Posts about Recipe SEO, Pinterest Optimization, and Affiliate Marketing

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Should I hide Pinterest-specific Images on the page?

Tasty Pins offers the functionality that allows you to hide Pinterest-specific images from your page while allowing it to show up as a pinnable image when your readers want to […]

January 25, 2018

Can I put more than one recipe on a page?

This question has come up a few times recently, so I thought I would add my thoughts on this topic to a blog post! Many recipes have multiple parts, or […]

January 24, 2018

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Image Alt Text and Pinterest Descriptions are NOT the Same

It’s a bummer to realize that you’ve been making a mistake for the past five years. But it feels great to fix that mistake! That’s what happened recently with our […]

January 12, 2018

NoPin certain images, better load performance, and a filter for lazy load – Tasty Pins 0.2.0

Today we’re releasing our first update for Tasty Pins, and we’re really excited about it! Here are the top 3 things you’ll find in version 0.2.0: Disable Pinning on Certain […]

January 11, 2018

New converters for Cookbook & Yummly, Removing Microdata & more – Tasty Recipes 1.0.0

We’re kicking off the new year with an exciting update to Tasty Recipes. Here are 4 big improvements you’ll find in the latest Tasty Recipes update. 1. New Converters for […]

January 9, 2018

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Should I Use the Title Attribute for my Pinterest Description?

Pin description sources are ranked by Pinterest. The hierarchy looks like this, from most to least preferred: data-pin-description Image title attribute Alt text Article title Article content The most common […]

January 8, 2018

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How to Craft Alt Text for Images

The alt text is an attribute added to an image’s HTML that describes what appears in the image. Adding optimized alt text to your images makes your blog more accessible for the visually impaired and also gives your blog an SEO boost.

December 4, 2017

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How to Write Great Pinterest Image Descriptions

A Pinterest description is a snippet of text that, ideally, comes from the data-pin-description attribute on an image (using the Tasty Pins plugin, of course). Pinterest descriptions should be crafted with search and exploration in mind, utilizing keywords and hashtags (respectively) to reach the maximum number of users on Pinterest.

December 4, 2017