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Few days ago I came across a cool website SEO tool called Website Grader. It calculates your Google PR, Alexa, Technorati Rank, Google Inbound Links, Yahoo Inbound Links, Delicious Saved Count, Google Indexed Pages and gives you a unique score (0-100). It's cool, but there are a lot more similar tools out there.
What caught my attention is a neat statistic that scores your blog's readability level. It's located near the end of the report:
That's great, but is it reliable? Well, there is no explanation on the grade scoring algorithm so I fetched a few scores for other sites I on similar topics but with different writing styles and compared them with Website Grader scores. Let's see the results:
John Chow - 5th Grade
Shoemoney - 5th Grade
CashQuests - 6th Grade
Blogging Fingers - 6th Grade
DoshDosh - 11th Grade
Copyblogger - High School + 3 Year College
Problogger - High School + 3 Year College
Blogging Secret - Advanced Degree (PhD)
When you look at the blogs that have the same score, you'll notice they are indeed similar. Shoemoney and John Chow both have simple and easily digestible writing stiles (although Shoemoney doesn't give a damn about grammar). The same goes for CashQuests and Blogging Fingers. 5th and 6th Graders probably wouldn't be able to understand the content, but they could surely read it without spelling.
DoshDosh is also clean written but its approach is a bit more professional, business-like. That makes it necessary to have a little bit more education than the blogs mentioned above to read it.
Copyblogger and Problogger are also very similar and often regarded as sister sites. Their writing is quite complex. Higher degree of education is really necessary to read them with ease.
Blogging Secret is seemingly a typical make money blog, but once you start reading it, you'll understand why you need a PhD to comprehend its content. The grammar is simply horrible.
Final Verdict
Judging by the results, it's obvious that the Readability Level scoring is not just popping-up random results, it clearly can interpret how readable a certain site is. I also believe that slight increments in grades don't mean anything. What I mean is that it would be highly unlikely that a 5th grader would easily read through Shoemoney and then go to CashQuests and not be able understand a single word of its content.
I figure there is a span of 3 education levels you need to focus on when judging your blog's readability level.
1. Lower grades - Your blog is simply written and it's easy for readers to understand.
2. High School + College - Your blog's writing is complex and a great deal of your readers will struggle to comprehend it.
3. Advanced Degree (PhD) - Start taking English lessons.
Could this tool be of use to you?
If you want to judge someone else's blog readability level, this tool is worthless. You can be the judge of that.
When it comes to your own blog, it's very likely that you will lack the objectivity and misjudge your blog's readability level. In this case this tool will be helpful indeed!
What caught my attention is a neat statistic that scores your blog's readability level. It's located near the end of the report:
Readability Level : ??? Grade
This score measures the approximate level of education necessary to read and understand the web page content. In most cases, the content should be made to be simple so that a majority of the target audience can understand it.
That's great, but is it reliable? Well, there is no explanation on the grade scoring algorithm so I fetched a few scores for other sites I on similar topics but with different writing styles and compared them with Website Grader scores. Let's see the results:
John Chow - 5th Grade
Shoemoney - 5th Grade
CashQuests - 6th Grade
Blogging Fingers - 6th Grade
DoshDosh - 11th Grade
Copyblogger - High School + 3 Year College
Problogger - High School + 3 Year College
Blogging Secret - Advanced Degree (PhD)
When you look at the blogs that have the same score, you'll notice they are indeed similar. Shoemoney and John Chow both have simple and easily digestible writing stiles (although Shoemoney doesn't give a damn about grammar). The same goes for CashQuests and Blogging Fingers. 5th and 6th Graders probably wouldn't be able to understand the content, but they could surely read it without spelling.
DoshDosh is also clean written but its approach is a bit more professional, business-like. That makes it necessary to have a little bit more education than the blogs mentioned above to read it.
Copyblogger and Problogger are also very similar and often regarded as sister sites. Their writing is quite complex. Higher degree of education is really necessary to read them with ease.
