Comments on: Reading Your Blog

By: BikeProf

BikeProf — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 18:03:29 +0000

This is fun. My fog index is 9.85, my reading ease a smide under 70, and my F-K grade 6.75. I rank somewhere in the middle of “Most Popular Novels,” which is great, though not as lucrative as I had hoped…

By: cookingawolf

cookingawolf — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 19:15:28 +0000

Eh, I don’t know how much credit I give this. It gave my Ever More Hideous blog a 9 on the Fog index, but I’ve had adults complain that it’s too hard to understand.

Btw, thanks for commenting on my food blog! I have some new stuff up there.

By: bloglily

bloglily — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:44:36 +0000

Yes, isn’t it a relief to find out you’re not writing like a web site put together by the Bush Administration! I found it so interesting to learn that when the government is lying to you, they score very high on the Fog index — such an aptly named tool.

By: Kerryn

Kerryn — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:43:24 +0000

I tried the first five pages and found myself positioned somewhere between Mark Twain and a popular novel. I need to do a little work to bring my reading ease down to the 60-70% that the site seems to suggest writers should aim for. But overall, I’m pleased with my results.
Thank you for sharing Bloglily.

By: litlove

litlove — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:14:48 +0000

What a fab test! I was relieved to come out on the fog index as 8.8, which was apparently equivalent to a popular novel. And the years of schooling needed on the Flesch-Kincaid grade was only 5. My readability ease was over 70. This is such a great tool! I’m always worried about my style being insufficiently lucid.Thanks so much for sharing this with us, bloglily!

By: Edwinek

Edwinek — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 21:40:13 +0000

Hmmm, I tried a recent post as well. You’d need anywhere between 4.49 and 8.17 years of schooling to read it (is there a question of private/public schools here?) My Flesch rating is 69, so that’s not bad. About my target audience… By the way, Lily, don’t over estimate the readability of a TV guide, they can be quite bewildering. And the bible, well, that may depend on the translation used. Interesting test.

By: bloglily

bloglily — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 21:03:30 +0000

Eoin — I had the same reaction. I worry about being too wordy and driving my friends away in droves! And, ignoring the fact that TV Guide and I are similarly readable, I did so like hearing I was more or less in the same category as Mark Twain and the Bible. I also thought the site’s warning that if your prose approaches the opacity of the government when it’s trying to hide something, then you’ve got some work to do. Best, BL

By: eoinpurcell

eoinpurcell — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:58:35 +0000

It really is a fascinating tool! I cam out about where you were by the sounds of it. Part of me was suprised. I had not thought of it in a sense and I expected to be a little less readable. I was pleased by the result though!