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An update from Cris

Hey Friends-

I am back as promised with a bit of a "State of the Internet" note.

I wish I had better news... but man, it is rough out there.

Buckle up, this is a long one...

Pinterest Lost Her Mind Over the Weekend

Some have you may have noticed the Pinterest lost her mind this weekend and blocked half the internet (my site included).

While this "glitch" was devastating for sites like mine who are facing record lows this month, it also left countless home cooks like yourself without access to the recipes you saved over there.

Ironically, while legitimate sites were blocked, Pinterest let traffic through to the spam and ai sites.

While they finally fixed things over there, I think it is yet another sign of how the internet we all once depended on is changing in ways that are going to impact us all.

Google is Lying to You

In a recent search, Google blatantly responded "according to recipesthatcrock.com" in their ai overviews and follow that statement with content we never said or shared.

They just made up answers while attempting to keep people from clicking on our website when the user SEARCHED FOR US specifically.

This mess is killing the sites you have counted on for years and wasting your time and money.

All the major tech and social media companies are forcing ai into every corner of the internet .

And they are doing so with no regard for the accuracy for people who use the internet (YOU) and no regard for the people who worked hard to create the content on the internet (ME).

What Can You Do?

If you love something on the internet (a recipe, an article, a pattern, etc.) print off a copy to keep. If creators go under, their sites and all that content will too.
Make a list of the websites you love and go directly to those sites without depending on Google, Pinterest or Facebook.
Sign up for your favorite website's emails (Thank you for subscribing to us!!)
Open our emails and click through to see recipes. (This tells email providers our site is a trustworthy site)
Tell your friends about our site with over 2000 home cook tested recipes!
Consider making a small tip from time to time.

What We are Doing

We are committed to keeping our website up and free as long as we can.
We are also converting our best recipes into digital cookbook collections for those who want an ad-free experience that they can download for their phones or recipe binders. (THANK YOU to all of you who have bought them!! Every purchase helps more than you know!)

As someone who has been creating content to share freely online for over 15 years, this past year has been brutal.

To watch entire parts of the internet be cut off --not by something better but by fake and stolen content is disheartening.

Thank you for sticking with us and we will keep you posted as promised.

-C