All your content are belongs to us… sorry what they mean is "We’re always experimenting with different ways to connect our users with high-quality and helpful information. "

Quite funny how all recipe posts have (frustratingly) a ton of content before you get to the recipe I assume to assist with ranking on their search and then Google just lifts the good stuff.

I wonder what the site gets as part of the agreement.

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    Yeah, but them telling you their life stories is also Googles fault…

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      Really? I always assumed it was about ad revenue by making you view more webpage.

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        I think it’s seo and ad revenue, but who dictates the rules for ad revenue? Obviously not just Google, but yeah still pretty much at fault.

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      Does Google care if the content is there but hidden with CSS? I don’t think you need to actually torture the users.

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        That wouldnt keep users trapped on the site as long. Trapping the users on the site longer makes Google rank it higher.