How Difficult to Understand Your Blog?

Filed in: Reviews, Web — June 17th, 2008

Guest blogging by AhTim. If you like this entry, subscribe my feed for more updates.

Are you sure your readers understand what you write? How difficult it is to understand your blog? I know some blogger might show off their bombastic English in their article. But what is the point when only few people can fully understand his/her writing? Normally, I will just scroll through these articles…

So, how to make sure your blog is easy to read, easy to understand? Keep on follow these 2 rules:

Simple Words
Simple Sentence

Do not ever use complicated sentence. The longer the sentence, the more mistakes you will make. Then readers might be confused or misunderstood your actual meaning.

Test Your Blog Readability

Want to test your blog readability? Well, you can get someone to proof read your blog to get some comment. If not, you can use The Blog Readability tool to test.

The tool is similar to how much is your blog worth tool. No installation needed. Just launch The Blog Readability site, enter your blog’s URL and click on “Check readability Now”.

Once done, the result will prompt your blog’s readability level. It has level range from elementary school to genius. So, do not so happy when you get a genius readability level. Your reader might not understand what you write.

My two cents

Anyway, the test tool is just for reference and fun. It is not 100% fully proven on its algorithm. Do more interaction with your readers, you will know whether they understand via comments.

I have tested my blog. I have the blog’s reading level of “Junior High School”. LiewCF tech blog having same readability with me! I believe with my simple English (so called layman term), you should understood what I write. Am I right?

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http://digitalproductscenter.com/blog/ Ainuddin Mohamad

Sheng Loong: Your URL is working fine. Since I had read your latest post I’m going to earn $10 millions in the next 10 years.
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Sheng Loong: Your URL is working fine. Since I had read your latest post I’m going to earn $10 millions in the next 10 years.
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Liew: I love reading your blog but not many posts lately.

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Liew: I love reading your blog but not many posts lately.

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Busy with that chick, other projects, etc.
http://digitalproductscenter.com/blog/ Ainuddin Mohamad

Liew: I love reading your blog but not many posts lately.

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Busy with that chick, other projects, etc.
http://www.taukey.com/blog taukey

i myself sure have fun with this tools. hehehe. mine a genius blog. hahahaha. although most of the things i wrote in my blog are mostly craps
http://www.taukey.com/blog taukey

i myself sure have fun with this tools. hehehe. mine a genius blog. hahahaha. although most of the things i wrote in my blog are mostly craps
http://www.taukey.com/blog taukey

i myself sure have fun with this tools. hehehe. mine a genius blog. hahahaha. although most of the things i wrote in my blog are mostly craps
http://www.hueymei.blogspot.com/ hm

i get a genius as well…but i am worry isi it because of my grammar..
so those who understand was called genius..
hahahaha
http://www.hueymei.blogspot.com/ hm

i get a genius as well…but i am worry isi it because of my grammar..
so those who understand was called genius..
hahahaha
http://www.hueymei.blogspot.com hm

i get a genius as well…but i am worry isi it because of my grammar..
so those who understand was called genius..
hahahaha
http://www.mohdaizal.com/ aizal

why I can’t access your blog for the past…I think…3 days? Your blog were having problem or it is just my Firefox3 can’t open it? But in IE7 it’s just the same.
http://www.mohdaizal.com/ aizal

why I can’t access your blog for the past…I think…3 days? Your blog were having problem or it is just my Firefox3 can’t open it? But in IE7 it’s just the same.
http://www.mohdaizal.com aizal

why I can’t access your blog for the past…I think…3 days? Your blog were having problem or it is just my Firefox3 can’t open it? But in IE7 it’s just the same.
LcF

@aizal: ya, my other friend told me too. I hope it has been fixed for you now?
LcF

@aizal: ya, my other friend told me too. I hope it has been fixed for you now?
LcF

@aizal: ya, my other friend told me too. I hope it has been fixed for you now?
http://bitbot.wordpress.com/ Su Yuen

Hahahaha! I really love the Blog Readability Test! It actually works on normal websites too. I tried putting in my university’s website and it said “College (Undergrad) Level”. Makes perfect sense eh? ^_~
http://bitbot.wordpress.com/ Su Yuen

Hahahaha! I really love the Blog Readability Test! It actually works on normal websites too. I tried putting in my university’s website and it said “College (Undergrad) Level”. Makes perfect sense eh? ^_~
http://bitbot.wordpress.com Su Yuen

Hahahaha! I really love the Blog Readability Test! It actually works on normal websites too. I tried putting in my university’s website and it said “College (Undergrad) Level”. Makes perfect sense eh? ^_~
http://www.JobsBroadway.com/ Nick Cheng

