Comments on: Resource for Checking Your SEO Content Readability

By: jneil

jneil — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:38:16 +0000

Great info – thanks.

One thing I would like to see (to help me with a course I am writing) is a direct comparison between Gunning Fog and Flesch-Kincaid grades, i.e., I can see from your test above that Gunning Fog = 9.5, while Flesch Kincaid = 7.7 but is there a 'Conversion Table' somewhere like Centigrade / Farenheit, or does it not work like that?

By: jneil

jneil — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:38:16 +0000

Great info – thanks.

By: Ev Land

Ev Land — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:02:04 +0000

We were just researching this and ran across your blog post. Thanks for the overview of these tools. there is the Scribe tool for Thesis theme on WordPress that analyzes readability in context with SEO, but it is a bit on the expensive side. The readability index is built into Google Docs as well and that is free.

By: David Simpson

David Simpson — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:23:55 +0000

Nice post. Thanks for including my tool in your post. I’d be interested in how you think http://www.read-able.com/ could be improved.

It measures 6 of the most popular readability indices as well as:
* No. of sentences / words / complex words
* Percent of complex words
* Average words per sentence / syllables per word

I’m always interested in ways that it can be improved, different indices that can be added.

By: Nancy E. Wigal

Nancy E. Wigal — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:35:27 +0000

great post for me refer my clients to. Especially the ones who deal in technical language and acronyms that are beyond comprehension (actually, I’m guilty of that myself!) will see quite clearly how difficult it can be to communicate clearly with new prospects who may not be as insider-savvy on the language.

Thanks!

By: dhiraj

dhiraj — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:44:43 +0000

very interesting, and really the way u present is awesome ….. thanks

By: Maggie

Maggie — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:54:20 +0000

Thank you for the great article! I really enjoyed your readability tools reviews. Very interesting stuff!

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:33:34 +0000

Thanks for the readability tools.

-Bryan

By: DeepaK HM

DeepaK HM — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:58:37 +0000

That is quite amazing research done by you, as usual you rocks with very useful information. This is very helpful for content writers or technical writers SEO’s & website analyzers

By: Scott Bowler

Scott Bowler — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:47:47 +0000

I’ve been reading your articles for quite a while now and this is your best post yet – it’s something I’ve never considered before opens up an exciting new area to ensure the usability of sites (regardless of whether it helps with SEO or not)