How Readable Is Your Blog?

November 7, 2006 – 10:42 am |

I came across an interesting readibility test on Roba’s blog yesterday that helps you determine how readable your content is.

So, I checked for my blog and here are the results:

Gunning Fog Index: 9.75
Flesch Reading Ease: 64.33
Flesch-Kincaid Grade: 6.79

So my Gunning-Fog Index of 9.75 puts me with the most popular novels when it comes to readability; The Flesch Reading Ease of 64.33 puts me within the recommended fork for writers; And the Flesch-Kincaid Grade of 6.79 means that a person with a minimum 6.79 years of schooling can easily read my blog.

So, I guess I write a lot better than I thought I did. Maybe I should start seriously working on a book.

You too can take the readability test for your blog or website here.

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  • http://tom.phpmagazine.net tom

    Gunning Fog Index : 7.40
    Flesch Reading Ease : 73.68
    Flesch-Kincaid Grade : 4.34

    i think my blog is easier to read than yours :P

  • http://samsoum-usa.blogspot.com/ samsoum

    Gunning Fog Index 10.27 (Times, NewsWeek)
    Flesch Reading Ease 72.52 (Authors are encouraged to aim for a score of approximately 60 to 70)
    Flesch-Kincaid Grade 7.02 (7th grader level)

    I guess, I qualify to be a co-author for your new book :-)

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