> I tried creating a search engine for recipes. It works well and people like it, but the struggle is no one remembers that it exists and Google is just their default for search.
One piece of feedback: It seems to somewhat liberally fuzz the term, doesn't tell me about it and not toggle it in the UI. I searched for "Natto" and got some great results at the top (Spicy Kimchi Natto!). However, a few results down the recipes start including "Nattu" which seems to be a Indian chicken dish and then quickly have nothing to do with the term at all and give me stuff like Tafelspitz.
Yeah, that's the typo detection in search. The key thing is that "Natto" is prioritized, so that part is working correctly!
Tweaking search can be a whole full time thing. I'll write it down and maybe look into if I can tweak the search so if there are exact matches to not show alternatives.
Yeah, that was part of the long term monetization plan. Paid for user accounts ($3ish/month) that allow people to clip recipes, view previews, discuss, modify, and share.
Never quite got around to it unfortunately, as I wanted more users before new features.