Linda Garrison
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Hi Kari - It sounds like you have a good plan for getting your new site up and running! Don't worry too much about overlapping with other food sites on About.com. We have the same challenges on the travel channel. I frequently link to the destination guides' content to fill in holes on my site, and cross-linking with other About sites is encouraged. Many readers will find your site via search, so if you have a Swedish meatballs recipe, it might rank higher than one on another site (since your URL will have "Scandinavia" in it.) Besides, a page with links to many different recipes for Swedish meatballs might get great placement, since you would be repeating this key word over and over, and seeing how the same dish can be made many different ways might be interesting. Just a thought.