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READABILITY

Every so often, I like to do a Readability Test on the blog.

Today, it would seem, this blog is very readable.

Maybe too much so.

The Gunning Fog Index is 8.4. That means an 8th grader could read it with ease. When I was writing for manager training materials we tried to stay under 10th grade.

Typical Fog Index Scores
6—TV guides, The Bible, Mark Twain
8—Reader's Digest
8 - 10—Most popular novels
10—Time, Newsweek
11—Wall Street Journal
14—The Times, The Guardian
15 - 20—Academic papers
Over 20—Only government sites can get away with this, because you can't ignore them.
Over 30—The government is covering something up

My Flesch Kincaid score is 74%. They say we should aim for 50-70.

Maybe the print is too big.

I feel fine about all this.

It is pretty much what I aim to be doing.

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