Quality content is probably something you keep hearing or reading from people when it comes to content writing. Not everyone can be an English major, and we are all not perfect. However, to be competitive in your blog niche, you have to provide quality information.
You can do this through several factors:
- Research
- Content Quality Control
Yes, it really is simple as those two areas, but the question is – why?
Researching to Improving the Quality of Your Blog Posts
Well, research is a big area in content writing. In order to write about something, you must have some knowledge on it. The issue is:
- How much knowledge do you have on the topic?
- How much time are you willing to invest in researching what you do not know?
If you go out with guns blazing and just write an article without thorough investigation, you are risking your reputation, and the quality of your blog’s content. Your readers deserve the best, right?
So, once you have established that you are determined to provide quality blog posts, you will want to put aside time to research. It might take reading books, interviewing people, and reading other sites in your niche.
Content Quality Control to Improve Your Blog Posts
Content Quality Control involves making sure your article is thorough, well worded, spelled correctly, and unique.
If you go through your blog post and feel that you are missing something, go back to the first stage to improving your article by researching. If it takes reading twenty different blogs, or going to a library to read an encyclopedia… do it!
Blogging is a beautiful thing as it is more relaxed than journalism and allows the blogger’s voice to come out. While you do want to provide a great reading experience, you need to be conscientious of spelling and grammar. Of course, the grammar does not have to be perfect, but it MUST be understood. In the case you are in a competitive blog niche, you would want to try hard to not make too many mistakes as your site may be on a world level and must be understood by people who do not speak or read your language as a first language.
Proof your posts before publishing. As many times as you may have read that, you need to drill it deep within and make it a habit.
Have you implemented research and content quality control into your blogging habits? What resources make it easier to research or help with content quality control for your blog?
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Hi Nile,
I think the most important characteristic of an awesome blog post is to actually deliver useful and easy to read information to the reader. This way you will add value to your blog and people will always come back to find out more.
Thanks for sharing this information, really enjoyed reading your post.
Enjoy your weekend Nile.
~Philip
yes! i agree with philip. for me content is everything. i hate blog that full of keyword but there is no “human being” post. that kind of blog is useless. write blog for mankind not for search engine!
HI,
It’s my first time on your website and I must say that you are writing good things. I liked the one with the video for the wordpress theme but I like this even more.
I must agree with you that the first rule is to have quality content on your blog. Marketers know that retaining a client it’s far cheaper than getting a new one. It’s too bad that a lot of people are actually not doing this and they are doing all stuff of black hat seo to drive “Trafic” on their blog…
Hi Nile, excellent topic to cover. Most people talk about quality content without ever telling new bloggers (or even some old ones for that matter) how to develop it.
It takes time to build up expertise and knowledge in a given topic but many times people want to take short cuts. The world around us is constantly changing so we always need to keep on top of the latest news and trends also.
Thanks for the post Nile!
Thanks for the consistently useful and constructive advice that you share Nile. I was just watching a Matt Cutts video early and he was mentioning about poor quality guest blogging for back links. I’m a believer that one should not pimps one’s blog in backlink prostitution! 🙂
Great tips Niles. As an author I do a lot of research, and one of my favorite tools is Google Alerts. I set alerts based on whatever article or project I happen to be working on and Google spits out plenty of material to dig into the subject.
Hey Nile,
Well researched blog posts are a must. It may seem like a chore to some people, but the more people do it the easier it gets.
Also if we really respect our readers we will take them time to deliver quality content.
Great post,
Beth 🙂
Hi Nile,
Thanks for these awesome tips, I mostly prefer the design of a blog, And believe that without an attractive design blog content can be useless. A Design also greatly affects the bounce rate too, this can also turn your blog new visitor, into a returning visitor.
Well Done! wishing you best your blogging career. Thanks a lot for this post.
Regards
Sara Fargoons
Oh yes Nile, research is key. That is where I spend most of my time on creating posts. Research and from by doing if I am to teach something in a post. It’s hard to write about something if you don’t really know about it and then the readers may not return, right? Nice topic!
