10 recipe structured data priorities to audit on your food blog
Issue 44: Today, we look at recipe structured data use on food blogs, highlighting common issues that can build up over time creating bigger SEO problems. For example, something as simple as writing “30m” (rather than “30 minutes”) for cook time is invalid formatting. As this issue shows, the devil really is in the (structured data) details. 😊
Understanding the SEO role of a post's "Main Content"
Issue 43: Recipes with lots of 5-star ratings don’t always rank highly. Why is that? In this issue, we explain. Plus, we look at how Google’s AI Mode and AI Overviews are currently surfacing recipe structured data.
Issue 42: Tech SEO audits are great at spotting problems — often treating them all like five-alarm fires. But they rarely flag what’s truly urgent, leaving you buried in info. Today, we’re cutting through the noise with 10 tech SEO priorities to audit on your food blog.
Issue 41: Learn a simple, proactive approach for updating your recipe posts. Includes a monthly schedule you can follow using your own Google Search Console data.
Issue 40: For years, SEO coaches have pushed the same rigid post structure for food blogs. Over time, this created a bigger SEO issue for food blogs: sameness at scale. In today’s newsletter, how to break free from the page formula — and what to do instead.
Winners and losers of the December 2025 core update
Issue 39: A breakdown of the winners and losers from Google’s December 2025 core update, and how topical authority and cutting filler are shaping recipe rankings.
Know what readers click on (free tool tip inside!)
Issue 37: One of the best ways to understand reader satisfaction is to study your food blog’s second-click data. Today, a nifty free tool in Google Analytics 4 that shows exactly which links readers click within posts.
Issue 36: Single-click visits are really common on food blogs because internal links are still treated like an SEO checklist item — instead of the powerful traffic drivers they are. In this issue, internal linking as a strategy for boosting views.
Issue 35: Google’s August 2025 spam update was a big moment for food bloggers. In this issue, we highlight what the August 2025 spam update revealed, and the actions food bloggers can take right now to stay ahead of the next spam update.
Issue 33: Unlock the power of multimodal NLP for your food blog! Learn how search engines now see and understand your content through images, videos, and text optimization techniques.
Issue 32: Today’s newsletter dives into an SEO topic that usually makes eyes glaze over: natural language processing (NLP). But we’re going to make NLP deliciously simple to understand.
Issue 31: Outside of the title you write, blog post intros are primo SEO real estate. If your intros are running on autopilot, or doubling as keyword dump zones, it’s time to shake things up—and today’s newsletter shows you how.
Issue 30: Debunk SEO myths holding food bloggers back! Learn why rigid rules like keyword stuffing and word count obsession can hinder your blog's search performance and creativity.
Issue 29: Uncover the secrets to diagnosing organic traffic loss for food bloggers using Google Search Console—a practical, no-cost guide to identifying and recovering lost recipe search clicks.
