Our Standards for High Quality Quizzes

tl;dr Choose the right quiz type, use correct spelling & grammar, no "filler text", keep all questions relevant and don't reference the quiz itself, be sure the results make sense and are descriptive. Continue reading for all the details.

What Is "Quality" on GoToQuiz?

Quizzes are automatically scored on their quality when they are published. You can view your quiz's quality metrics by clicking the "Quiz Stats" link, where you will find this:

"Quality Score" is the key thing here. Putting more effort into your quiz will generally result in A's and B's. But why does it matter? A better score doesn't just mean visitors will appreciate your quiz. They'll also be more likely to share it, increasing its popularity. And GoToQuiz will link to it in more places, giving more visitors the chance to take it. Your odds of getting to the front page, the Top Quizzes List, and the Trending Quizzes page go way up with a high quality score.

• Choose the right quiz type

  There are three types of quizzes you can make on GoToQuiz:

  

  Don't: Select "Multi-Result" for a quiz that grades or scores people. Don't select "Test" or "Classic Quiz" for a quiz that matches people to different results. Don't select "Test" if your questions will include opinions or multiple correct answers.

  Do: Follow the "best for" and "examples" advice to choose the appropriate type for your quiz.

  You may think this is obvious, but people really do make this mistake!

• Use correct spelling & grammar

  It's no surprise that people make spelling and grammar mistakes, but too many mistakes really gives a bad impression:

  

  Bad spelling and grammar hurt your quiz in multiple ways. 1) the visitor thinks it was made by an unintelligent person and may just hit the back button instead of continuing. 2) The quality score you earn will be lower, so your quiz will be less recommended around GoToQuiz. 3) Our internal search functionality and other search engines will be less likely to include your quiz in search results.

• Never use filler text

  There is a reason GoToQuiz requires certain text fields, such as the two paragraphs at the top of each quiz. In addition to providing the visitor with context and information, GoToQuiz uses the text to understand what your quiz is about so that it can be added as a "related quiz" to other quizzes, added to a quiz category, and ranked in our search engine. However some people spam the text box with random or repeating junk, which looks very bad:

  

  Don't: ...do that. ➚

• Only include relevant questions

  We get it. You're in a hurry to finish your quiz, and it's tempting to add some pointless questions just to reach the minimum. But it's worth taking the time to think of more "real" questions instead.

  

  Questions like these are just filler and don't do anything useful. They are extra bad in "Test" type quizzes because they mess up the scoring. GoToQuiz considers pointless questions to be a negative quality factor.

• Provide good results

  It should go without saying, but quiz results are the pay-off for someone taking your quiz. That makes them very important! So...

  Don't: Skimp out on descriptions or use the minimum.

  Do: Write a thoughtful result sentence and detailed descriptions. On Multi-Result quizzes, offer many different results and consider adding images.

What Else?

There are 11 signals of quality we use to assign a score to a quiz, with some weighted more heavily than others.

Best of luck! Create an awesome quiz!