Hi Nile
All Excellent tips here. It is difficult to rise above the memes and infographics as the other commenter points out. I think the secret is sticking to your niche and making sure your content rises to the top of your specialised area.
I will definitely check out your tip for social analytics something I think is currently underused. Thanks for share it.
Hi Nile,
Author’s grip on the topic is the backbone of a quality article plus the time he spends in research about the topic is the main thing.
Research always helps me in getting knowledge about what other thinks about the topic I am going to write on my blog. 🙂
Joe
PS: I would love to get your feedback on my recent blog posts too. 🙂
Yes , i do agree with you. I read your post and got some knowledge about blog improvement. We think that every one can write content for its own , but the real thing is that a professional content writer is must for promoting and getting traffic to our blogs.
Thanks Nile
Nile,
It’s funny that you mention spelling and grammar as a way to improve the quality of your blog. I am dumbfounded when I read some blogs with blatant misspellings and 3 grade grammatical errors. It immediately draws away from the purpose and intent of the post.
With that said, you want your readers to come to rely on what you post as being content they can count on to be accurate. Having command of a subject is essential for that to happen and research from dependable sources is the way to go.
Interestingly, your sources would have to practice what you are trying to accomplish with your content control also. In order for you to be a reliable source you must research from reliable sources.
Thanks for an interesting topic.
RICK
I have seen some grammatical errors in some blogs and I have to laugh because while these guys aren’t Shakespeare, they are making thousands a month. Having great takeaways from your posts and being understood outweigh perfect spelling and grammar
Great tips on how to be efficient and productive with blogging.
My challenge is to find a program that allows me to quickly my English grammar ,without needing to outsource people to edit my posts.
Do you know if such a program exists on the market?
Thanks again;)
Hi Nile
I think one of the biggest PITA on the web is people telling people to write how they talk, and then grousing about poor grammer online.
People don’t speak in a grammatically correct manner.
I’d rather read a post filled with passion than something that’s so sterile and pristine perfect that all the personality has been sucked from it. Research away, but do your best and don’t edit out who you are.
Hey Nile,
True making sure what you write about is accurate is a great tip. For instance, if I promoted on my blog that spun content and profile backlinks are the best way to build backlinks, people would obviously think this guy is an idiot. I always try to review the facts. Usually, my grammar is pretty good, but I am not a professional writer :). What helps me is a having Textedit read my articles out loud sometimes your eyes can get tired but your ears can catch stuff your eyes don’t :).
Hi Nile,
writing about something that you are passionate about and something that you know a lot about is key. second is being entertaining and relating to your audience. I certainly don’t care if there are a few grammatical errors but sometimes it is crazy how poor the grammar is and that is a turn-off.
However, I agree about researching your topic but in this day of internet business, there is only so much time to write so it is best to stick to stuff that you know something about – it will flow better.
Thanks
Clare
I am getting better with blogging as time goes by. My BIGGEST problem that always comes into play is self doubt. I wrestle with that every time saying to myself “Who is going to want to read what I write?’ Thankfully I know that is not always the case.
Hi Nile,
I recently posted an article which contained an excerpt from a speech given by Mark Hoverson. It is a transcription of his speech and it is not grammatically correct. However it is a vibrant, interesting, and compelling post.
Readers deserve to be treated with quality content, so I like to have a mix of both. Researched content and casual sharing. The posts I get the greatest response are the ones that are written as if I were speaking. Sometimes it is a challenge to keep it grammatically correct, because as Sarah Arrow pointed out, “People don’t speak in a grammatically correct manner.”
Your suggestion to have your posts proofed is a great idea.
Raena Lynn
Hi Nile,
You have offered some really great tips on how to deliver quality blog content for your audience. I research my topics completely before posting and I always double check for spelling and grammar errors before I post it. Our audience deserves the best we have to offer and if we can’t deliver on this we should not be blogging.
Thanks for the good info!
Best,
Shelley
Thanks for the tips Nile.
Many times when I write an article I read it several times before posting. The problem I have is that sometimes the brain is writing faster than the fingers and I think about a main point that I want to write and end up skipping it all together.
