Content Quality Grader — User Guide
NordicPulse AI tool for grading content quality based on Google's self-assessment criteria.
What is Content Quality Grader?
Content Quality Grader analyzes a URL and provides an objective quality assessment based on Google's official self-assessment questions. The tool evaluates five dimensions: originality, completeness, expertise, trustworthiness, and user experience — giving you scores, signals, and recommendations.
How to use the tool
1. Enter URL
Enter the URL of the article or page you want to grade. Can be your own page or a competitor's.
2. Start grading
Click "Grade" to begin. The tool fetches the HTML, analyzes content structure, and uses AI to evaluate the quality dimensions.
3. Read the results
You get:
- Overall score (0-100) with general assessment
- Five quality dimensions with individual scores
- Content metrics (word count, reading time, headings, images, links, schema)
- Google's self-assessment questions evaluated for each dimension
- Signals found and gaps identified
- Prioritized recommendations for improvement
Understanding the results
Quality dimensions
| Dimension | What it measures |
|---|---|
| Originality | Does the content provide original information, research, or analysis? |
| Completeness | Is the topic covered thoroughly and comprehensively? |
| Expertise | Does the content demonstrate subject knowledge and understanding? |
| Trustworthiness | Does the content have sources, author info, and fact-checking? |
| User Experience | Is the content well-structured, readable, and user-friendly? |
Score levels
| Score | Assessment |
|---|---|
| 80-100 | Excellent quality |
| 60-79 | Good quality |
| 40-59 | Medium quality — improvement recommended |
| 0-39 | Low quality — critical gaps |
Content metrics
The tool also shows concrete metrics:
- Word count and reading time
- Headings (H2, H3)
- Images and links (internal/external)
- Author info, publish date, table of contents
- Schema markup and FAQ section
- Readability estimate (easy, medium, hard)
Cost
3 credits per grading.
Data integrity
| Data source | Badge | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HTML fetch | Live | Real HTML from the URL |
| Content metrics | Live | Parsed from actual HTML structure |
| Quality assessment | AI Analysis | Gemini AI evaluates against Google's criteria |
Tips
- Grade your own content before publishing to identify gaps early
- Compare with competitors' content on the same keywords
- Focus on dimensions with the lowest scores first
- Check recommendations and implement them in priority order
- Use alongside E-E-A-T Entity Scanner for a complete quality analysis
Related tools
- E-E-A-T Entity Scanner — Analyzes trust and authority signals
- SEO Content Editor — Optimize content for specific keywords
- AI Content Compliance — Check compliance with Google's AI guidelines
- Content Refresh — Identify content that needs updating
Last updated 2026-03-18