Comments on: Blog Reading Levels

By: Josh Poulson

Josh Poulson — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:10:43 +0000

My blog came back "College (Postgrad)". There seems to be little rhyme or reason to the ratings.

By: Josh's Weblog

Josh's Weblog — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:03:23 +0000

Reading Level...

I ran my blog through the program over at Critics Rant, and this is what I got: Just like the folks at Outside the Beltway (hat tip!), I'm not sure what to make of that.......

By: The Florida Masochist

The Florida Masochist — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:29:44 +0000

My blog came up High School
The two Sports blogs I am a contributing author to(OTB Sports and Poliblog Deportes) ranked Junior High School
Bullwinkle Blog where I contribute a little tested at elementary school level

By: Alan Kellogg

Alan Kellogg — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:18:11 +0000

It couldn't check my blog. Apparently being a folder down from mythusmageopines.com gives the poor beast trouble. With what the other commenters say, it looks like we're dealing with a poop urn.

By: Patrick T. McGuire

Patrick T. McGuire — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:08:13 +0000

To my chagrin, we apparently write like high schoolers around here.

Impossible! I will bet that you couldn't find 10 high school students in the entire nation that understand the word "chagrin".

By: Dave Schuler

Dave Schuler — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:11:04 +0000

I'm still trying to figure it out. Instapundit.com and Ann Althouse's blog both come out as Junior High, TPM and Daily Kos as High School. Crooked Timber comes out as Genius as does Econbrowser.

By: Dave Schuler

Dave Schuler — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:56:14 +0000

Hmmm. The Glittering Eye tested out at College (Postgrad) level. I'm trying for High School so I guess I need to work on my sentence length.

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:51:15 +0000

I'm not pleased that Crossroads Arabia is said to be 'Genius' level. Tenth grade is the level to which most writing for a general public is expected to be aimed.

By: Alex Knapp

Alex Knapp — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:46:23 +0000

Hmm.... I checked a few other sites. Volokh Conspiracy, which is a bunch of lawyers talking about complex legal issues, seems to be at a Jr. High School Reading Level.

Don't forget, too, that this program probably just isn't looking at the posts, but feeding in the sidebar content, too, which might be making a big difference.

By: David Harris

David Harris — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:37:33 +0000

No offense, but have you ever looked at Steve's posts? While the points he makes are usually pretty salient, the writing is frequently littered with grammatical errors, which I'm assuming such a widget would be tracking heavily. Considering that his posts tend to be much longer than the other writers at OTB, there are even more errors to be had. There's a noticeable difference as a frequent reader, and I imagine the widget might notice as well.

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:24:03 +0000

Apparently the tester is a fan of celebrity gossip.

By: Scott_T

Scott_T — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:23:34 +0000

It takes a genius to write about celebrity T&A.

Duh. :D