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by WordAWarning 1426 days ago
It's not entirely SEO, that's part of it, but it's also copyright.

You can't copyright a recipe. It's information that can be freely shared. Anybody can steal it and set up their own site. You can copyright a recipe that comes with a life story. Copyright laws are weird and confusing, but it's really difficult to come up with a better solution.