I usually don’t find those errors until well after the post is published and it gets a little irritating. But patience is a virtue that I am currently working on, and maybe one day I will get it right!! In the mean time, thank god for spell check and the built in grammar checker in Word.
Nice pointers, simple and yet it really rocks. Also, sometimes it is hard to follow. 🙂
Yes, we must provide quality content, but what counts for me the most is to offer content that is popular with visitors who are watching you and thus form a public to be on the same interest.
thanks for expressing very nice points to increase the quality of your posts. i personally think that although you make some research on the topic to write, it is important to write on a topic that you are really interested which will naturally increase the quality as well
Some nice post share here by the author loved to see more and also loved the discussion here by some great peoples ..
thanks ..
Hi Nile,
Thanks for sharing the information on how to improve the quality of blog post.
I totally believe in above two points-
research and control quality check.
Before writing we should be full prepared by researching the topi and after writing we should check the mistakes and clear it.
Thank You
Shorya Bist
From Youthofest
This is a good article to help us slow down a bit maybe and pay attention to what we are writing. Then take the time to go back and change what we’ve done so it is more correct.
Content and purpose of writing are so important. The “write epic shit” idea from Corbett Barr was one of the best ideas I had ever read on making writing valuable for the reader. Its important to not only attract the reader to our sites but to keep their attention once they are there.
Good content, and decent spelling and grammar can help with that a lot.
good post and good topic.i’m interested well.
thank you
Great tips, I really like your point on the importance of the research. Without any research, there cannot be created any valuable content.
Great post, Nile! I know that, for some weird reason, I tend to notice typos more easily after I push save, so I usually update the post a few times while I fix it. Also, you are so right about the need for expertise in writing. If you aren’t interested enough to learn about the subject, it’s probably not a good idea to write about it 😉
I’m not the guy who’s responsible for our WordPress blog posts but I’ll make sure I forward this on to the woman who is! Eventually you do end up kind of just ‘going through the motions’ if you don’t keep things fresh and interesting.
Great post Nile, many bloggers try and rush out their blog posts often taking little the time to research and fully plan . For a lot of bloggers trying to get as many posts as they can crammed into their blog is their strategy and they actually forget about the content
With the vast amount of blogs in the blogosphere having great substantial content is the way to guarantee your visitors will return.
Excellent Post
Mark
Hi Nile
Getting excellent takeaways from the articles as well as becoming comprehended offset ideal punctuational as well as sentence structure, We have observed a few grammatical mistakes in certain weblogs and that i need to giggle simply because whilst them are not popular, they may be creating countless numbers per month.
I am quite new to this blogging and have been just looking for some blogging tips and found your article interesting and hope will be helpful for me in coming days. Thanks!
Weldone sir….Superlike posts……. I have a question
Sir I just want to ask that To make a good and effective post…. Is there any words limit..
What is the minimum and maximum words requirement to make a effective post so that it can appear in Google search… any idea?
There really is not a maximum word count for a post. However, at minimum, you should at least have 250 words.
Hi NIle,
Great post. I have read many blogs with blatant grammatical and spelling errors. Sometimes, of course, the mistakes are accidental – typos and misspellings from writing quickly and failing to check the writing before hitting publish.
I have also noticed some blogs which really offer very little insight, information or researched content – just a big pitch for the reader to purchase their latest product. That type of blog makes me turn away quickly and not return.
I love getting small shots of wonderful content, specific research on one area (technology, finances, even real estate) that I may be able to apply immediately or store in my brain for future reference.
Warmly,
Dr. Erica
One thing I have noted is that Google’s Analytics provides fantastic feedback on Blogs and how users see your site. When I started modifying my posts and adding real, knowledgeable content to them some 3 months ago I started to see a rise in traffic within a month. I’m not talking number of users here but instead number of page-views per user which in itself is a very very important factor. Whereas before I would get an average of 1.3 page-view per user, I’m now getting 3 per user and people are staying on the site for longer, dropping my bounce rate. Some web devs call this “Authority”, I think it’s just common sense.
Hi Nile,
Really great tips. Thanks for sharing the information on how to improve the quality of blog post. I really like your point on the importance of the research. without any research, there cannot be created any valuable content.
