Recipe Articles
Effective November 1st, we raised our minimum article requirement from 200 words to 250 words in the article body. (UPDATE: 3/1/2011 – Minimum article requirement raised from 250 words to 400 words)
Denise then asked, “Yes, but it’s really hard I’ve found to make a recipe more than 200 words. Would there be an exception for that or do you not want recipes?”
First, you’re right … it is hard to meet the new requirement if your recipes are short. We’re not a perfect venue for recipe articles but do have a handful of expert authors who submit recipes either by themselves or as a component to their articles.
My recommendation is to either combine (2) recipes into (1) article to meet the word minimum or to add 2 paragraphs about why the recipe is important, perhaps some history on it or give some variations of it depending on style of presentation or use.
One more suggestion is to pick out one ingredient from the recipe and add a paragraph on why that ingredient is good for you. For example if your recipe has ginger in it, write about ginger. If your recipe has potatoes in it, write about potatoes.
Heck even dark chocolate has been said to be good for you, so writing about the value of one food would help you get to the 250.
Keep submitting recipes. Folks do search for them and articles on EzineArticles get indexed quickly.
Audrey :)
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