You've been making quizzes for months. You desperately want to be featured. Surely your unique geography quiz is far more creative and interesting than that featured quiz about cupcakes! So what are you doing wrong? Answer the TRUE/FALSE questions below to learn how you can increase your chances of getting a featured quiz.
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1.Learn from the best by taking lots of featured quizzes.
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Doing featured quizzes can give you inspiration to craft great quizzes of your own. Take note of your favorite featured quizzes and subscribe to makers.
2.Use accurate data from a reliable source.
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There are lots of quizzes that would be great to feature, if only they were accurate and well sourced. If there is no source listed, or the source is inaccurate, then the quiz can't be featured. Generally, Wikipedia is accurate. Sites like insidermonkey, thetoptens, huffingtonpost, etc... are usually not. Good data makes good quizzes.
3.Use original ideas and original formats if possible.
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Sometimes, you can use an interesting format to create original quizzes. Or you can take the time to make sure the idea you have has not already been done.
4.Make quizzes that most people will find interesting and doable.
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Sometimes, Jetpunk will feature a quiz about a niche topic but usually they stick to more mainstream trivia like movies, sports, history, literature, and especially geography.
5.Don't make your quizzes too difficult, too long, or with lengthy type ins.
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Get rid of answers that are guessed less than 10% of the time. Try to keep the total number of answers to 25 or less unless there is a good reason to have more. Try not to make the user type more than they have to.
6.Be a stickler in regards to spelling and grammar.
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No body want to deel with poore grammer and speelling even if the quize is interasting and creactive. Aint no body got time fo dat!
7.Be a SVG map hero.
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Make an original map and your quiz will be more likely to be featured.
8.Be persistent and keep making quizzes.
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In general, very few quizzes get featured. Finding original ideas and writing good quizzes is hard. The more quizzes you write, the better you will become. Practice will increase your chances of getting featured.
9.Don't listen to critics.
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Listen to the constructive feedback you get from quiz takers. They are good at spotting spelling and facts that may be wrong. Critics are your friends. Even the rude ones.
10.Don't listen to haters.
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This is the Internet and haters gonna hate. You will get a few rude people who will tell you your quizzes are garbage. Don't respond in kind. Keep it classy and ignore rude, hateful comments and keep making quizzes.