Blogging Secret is seemingly a typical make money blog, but once you start reading it, you'll understand why you need a PhD to comprehend its content. The grammar is simply horrible.
Final Verdict
Judging by the results, it's obvious that the Readability Level scoring is not just popping-up random results, it clearly can interpret how readable a certain site is. I also believe that slight increments in grades don't mean anything. What I mean is that it would be highly unlikely that a 5th grader would easily read through Shoemoney and then go to CashQuests and not be able understand a single word of its content.
I figure there is a span of 3 education levels you need to focus on when judging your blog's readability level.
1. Lower grades - Your blog is simply written and it's easy for readers to understand.
2. High School + College - Your blog's writing is complex and a great deal of your readers will struggle to comprehend it.
3. Advanced Degree (PhD) - Start taking English lessons.
Could this tool be of use to you?
If you want to judge someone else's blog readability level, this tool is worthless. You can be the judge of that.
When it comes to your own blog, it's very likely that you will lack the objectivity and misjudge your blog's readability level. In this case this tool will be helpful indeed!
Are you implying that sites that require a PhD to understand have bad grammar?
Your conclusion is not consistent with your results.
Interesting comparison. I agree in the ORDER the sites are placed, but that level of education really is not required.
I'm 18 and I haven't taken a 3 year college but I understand all of those sites just fine and I'm sure a lot of people are the same.
The real conclusion is that 6th graders can still read Copybloggger, but they will take less from it and appreciate it less than a graduate.
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I believe that the tool can correctly estimate a blog's readability level. However, I find the grade scoring method is faulty..
I didn't have any idea that the Website Grader had this feature. Its time I go get my site checked out.
I tried mine and came back with a 6th grade reading level which is about what I expected. I think the grader will show a much higher grade level necessary for sites that are written with poor grammar/spelling under the assumption that you would need more knowledge in these areas yourself to decipher what the author is trying to say.
I've used that tool before on my site, and it came back as having a really high reading level, like college graduate or something like that.
Who would have known my writing was so advanced. Haaa
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This sounds like a cool tool...
Your blog is very readable. In fact, I was able to comprehend what you were trying to say, so it must be well written :)
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Well written and easy to understand. Will try out the website grader tool now to see what it is like.
Thanks
Having just found your blog on Google, I'll be back.
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I'm sure that my blog is on a first grade level :)
nice tool man thanks for sharing
I was shocked to see my blog at PHD level....THAT wasn't on purpose. Great tool though, it saves time from having to navigate around to find different scores on different sites. Thanks!
I tried it and it's so cool! Like it!^_^
Very interesting. I tried and the result was "errors on page." Will try again. Thanks for sharing.
Great post man... I try to keep things very simple and say my writing out loud before I post it. You would be amazed with how much modifications and corrections I make before I publish an article.
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'Keep it simple' is good advice at any time. Many people are uneducated. Those that are still prefer simple sentences.
Hmm, I didn't know tools like this existed. I can see where the faults lie, and I'm sure they will improve over time. Thanks for the research.
That is a really cool tool. I used it and gained a little knowledge and was amused with the readability level. Thanks a lot!
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Mine is about 7th grade english,
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Wow, I am now checking how some of my sites are graded. I was surprised to see one of my sites listed as an 11th grade level of writing. Wow!
Thanks for the link. I'm going to do a thorough test of my blog right away. I'm always looking to improve my blog and this is sure to help. thanks!
idk..i think you should type like an educated person rather than some ignoramus just to get more readability...but to the masses we must go!
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Wow, what a great tool! I was surprised to find out that you need a t least a high school education to read mine!
Thanks.
I just tried out this tool, and it looks as though there are a few things that I need to change. I hope that this helps me to make more money. Thanks for the tip.
