I did something similar a while ago. I still have somewhere a DB with half a million recipes somewhere. I didn't continue it because I got stuck with the client side and I didn't find anyone interested in helping me.
Scraping Recipe Websites
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Re: Scraping Recipe Websites
#202I just started transcribing every recipe I make. Even if you can extract all the essential information from a recipe site, some changes are needed: - I need to convert recipes to metric. I am neither equipped nor inclined to cook in freedom units. - A "can" or a "packet" is not a standard unit of measurement. - Package sizes vary between countries. I often adjust recipes to avoid wasting food. - I cook by mass, not v…
I wish I had the willpower to do this consistently...
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#203I saw all the terrible SEOd recipe websites and my first thought was: I should make a better recipe website that is simpler and is better SEOd. --- FIRST EXAMPLE: How to cook chicken on a skillet Step 1 -- get this much chicken [picture] Step 2 -- cook on skillet for 5 minutes OPTIONAL -- here are seasonings you may add [pictures] RELATED: - How to cook a lot of chicken on a skillet [LINK] - How to fry chicken breast…
The reason all of these websites are so terrible with the long winded intro-stories is precisely because they do better with SEO.
Only if the page is low quality.
Leaving a low quality page after 60 seconds is way better than leaving a low quality page after 5 seconds.
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#204Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are you implying that having Google Analytics on your page increases your Google ranking?
I don't know. I've always thought it should, and as a search engine CTO, I'd use the data that way. But I have no evidence either way.
I think they specifically mentioned it does not affect it, someone asked that question in a webinar. If it would affect it, than it could be abused (eg. just send 10k bots that spend 1 hour on the site), plus a longer session doesn't necessarily mean a better site or better user experience. Google itself is a good example, where the point of Google is to spend as little time as possible on their page, as it's just a step between the user and his destination.