage. Nobody needs a ten-paragraph introduction and an explanation of why you're using cocoa powder and vanilla in a brownie recipe. Interestingly the first result for "brownie recipe" for me is BBC Food which is about as close to no-BS as you'll find.

Post by akasakahakada » Wed, Mar 06, 2024, 10:27 AM UTC

verve_rat wrote: post #71

hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #47

My "bar" for how Google does here is how it treats recipe pages. I absolutely loath what SEO has done for recipe pages, because now essentially every recipe page looks exactly the same: 1. Tons and tons of content about the history of the recipe, how humans first domesticated wheat, when the ancient Egyptians first discovered yeast as a leavening agent, etc. etc. 2. Then, after thousands and thousands of words, there…

It's not that hard to solve if you have a "I like this / I hate this" signal from the user. Unfortunately for Google, G+ was probably their best chance at something like that. Now they just have stuff like time on page to try and figure that out.

Post by rickcarlino » Wed, Mar 06, 2024, 11:47 AM UTC

Post by Moldoteck » Wed, Mar 06, 2024, 12:03 PM UTC

Fricken wrote: post #27

satvikpendem wrote: post #21

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Most if not all recipe sites have a jump to recipe button, as de facto required by search engines.

Way too much fucking around.