Blog Readability Test?
I saw this “badge” on another blog and decided to check it out. When I entered the URL for this blog it returned the code to embed here to produce this:
I found that encouraging, because I have often been criticized for my verbosity and penchant for fifty-cent words. It seemed implausible, however, and I noticed that my last entry was the simple one regarding my new hardware; so I tried it again using the URL for my “About Thoughts Aloud” page. This returned:
Come on… OK, how about my serious essay on Sovereign Rights? This returned:
Ouch! I guess I wasted my time with that one! How many geniuses am I going to entice to read it? I tried several more and a few of the longer posts I have made. They all came out as Jr. High School, High School, or:
Finally, I retested a few of them to confirm that it is consistent, and not just generating a random output. If this thing has any validity, I am pleased; for that means my writing is readable by most nominally educated folks, even if they occasionally need to use a dictionary.
You can try out your own blog, or just about any webpage, by clicking on any of the above images; they all take you to the same test. ◄Dave►