Awesome content evolving, perfect way to improve our blogging skill. Your seventeen ways are really incredible to promote our blog and make it popular as Noah’s dad blog. Your case study is brilliant i will definitely share this blog post.
Dear Admin,
Thanks for providing an effective Blog that offers complete synchronization between creativity and information.Your Blogs meets all the requirements of the readers and is user friendly and provide the best and best information to the reader.
Thank you so much for share the great information…!!!!
okay Nile…thanks…One Question more!
Actually I have a blog on blogger, Simple and Well n Good…
but the problem is that when I tried to add a big HD Image (infographic ) by Blogger upload option it reduces its pixels and when I host that Image at other web blog like word-press and then add… the Google Page limit reduces to about 6-10 points (below 80)…
Is there any Solution…..?
Save the image as a PNG. PNG is at least 72 DPI. While it is not 300 DPI (which is optimal for printing), PNG does not pixelate on the web like GIF and JPEG do.
Hi Nile. You’ve given me a little kick in the seat of the pants. I do need to do some research. I’m getting ready to develop a new optin giveaway, and that will give me a chance to do some research. I got really burned out when I was working on my Master’s degree and haven’t recovered. LOL.
Thanks so much for your insights.
All the best,
Leslie
I think if you want to write best content for your Blog.Then it should be relevant from your topic and it should also a unique content never copy the content from any Blog or site. And always try make your Blog understandable.
awesome tips,thank you so muchhh!
Really good post, I think not all suggestions can fit to all kinds of blog (I found some I can’t use in mine), but I think I will develop some of them.
Thank you
Great article!
Would you consider posting basic infographics as a good way to bump overall quality of new blog or should we wait with it until we have some visitors first?
Thanks for an awesome article!
Hi Nile,
Quality seems to be a bit relative to me. The one who can decide is other people perspectives. But you have describe the most important thing to achieve quality within our blogs.
As far as I know, our blog quality will improve gradually if we keep on uniqueness and networks.
Unique is a must but without networks no one now how unique yourself is.
Thanks
The Most important thing what i think is the KISS principle i.e Keep it Simple, Stupid. Which means that along with the originality of the article it should be written with keeping the audience in mind and intentions proper. And the image, as it is said it speaks thousands words, should be in tune with the msg.
Great info. These tips really helped me a lot.Cheers
You have just share a very systematic approach in writing and editing job. Bloggers,writers, editors and other workers who are relevant to this job must consider what you have said.Those tips are really efficient in doing this job.They will help them in improving the quality and reducing the amount of time in doing there works. What a great help for us.
Thanks a lot for the tips and i think i was doing it in the wrong way earlier. But now I can improve my work.
It is really important to deliver quality content and google loves quality than quantity.
Delivering a good quality work will require a lot of knowledge about the topic we write about. So for that we will require to spend lot of time in researching.
Good work…
Cheers,
Michael
No doubt you have something new and different to say and I got that, yes I’m talking about the content quality control and going to use it in writing next blog post.
This is a wonderful post! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us! I hope to read more of your post which is very informative and useful to all the readers. I salute writers like you for doing a great job!
Hi,
I’ve been a regular reader of this blog since a few weeks now. I really liked this article, So just wanted to say thanks. Keep bringing more such great articles.
Jim Luthra
Yes, reading and research are paramount in just about every case to having a solid post. I’m working on a LinkedIn post right now, which I’ve used consistently for four years, but still have to fact check. Finding the number of registered and active users from their recent earnings report. These are time consuming activities, and just another reason while people drop out of blogging.
I saw you’ve published over 700 posts. I bow to you. That is an incredible achievement.
Writing a good quality blog is not easy for every one. I am writing for around 5 years and in internet business for around 10 years still feel that i lacks some thing. So, always tries to make my posts more better. As there is always the tendency for improvement.
nice share this article its really help us..
Hi Nile,
I’m a southern Illinois boy, born and raised there, live in Pittsburgh now….. Cheers! Anyway it takes me forever to write post, with research,formatting, and writing. I try to be informative and relevant….anyway thanks for the tips… got a long way’s to go!