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I have to say that a formula that rates grammar really doesn't prove anything about readability. There are several aspects of readability including formatting, and effectiveness of the overall message that the formula can't rate. However, the combined scores from Alexa, Google pr, etc combined with the higher score should give you a list of great sites which you should emulate while creating your blog
Clearly copy blogger should rate very high in this category. I think also there are many books that will teach you how to write great articles and format them for internet reading.
I cover these kinds of topics in my blog. http://u-m-g.blogspot.com.
Nice find on the tools.
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This is a great tool, thanks a lot for sharing.
My site has a grade of 61. And the best of all, is that tells you how to improve your site.
Thanks again
I tried with some of my blogs and i dont like the results. Thanks for pointing this out. Some of my blogs might need some change.
Really helpful points here. i'm gonna follow the tips on my blogs. and to u this is a nice blog.
Very interesting.I'll check it out.Thanks.Tommy.
Good Idea.Thanks.
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Interesting tool. Mine is 6th grade. Website grade was 96/100. I don't know about that, but from what I've read, simple short sentences and short paragraphs are a lot better to accommodate most readers.
That was an interesting site and did offer me informaton on my websites. Thanks for sharing.
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looks good to me. I'll definitely try this at least once. Thanks for the info.
Great list of tools man. Thanks for sharing.
Cool man, I did tried after reading you, it really works.
My site http://www.audiomecca.com was a level of Advanced Degree (PhD). It is quite technical in nature. The website grade was 47. Not too great I guess. I wonder which sites would be grade 100 or 99.
Wow...missed mine completely...I do not think it works so well with Images or Picture blogs.
Thanks for the link. I'm going to try it out and come post back about the score of my blog. Thank you. :)
Thanks for the information. also thanks for sharing with us.
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Very interesting. But the complexity of the topics themselves has also impact on readability. I believe that entrepreneur's journey is in on the same level as problogger and copyblogger. And so is my own blog b.t.w. (* www.newmediatype.com)
Reading level on the Internet has less to do with intelligence than it has to do with these two factors:
1) The cheaper computers and access services become, the lower the educational level of the Internet user. In 2001 when I wrote the "Email Marketer's Cookbook: Stirring Recipes for Sizzling Campaigns," 90% of Internet users had some college under their hats.
2) The smarter the user on the Internet is, the faster they read, because the busier they are, the more curious they are, and the more they have going on. People with PhD's can understand more if it's written at a 4th grade level, because they're dashing by on a steed of speed.
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Great tool ! Thanks, our blog came in at a grade of 61.. more work to be done ! :)
I tried and the result was "errors on page." and i must try it again.
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I completed my graduation and I understand all of those sites just fine and I'm sure a lot of people are the same.
Its true that 6th graders can still read Copybloggger, but they will take less from it and appreciate it less than a graduate.
Great site - went right away! appreciate the help. I am Highschool
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I have often wondered about how readable my site really is. This could be good.....
Having the right 'tone' and vocabulary is important in making a connection with my users.
I'm gonna try this and report back to you. Great idea, thank you so much.
A good grammatically correct site is readable also. So I’m goanna give it a try on my site lets see what happens.
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Blog must be readable its true but it should make a sense, informative, short and sweet.
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Very interesting post.It's a very innovative one. By writing it down you are creating a sense of accountability and structure to your blog.Thanks a lot.Keep blogging.
I totally agree with Dental Focus's word that blog must be readable but it should make a sense and informative. And one thing a good grammatically correct site is readable also. Any thanks a bunch for sharing such a great informative post with us. Keep blogging.
very good information, I will be checking all of this!
Seems like a helpful tool. I'll use it on my blog.
I've always read or been told to keep it simple. Keep sentences short, keep it on a middle school level and that will attract the best readership!
I love to explore myself with help of blogs. I'd done bit research on website grader for my site and it shows 97 out of 100 seems good. But didn't found such grade like 5th or 6th any ways thanks for sharing.
I really like that useful information. Thanks for it.
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