What the hell is quality content?

A quality content is something which have sense in that in which we can explain someone what we really mean.

Quality content: Basics... Legible, useful to a targeted reader.

Mid-level: Above, plus well-written.

Real quality: Above, plus entertaining, thought-provoking and/or challenging.


Paul

It means the piece is easy to read, in good english and informative, that's quality content.

Hey Tim,

I think the reason you see the words 'quality content' are because of all the PLR and Article spinning in use these days.

There are now so many tools for creating and manipulating content that when people want to talk about normal human written content designed to be useful and readable to your visitors they feel the need to call it something so that you know they mean 'not crap, respun or auto-generated' content.

Also you could be pulling in content from elsewhere using rss and some people might want to tell you to use unique new content, so that could also be referred to as quality content, depending on the person doing the talking.

So as Dennis rightly said - it's a bit subjective too.

Andy

i agree with many opinion here on what quality content is i just need to add some

iv written articles to many people to understand what they meant when they tell you they need "quality content" quality content include:

* a good grammatical expression

* your readers must love what they read

* they might go ahead to bookmark your article

* your article must pass through copyscape

*easy approval by ezine article

this are the essential ingredient needed to having an article tagged "quality"

Personally, I think writing quality articles is totally
subjective.

We can only write the best way we know how...

Cause the internet's such a huge space, what we
deem as high quality may only be "ah, I already
know that" quality to another person.

People who appreciate the quality of the articles
written would likely be those who actually know,
understand, apply and live the word Gratitude.

Asher

Look at the average article site. Quality content is the opposite of that.

Make sure your content is unique... you can use a content duplicator or a similar tool to help you.

The first and foremost purpose of quality content is for someone else to read it.

Note that I say "someone," which necessarily means a human being, and therefore excludes any and all spiders and bots from consideration.

Quality content is not posted to gain higher search rankings, or to provide backlinks, or to excuse your use of advertising on the page.

It is posted for human beings to read.

Anything else it may do is secondary to this purpose.

You may want your site to rank well for a particular search phrase, but if it sounds awkward or strange, you will not use that phrase - because the content is not posted for better rankings, but for someone to read.

Likewise, you might have links to another site in your content. They might even be affiliate links. But if they don't belong in that content, or they interrupt the flow of the content, you will leave them out... because your content is not there for backlinks, but for someone to read.

And, finally, you may place AdSense or banners on the page that contains your content... but you don't really care how high the CTR is or what the average CPC is for that page, because it is not there as a transparent excuse to show someone ads, but for someone to read.

That's the hard part about affiiliate marketing via quality content for something like, say, folding tables. You need to be - or find - the sort of person who can write things about folding tables that people want to read. And, honestly, it's really hard to judge that unless you can get excited about reading an article on folding tables.

But let's not forget something here: quality content in this sense is all about its primary purpose, and that doesn't mean it's "better" than other content. It has nothing to do with grammar or spelling or whether English is your native language. It isn't about whether you did or didn't spin your article. It isn't about how many article directories got your submission. And it is most definitely not about how much you paid for it. It's about what people are supposed to be doing with your content, and if you're saying anything other than "reading it" then you don't have (or want) quality content.

And let's also not forget that some people really aren't trying to get people to read their article. They just want the search ranking, or the backlink, or the ad click. These people aren't somehow "beneath" those who use quality content; they're just not doing the same thing.

There's not supposed to be a value judgment in the phrase "quality content." It's just a different kind of content. We should probably use something that sounds less judgmental, but you can't decide what things are going to be called. The world decides that for you, and you just have to accept it.

You know I have wanted to ask this question for a long time, but resisted. I am glad I finally asked it. The answers have been very interesting, and I thank you all for them. They have confirmed some of my theories, and cleared up others.

Even the off topic posts were interestingly funny to read, and I enjoyed them as well.

I am very surprised at the number of responses I got, so quickly. I don't think I have ever had this kind of response to one of my questions before.

it means people will be willing to read through the entire article.i believe that is what means quality content.

Just take a look at the following blogs with quality content and you can learn from them how they are providing quality content as well as promoting their stuffs.

Perry Marshall's Google AdWords Advertising & Pay Per Click Program
Jimmy D. Brown
pay per click search marketing

I hope it helps.

Quality content to me means informative, original content that gives the authors unique perspective. Not something copied. Not something spun. The fact that it should be grammatically correct and conversational should be a given.

Ya know, we're making a classic mistake here. We're limiting the response to textual material. Content can be graphics (cartoons or illustrations of a process), audio, video, software interfaces, and anything else that's intended to convey a message.


Paul

quality content is mostly about how much your visitors enjoy reading your blog/site... if they find your content worthy they will come back again and again, giving you more traffic, after all that's what we are all after... remember that your content serves your visitors in the first place and search engines after! always think what an user might be interested in when landing on your website!

Quality content is content that is written for the audience instead of junk that is written for SEO. It's content that readers actually read and enjoy reading or videos and images (as Paul said) that bring readers to your site.

Paul's list certainly covers it, but just to elaborate from my own experience writing articles, blog posts, press releases, & info products over the last 9-years or so...

1. Relevancy. Most people will find your content by actively searching for information (to improve or overcome a challenge they are having). For your content to be effective, it needs to match the exact conversation going on inside the head of the visitor in context and language

2. Usefullness. Paul mentioned this one and yes, it is extremely important. Your visitor may be drawn to your content by its relevancy, but they will disappear into the ether if they don't see useful content within a few seconds of seeing it. Useful must also take into account the context of who you are targeting. Often it means including some actual experience, application of information, steps to follow, - hard hitting rather than light and fluffy.

3. Hook - assuming the purpose of your content is to get your visitor to take action (sign up to RSS feed, sign up to your list, click through to another page, respond to a survey, etc...) then you want to let them know there is MORE you can offer - more relevant information and more useful help you can provide them.

You can be good at #1 & #2, but still not see great results from your content until you also get good at #3.

Jeff

I define quality content as content which you'll buy
except that it is given away for free. We know quality
when we see it because we value the article.

-Ray Edwards

Content that is useful and convenient... period.