How Do You Define "Quality" Articles? This is how I define them.

there will always be haters, so dont worry about it. looks like you were the fool that ended up $10,000 richer so dont worry. for that kind of money i wouldnt mind being a fool either.

to answer your question, a quality article in my opinion is the one that brings you the most buyers. im sure some will disagree but at the end of the day im in this for the money and not to make friends.

There will always be haters, especially on the internet. Its old and people are aware of this but to join in the discussion of this thread, a quality article is one that makes you really think. If it gives me the "a-ha" moment, then I consider that a good article. There are more to consider like all the things you listed above which I completely agree with.

If I read something, I want to get something new or different out of my ordinary thinking.

Those 100 emails you received, don't they have anything else better to do? Shows what they focus on in their life. Its quite sad.

in other news this is a great thread! I am not the best writer in the world so this thread gives me ideas on what to focus on when writing articles.

People always look out for other peoples mistakes and you happened to fall into their pit. Sorry about that but a quality article is about uniqueness and substance.

For me a good article;

1) Delivers the information I'm seeking
2) Presents the information in an easy to understand fashion
3) Is both helpful and unique

I tend to enjoy reading articles that have a humorous or light hearted edge to them (think Frank Kern). I have to ask though...... no one used spelled check?? = )

You can't be anything to everybody; you can't please everyone.

Every person defines quality according to their standards and their experience with your product.

For instance, I publishg a lot of 'how-to' products and out of each 1000 sales I get one angry email saying the buyer was appauled by the spelling in the product. Who gives a s**? This ain't supposed to be a literature master piece; it's a practical 'how-to' book. I get products written by native English speakers who often are teachers or have a relevant degree, and I have them proofread and edited, and I still get these types of emails once in a while.

I think some people aren't ever happy with anything and their glass is always half-empty. Because of their negative attitude they never achieve anything and blame everyone for their failures. Is this the kind of customer we want to focus on?

What matters is the bottom line. You've made 10K with it - good for you. Unhappy customer is a part of doing business. If you don't have any unhappy customers, I would start to worry because this would mean you aren't making any sales.

You should be happy tho because you're the center of their attention! - lots of people especially on the web always look on other peoples mistake! I sometimes received emails telling me that I got the wrong spelling of this and that!

Well anyway, a quality article for me should be catchy and with sense to the point that your target reader won't be bored on reading.

On one hand, I find it hilarious that so many people took the time to email you about that mistake and to tell you they wouldn't be purchasing your services - good use of their time right?

On the other hand, grammar is important in promoting yourself as a credible source of information. Everyone makes typos, but there are plenty of people who will judge you when you do.

You know, I get the occasional client who orders these from me.

And there's a part of me that goes "Really? Really? You're going to pay this much for an article that is basically garbage?"

But the customer is always right.

So I do the best I can.

And I dream of the day that I never need to take another client again.

HMMMMMM Do these people that find you spelling mistokes, read the newspapars, books, E-books, magzines at all. If they did they will find a few spilling errors.

Bet they do not write them and tell them.

Boy I know spil woords.

I see a mistakes all over the net, papers, mags,etc.

Want about grammer does that not count?

quality article for me is when you can get link bait on it.

As you clearly stated, you had issues with a tiny spelling mistake so I would have to make grammar and spelling priorities when writing articles. I found some great tools to help me with that part. I would then rate knowledge quality of author of the subject matter written about if I can say it that way. Sorry, I am French.

Take care...

I feel silly. I should probably know the answer, but what is PBR?

What makes a quality article? It depends on who you are;

Reader - an article that provides an answer to your question, information you are looking for or gives you pleasure.

Marketer - an article that generates the end result you seek whilst delivering the above.

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Very well written. I agree with you 100%. I have also written
tons of stuff - wrote my first novel in my teens. And in my
twenties I published two books Internationally - USA and UK, both
currently selling on Amazon, so I do know a "bit" about writing too,
to know a good writer when I see one. You are a good writer,
spelling error or not. If nothing else, the $10,000 shows that

People who focus MOSTLY on spelling errors don't know a
lot about writing. A writer writes and puts his points across,
as you rightly mentioned. He/she provides substances and
does so in a manner than others are able to follow, without
problems. No writer worth his salt goes back and forth
when putting down his/her "substance" to fix spelling errors.
He can after the main writing is completed, but even that
can be left to the editors. The "writing" is for the writer
while the fixing of errors, especially spelling errors is for
the "editor",

Heck, even some apparent so-called errors are intentionally
done by the writer as the quote below indicates.

Meanwhile...

Understandably, many people get overzealous when they see errors
in works done by writers. Such people are very good in pointing
out such errors but can never write the "substance" that the
writer has. Even many editors take pride in messing up good
writing with the the excuse of editing.

Hear what Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959)
had to say to an overzealous editor,


"Would you
convey my
compliments
to the purist
who reads your
proofs and tell
him or her that I
write in a sort of
broken-down patois
which is something
like the way a Swiss
waiter talks, and that
when I split an infinitive,
God damn it, I split it so
it will stay split, and when
I interrupt the velvety smoothness
of my more or less literate syntax
with a few sudden words of bar-room
vernacular, that is done with the eyes
wide open and the mind relaxed but attentive"


Raymond Chandler, by the way, "was an Anglo-American novelist
and screenwriter who had an immense stylistic influence upon
the modern private detective story, especially in the style
of the writing and the attitudes now characteristic of the
genre" Wikipedia,

"Forgive the play on the words arrangement there". I kinda
like to tickle myself with craziness like that,

Kingsley

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I think a good article can be in 2 folds:-

1) Content rated - An article would be of no use if the content was great but nobody could find the article at all. I have written a few excellent articles which I thought were pretty good , but the problem was that i did not optimize it. In the end no one could find my article and thus became useless.

2) SEO rated - An article would also be relatively of no use if the content were a bunch of jibberish which made no sense at all. Even though if lots of people found their way to the article through the search engines, i doubt many people would read it at all if it was crap.

So i think that a good quality article is both

I like to put it like this:

As long as an article is providing value (solving a problem, inspiring, entertaining etc...) then it is a quality article.

And you're completely right about the people who get crazy over one spelling error. They are best ignored

Nice stuff!

Forget about the story, most writers don't have the technical chops on the actual topic. Even when it's written by a "professional writer", you can tell when the author has no actual experience on the topic.

A timely example would be the article about IM going Mainstream (post from yesterdsay). It was posted on Yahoo, the author picked a handful of cliche ways to make extra money, and slapped it up on Yahoo.com

So for me, it's important that the writer actually has a background in the topic.

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