Thanks
Larrymac
I think adding some stats(numbers), real life examples to ur blog post may increase its quality.
I also agree with you adding some kind of stats attracts people and Google also loves it.
Hi Nile,
Researching before starting out my writing is an awesome practice that makes my articles stand out the best among every other articles of the same topic. Today before writing my article, I didn’t only researched through blogs, I also studied how I can beat them all on SERP and behold using a broad match on my keyword to search where i am on google SERP (after publishing the article), I was on Google’s second SERP page . Researching before writing is the only way you’ll know more about what you’re writing, Plus it helps expose the weakness of your writing or gets you more ideas of the topic and much more. Researching before writing is something serious and should be put to work.
Regards WorldWebSurfers.com
its easy to make a blog but its tough job to make a QUALITY blog and then keep updating it with regular posts.content is for sure the king which make your blog to stand unique.
Thank you for this information, It’s true that Research is a great part of blogging… I think there are times that researching should take more time than the actual writing process.
I think there is a lot more focus on qulaity content but also content that is original. Regular posting helps a lot but like you say you have to make your own voice heard in the process. Thank you for sharing this article!
Hi,
This is stunning tips.I totally agree your post. Its really helpful for your site.Good work.
Thanks for the sharing.
Hi,
I love to read this post.Its really interesting and useful information.
Thanks for the sharing.
Thanks for the Info… can u tell some thing more which can help a newbie like me more….?
Regards
Manjinder
I too agree with you, my strategy is also to provide quality blog posts to my visitors..
quality content is most important in search engines after all “Content Is King” if your blog/website have good content so you have good traffic because search engines preferred to your blog OR website.
for articles and blogs content is considered to be king since start.
Thanks, now I understand a little about how to improve your blog posts. Well I am going to implement it.
I like your article Nile, short and to the point, thanks.
Doing things the right way, it may take a little longer to establish good reputation but you’ll be respected in the long run.
Thank Nile and welcome for sharing this valuable and impressive blog post. Really this is one of the good source of quality posting tutorial. Actually i never thought about using Content quality control before for blogging purpose. When i interest to read blog, i just visit them and i think it would not only help for creative purpose but also help eliminate publishing. I guess i should start using them to organize everything and expect for more traffic to my blog.
Your idea is awesome. The biggest mistake a blogger can make is not updating often enough.
Agree with you Nile,Content is the king of every blog and Google loves only the quality content not the quantity content and what many people do is they focus on the quantity of content and in this they forgot about the quality of post.
Really great tips Nile! Thank you for sharing! Quality in Content is what google is looking for.
Thanks!!
very helpful article to improve quality of posts.!!
The first thing every visitor see on any blog is just titles and then read the post the more new and tricky the title is the more you get the exposure 🙂
i always believe that content is king…if you have good content tjen your post is always quality one..!! 🙂
Updating regularly is an essential thing, but do it with useful post is more better than posting something just for increasing the frequency.
thanks for the tips
for me
the hardest part is researching
after that you got few point and the next thing you know is you have a good article
Hey Nile,
Nice post and Thanks for sharing this post with us. Yes, for improve the quality of our blog we have to improve our content as our content should be original and full of quality.
great post, i’m just inspired from your writing skills. these tips will help me to improve my blog posts quality however i will apply them for my new posts instead of old one’s.
Thank you so much for this valuable guide.
after so much updation from google regarding SEO
But still is Content is king in all manner
i think this type of article really help me
Thank you so much for this valuable guide. your article help me
Tahnks for your article.your article is very nice and gives many benefits about article or content writing.
after so much updation from google regarding SEO
But still is Content is king in all manner But this type Really help me.
I also think that content is very important but there has to be some reasearch done and some hard word also and only depend on what we call “hope marketing”
I think there is a lot more focus on quality content but also content that is original. Regular posting helps a lot but like you say you have to make your own voice heard in the process. Thank you for sharing this article!
Great Tips Nile.. looks like you spend good time on research for your audience..
Writing unique content matters a lot. Many bloggers do not follow this. But we believe in it and follow it.