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8 Responses to “My Blog’s Reading Level”

1. Ballad in Plain E » Blog Archive » This blog’s reading level says:
   November 15th, 2007 at 6:09 pm

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2. David says:
   November 16th, 2007 at 1:16 am

   Of course, the site that produces these doesn’t disclose its algorithm or method, so who knows if it actually means anything.

3. Emily says:
   November 16th, 2007 at 9:31 am

   Of course. But it’s fun!

4. Linda says:
   November 16th, 2007 at 3:58 pm

   Thanks for the link! My blog is apparently College (Postgrad) level. I’m not sure if that’s good or bad, but I’d be curious to see how they calculate the ratings.

5. pico says:
   November 26th, 2007 at 6:11 pm

   I’m almost embarrassed that my blogs are at the “elementary school” level. Then again, that’s a plus for general readability (especially with sports where, well, sometimes people just won’t read anything that’s too advanced). I would love to see the algorithm myself!

6. Heidi says:
   December 2nd, 2007 at 6:36 pm

   This is fun to do, but after testing a few different websites and blogs, I do not think there is any algorithm. If you try doing just google.com, it shows up as “high school” level, I do not think its actually reading anything.

7. Emily says:
   December 2nd, 2007 at 8:56 pm

   Awww. That’s too bad. It is definitely fun.
   Even more fun is seeing how folks react to their ratings. For me, I think the lower the better. Not everyone agrees.

8. Kevin says:
   December 3rd, 2007 at 9:00 pm

   Perhaps it calculates the Gunning Fog index? I used this in a journalism class to determine the reading levels of magazines and newspapers.

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunning-Fog_Index

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