google reading mode

  • Resolved dearaya

    (@dearaya)


    6 months ago

    When you try to read the recipe through “google reading mode” it fails to read the ingredients and the method. i.e. what is in the list of the ingredients and the preparation instructions.

    how to fix it?

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Plugin Author Brecht

    (@brechtvds)

    Unfortunately that’s out of our hands. Chrome decides what it shows in its “Reading Mode”.

    You have the same problem on huge sites like https://foodnetwork.com, for example.

    Thread Starter dearaya

    (@dearaya)

    Hi, after I checked for a long time with GP support they came up with the problem
    The source is in the translation of WP to RTL languages

    It turns out that the visibility of Google’s reading mode is indeed a big problem with the rankings because there is now an emphasis on people with disabilities. And this is a common problem in recipes

    To get around the problem I gave a general tag to the whole site all list are redable now

    html { direction: rtl; unicode-bidi: embed; }

    In the recipe view work but i do nead to align to the right
    How to align ingredient lists to the right?
    How to align the preparation instructions to the right?
    How to align the recipe title to the right?
    thanks

    Plugin Author Brecht

    (@brechtvds)

    Google Reading Mode is just a tool to extract text from a long webpage. I have never heard of this affecting SEO rankings before. I also doubt that https://foodnetwork.com is struggling with their rankings. As far as I can tell, Google’s Reading Mode is just an imperfect tool.

    Looking at the example link (the one in the opening post), the ingredients, instructions and title are already aligned to the right in the recipe card. Is that not the case for you?

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