# Content Guides Index

**Last Updated:** 2026-02-11  
**Purpose:** Master index of all content-related documentation organized by topic and content type

## Core Guides

### Content Writing
- **`CONTENT_WRITING_BEST_PRACTICES_2026.md`** - Comprehensive content writing guide with human-first principles, natural language, SEO balance, E-E-A-T implementation
- **`AI_CONTENT_AVOIDANCE_GUIDE.md`** - Comprehensive guide to identifying and avoiding AI-generated content markers
- **`CONTENT_WRITING_QUICK_REFERENCE.md`** - One-page quick reference with checklists and tips

### Content Structure & Formatting
- **`CONTENT_STRUCTURE_FORMATTING_GUIDE.md`** - Comprehensive guide to content structure, formatting, and visual hierarchy

### SEO & Optimization
- **`META_TAGS_OPTIMIZATION_GUIDE.md`** - Comprehensive guide to optimizing meta tags for all content types
- **`blog/guides/SEO_OPTIMIZATION_GUIDE.md`** - SEO/GEO/AEO optimization guide with AI search engine requirements

### Data Integration
- **`SISTRIX_CONTENT_INTEGRATION_GUIDE.md`** - Comprehensive guide to using SISTRIX data for content optimization

## Workflows

- **`CONTENT_CREATION_WORKFLOW_2026.md`** - Complete workflow for creating new content from research to final review
- **`CONTENT_UPDATE_WORKFLOW_2026.md`** - Workflow for updating existing content with SISTRIX data and quality checks

## Checklists & References

- **`CONTENT_CHECKLISTS.md`** - Comprehensive checklists for content creation and optimization
- **`CONTENT_WRITING_QUICK_REFERENCE.md`** - One-page quick reference

## Cursor Rules

- **`.cursor/rules/content-writing.mdc`** - Universal content writing Cursor rule for all content types
- **`.cursor/rules/shared-patterns.mdc`** - Universal copy guidelines (updated with content writing section)

## Content Type-Specific Documentation

### Blog Posts
- `blog/CONTENT_WRITING_GUIDELINES.md` - Blog-specific: answer-first, H3 optional, H2+intro+H3 pattern
- `blog/CONTENT_DEPTH_GUIDELINES.md` - Content depth, section standards, main-topic targets
- `blog/CONTENT_QUALITY_STANDARDS_2026.md` - Content quality standards
- `blog/HEADING_HIERARCHY_GUIDE.md` - Heading hierarchy guide
- `blog/guides/SEO_OPTIMIZATION_GUIDE.md` - SEO optimization guide
- `.cursor/rules/blog-*.mdc` - Blog-specific Cursor rules

### Product Pages
- `.cursor/rules/product-pages.mdc` - Product page Cursor rules

### Tools Pages
- `.cursor/rules/tools-pages-*.mdc` - Tools page Cursor rules

### Template Pages
- `.cursor/rules/templates-pages.mdc` - Template page Cursor rules

## Quick Links by Topic

### AI Content Avoidance
- `AI_CONTENT_AVOIDANCE_GUIDE.md`
- `CONTENT_WRITING_BEST_PRACTICES_2026.md` (AI avoidance section)
- `.cursor/rules/content-writing.mdc` (AI avoidance section)

### SEO Optimization
- `META_TAGS_OPTIMIZATION_GUIDE.md`
- `blog/guides/SEO_OPTIMIZATION_GUIDE.md`
- `CONTENT_WRITING_BEST_PRACTICES_2026.md` (SEO section)

### GEO/AEO Optimization
- `blog/guides/SEO_OPTIMIZATION_GUIDE.md` (GEO/AEO section)
- `META_TAGS_OPTIMIZATION_GUIDE.md` (AEO/GEO meta tags section)

### SISTRIX Integration
- `SISTRIX_CONTENT_INTEGRATION_GUIDE.md`
- `blog/NEXT_STEPS_AFTER_COLLECTION.md`
- `seo-strategy-2026/SISTRIX_KEYWORDS_ACTION_PLAN.md`

### Content Structure
- `CONTENT_STRUCTURE_FORMATTING_GUIDE.md`
- `blog/HEADING_HIERARCHY_GUIDE.md`
- `CONTENT_WRITING_BEST_PRACTICES_2026.md` (Structure section)

### Answer-First & AI Citation
- `CONTENT_WRITING_BEST_PRACTICES_2026.md` (Answer-First Formatting section)
- `blog/CONTENT_WRITING_GUIDELINES.md` - Answer-first, chunk size, H3 optional, intro pattern

### Meta Tags
- `META_TAGS_OPTIMIZATION_GUIDE.md`
- `blog/guides/SEO_OPTIMIZATION_GUIDE.md` (Meta tags section)

## Related Documentation

- `docs/DOCUMENTATION_INVENTORY.md` - Complete documentation inventory
- `docs/DOCUMENTATION_STANDARDS.md` - Documentation standards
- `docs/ai/cursor-playbook.md` - Cursor playbook