• VitoRobles@lemmy.today
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    1 day ago

    You know, I don’t hate this.

    Let’s simplify websites significantly. Everything SEO/AI slop appears below the fold in white text.

    • Taldan@lemmy.world
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      The point of the AI slop / random pointless exposition is to maximize the number of ads a user has to scroll past to see the actual recipe. What incentive would a website have to put that at the bottom?

      • GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world
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        12 hours ago

        Or its because it was a family recipe passed down and making the recipe reminds you of all the special times you spent with family and want to share the origins of that family tradition, rather than just sharing your grandma’s secret recipe.

      • Croquette@sh.itjust.works
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        It started as a SEO thing where websites with longer texts got a better indexing on Google, thus more ad revenue.