Knowledge Base

Measure Article Helpfulness

2 min readUpdated 2026-07-25

Measure Article Helpfulness

Publishing an article is just the start. TixTalk gathers feedback and usage data so you can see what's working, spot the gaps, and continuously improve your self-service content.

Collect helpful votes

Every published article can gather direct feedback from the people reading it.

  • At the end of an article, readers are asked whether it was helpful.
  • A helpful vote is recorded as an upvote; a not-helpful vote is recorded as a downvote.
  • Votes are tallied per article, giving you a running count of positive and negative feedback.
  • Feedback is open to anyone reading the article, so you capture signal from customers, not just logged-in users.
  • Track views and popularity

    Beyond votes, TixTalk counts how often each article is read.

  • Every time an article is opened, its view count goes up by one.
  • View counts power the ordering in browsing and search, so your most-read articles surface first automatically.
  • Compare views against helpful votes: a high-traffic article with weak feedback is a prime candidate for a rewrite.
  • Review knowledge base stats

    The stats overview gives you a bird's-eye view of your whole knowledge base.

  • Open the knowledge base statistics view to see totals at a glance.
  • Check how many categories you have and how many are published.
  • See your article counts — total, published, and featured — so you know how much of your content is live.
  • Review total views across all articles to gauge overall engagement.
  • Scan the top articles list to see your most-viewed content and confirm your best material is easy to reach.
  • Act on what you learn

    Data only helps if you use it.

  • Rewrite articles with many not-helpful votes, and clarify anything that confuses readers.
  • Promote strong, high-traffic articles by marking them featured.
  • Fill obvious gaps by writing new articles for topics customers search for but can't yet find.
  • Reviewing these signals on a regular cadence keeps your help center accurate, trusted, and genuinely useful.

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