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2025

The Recipe Mafia Hurts the Consumer

Did you know Google essentially mandates that recipe sites follow a specific format or else they will not feature your recipe in their search engine?

I went down a rabbit hole of food recipe madness after posting my first recipe the other day, and I thought it would be interesting to share the craziness that is recipe SEO.

Hogchiladas

Normally, a recipe post would start with a 1500-word explanation of a recipe and its origin. I don't believe in wasting your time for SEO purposes, so here's the recipe. If you want the why, read on afterwards.