Comments on: Reading level?

By: Ruth Ellen

Ruth Ellen — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:47:53 +0000

Thanks for the lead to Bad Science.

By: Angel

Angel — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:25:31 +0000

I did it for my personal blog (The Itinerant Librarian), and I got the high school level. Fun fiction as you point out. I found the ad for the cashing service annoying and rude, so I also fixed the code before putting it in to the blog (it did not say anywhere I could not do it).

By: Mary Beth Sancomb-Moran

Mary Beth Sancomb-Moran — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:27:24 +0000

I got the same result. I feel a bit better knowing I’m in good company….

By: walt

walt — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:48:52 +0000

Isabelle, Peter, I can see why both got that rating–relatively long sentences, relatively long paragraphs (relative to most blogs), and in recent days some relatively long post. Peter: The press release you cited in full may have done it all by itself. (And, sigh, Isabelle: Just as I’m trying to cut down on subscriptions, I find yours. Since I might consider myself “senior” in another decade or two, I’ll check it out. Right now, I’m only 62, but time goes on.)

Mark, Jennifer: Well, I’m fine with the rating. I aim for W.a.r. to be casual and an easy read. And, actually, “high school” for C&I is about right for most essays. I intentionally break down some of my more complex sentences and paragraphs (when I remember), and try not to be too sesquipedalian…

Oh, by the way, Isabelle: Not that I think you should add the graphic (I almost never do that)–but I just trimmed the ad out of the HTML as I copied it in. Nothing on the other site says I can’t do that.

By: Talking Books Librarian

Talking Books Librarian — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:45:59 +0000

Hey, I just saw David Lee King’s post about this too…

My blog tested at genius level…. (see http://talkingbookslibrarian.blogspot.com/)

I just assumed it meant that everyone reading my blog must be a genius, ha ha!

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:54:14 +0000

I got the same as you, Walt. I wonder about how and how much it is evaluating.

By: Peter Murray

Peter Murray — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:56:36 +0000

I rated “Genius” level as well. Except, hmmm, that isn’t my target audience… Perhaps you and I should merge content, Walt. Then we’d hit just about the right sweet-spot.

By: Isabelle Fetherston

Isabelle Fetherston — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:13:46 +0000

I have no idea how this test evaluates readability. My blog comes out as “Genius” level and that is very strange. It is a blog that discusses library services to older adults and provides research and statistics about older adults. I did not add the graphic to my blog – because of the ad and because I do not think that it is an accurate test.

By: Jennifer Macaulay

Jennifer Macaulay — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:43:26 +0000

I got the same result!!!! Hmm, is right.