Practically everyone on the internet trying to explain what makes a good site will say to you, 'Content is King' and 'You need good content', but I believe that this is still not taken seriously enough by the majority of webmasters. There are still too many sites around which have no real content, nothing original, or are just plain boring. What many people don't realize, though, is that good content does more than just keep your visitors interested and give you a good site. It can also help you to promote your website.

Increasingly search engines are ignoring the traditional method of reading the META tags for keywords and descriptions, as these are often abused by users. Instead, search engines like Google now read the whole web page and use it to generate matches. It stands to reason that, the more pages and words you have, the more chance you have or being returned as a search result.

Similarly, if you have good content, other websites may link to your content and this will bring in even more visitors to your site. Links to your pages will also boost your ranking on Google, which counts links to your site.

The main reason for having good content remains, though, that it will make your website popular with your visitors and will give it a good chance of surviving and doing well. So how can you get good content on your website?

Content is the most vital part of your website. However good your design or however fast your site, people come for content, and that is what you should be giving them.