▲ 304 ▼ AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet — And Thanksgiving Dinner | Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures (www.bloomberg.com) submitted 11 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/technology@lemmy.world 74 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] sassymov@piefed.blahaj.zone 16 points 11 months ago (5 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] protist@mander.xyz 15 points 11 months ago (2 children) Search engine algorithms drove people to write stories before recipes, unfortunately. Pages that just had recipes were deprioritized permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 11 months ago (1 child) SEO started killing the internet long before the genAI wave yeah. I was also always a bit mad at the concept in general. Surely search engine optimization is something for.. search engines, not websites? I hate that we ended up changing the way we create websites in order to appease The Machine, instead of it getting better at surfacing quality content permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago In theory, Google should fight all attempts at SEO. But they infamously stopped doing that to bump some quarterly result (as sifting through them generates more clicks), and here we are. permalink fedilink source parent [–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 11 months ago (1 child) Some food bloggers understand this and have a button to take you straight to the recipe. So many don't, though. I just want a recipe for peanut butter cookies, not a web novel, Jan. If I want a story with the recipe, I'll go watch "Good Eats." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] dwemthy@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago Even better when they have a print option, then you get a pdf of the recipe and never visit the site again. No subscribe pop up while you're trying to look up how much water to add to the pan of flaming grease permalink fedilink source parent
[–] protist@mander.xyz 15 points 11 months ago (2 children) Search engine algorithms drove people to write stories before recipes, unfortunately. Pages that just had recipes were deprioritized permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 11 months ago (1 child) SEO started killing the internet long before the genAI wave yeah. I was also always a bit mad at the concept in general. Surely search engine optimization is something for.. search engines, not websites? I hate that we ended up changing the way we create websites in order to appease The Machine, instead of it getting better at surfacing quality content permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago In theory, Google should fight all attempts at SEO. But they infamously stopped doing that to bump some quarterly result (as sifting through them generates more clicks), and here we are. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 11 months ago (1 child) SEO started killing the internet long before the genAI wave yeah. I was also always a bit mad at the concept in general. Surely search engine optimization is something for.. search engines, not websites? I hate that we ended up changing the way we create websites in order to appease The Machine, instead of it getting better at surfacing quality content permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago In theory, Google should fight all attempts at SEO. But they infamously stopped doing that to bump some quarterly result (as sifting through them generates more clicks), and here we are. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago In theory, Google should fight all attempts at SEO. But they infamously stopped doing that to bump some quarterly result (as sifting through them generates more clicks), and here we are. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 11 months ago (1 child) Some food bloggers understand this and have a button to take you straight to the recipe. So many don't, though. I just want a recipe for peanut butter cookies, not a web novel, Jan. If I want a story with the recipe, I'll go watch "Good Eats." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] dwemthy@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago Even better when they have a print option, then you get a pdf of the recipe and never visit the site again. No subscribe pop up while you're trying to look up how much water to add to the pan of flaming grease permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dwemthy@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago Even better when they have a print option, then you get a pdf of the recipe and never visit the site again. No subscribe pop up while you're trying to look up how much water to add to the pan of flaming grease permalink fedilink source parent