Congrats for being accepted as 9rules members. Hope to see more updates from you in the future.
http://www.JobsBroadway.com/ Nick Cheng

Congrats for being accepted as 9rules members. Hope to see more updates from you in the future.
http://www.JobsBroadway.com Nick Cheng

Congrats for being accepted as 9rules members. Hope to see more updates from you in the future.
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http://www.resimcim.net/ Resimcim

i myself sure have fun with this tools. hehehe. mine a genius blog. hahahaha. although most of the things i wrote in my blog are mostly craps
http://www.resimcim.net/ Resimcim

i myself sure have fun with this tools. hehehe. mine a genius blog. hahahaha. although most of the things i wrote in my blog are mostly craps
http://www.resimcim.net Resimcim

i myself sure have fun with this tools. hehehe. mine a genius blog. hahahaha. although most of the things i wrote in my blog are mostly craps
http://selfhelp4u.blogspot.com/ Marco

->Liew, Maybe there are too many ads at your blog. Hehe.
http://selfhelp4u.blogspot.com/ Marco

->Liew, Maybe there are too many ads at your blog. Hehe.
http://selfhelp4u.blogspot.com Marco

->Liew, Maybe there are too many ads at your blog. Hehe.
http://howshouse.com/ howshouse

well, i’m a new blogger and i got ‘junior high school’ level as well. I agree with AhTim on using plain simple english. Nobody wants to read white paper english on a blog. Besides, most blogs provide unofficial information hence should not need to be worded like a uni dissertation paper.

anyway, my two cents on the blog readability tool is that most malaysian blogs won’t get high ratings simply because many of us choose to localise our blogs for local folks by inserting some manglish every now and then. then again, nobody knows the algorithm or criteria in which the tool processes and determines the readability level.
http://howshouse.com/ howshouse

well, i’m a new blogger and i got ‘junior high school’ level as well. I agree with AhTim on using plain simple english. Nobody wants to read white paper english on a blog. Besides, most blogs provide unofficial information hence should not need to be worded like a uni dissertation paper.

anyway, my two cents on the blog readability tool is that most malaysian blogs won’t get high ratings simply because many of us choose to localise our blogs for local folks by inserting some manglish every now and then. then again, nobody knows the algorithm or criteria in which the tool processes and determines the readability level.
http://howshouse.com howshouse

well, i’m a new blogger and i got ‘junior high school’ level as well. I agree with AhTim on using plain simple english. Nobody wants to read white paper english on a blog. Besides, most blogs provide unofficial information hence should not need to be worded like a uni dissertation paper.

anyway, my two cents on the blog readability tool is that most malaysian blogs won’t get high ratings simply because many of us choose to localise our blogs for local folks by inserting some manglish every now and then. then again, nobody knows the algorithm or criteria in which the tool processes and determines the readability level.
http://morganwrites.worpress.com/ MorganLighter

Liew – Do you mean that we shouldn’t use long, stretched sentences to get a message or a point across to the readers which whom we are trying to induce to visit our site regularly and, hopefully, increase our site traffic so that we can have a higher page ranking and therefore become famous.
Oh.
http://morganwrites.worpress.com/ MorganLighter

Liew – Do you mean that we shouldn’t use long, stretched sentences to get a message or a point across to the readers which whom we are trying to induce to visit our site regularly and, hopefully, increase our site traffic so that we can have a higher page ranking and therefore become famous.
Oh.
http://morganwrites.worpress.com MorganLighter

Liew – Do you mean that we shouldn’t use long, stretched sentences to get a message or a point across to the readers which whom we are trying to induce to visit our site regularly and, hopefully, increase our site traffic so that we can have a higher page ranking and therefore become famous.
Oh.
http://www.looiformoney.com Jeremy

Hey! I got “Elementary School”.. yahoo! Er? Am I elementary? No la!
http://www.looiformoney.com/ Jeremy

Hey! I got “Elementary School”.. yahoo! Er? Am I elementary? No la!
http://www.looiformoney.com/ Jeremy

Hey! I got “Elementary School”.. yahoo! Er? Am I elementary? No la!
LcF

@MorganLighter: this post is written by guest blogger, not me. But I do agree to use simple sentences in blog entries.

You can use a few simple sentences to get a message to your readers, instead of a single loooong sentence. Not everyone can get the message in a looong sentence.

personally, I like the KISS principle.
LcF

@MorganLighter: this post is written by guest blogger, not me. But I do agree to use simple sentences in blog entries.

You can use a few simple sentences to get a message to your readers, instead of a single loooong sentence. Not everyone can get the message in a looong sentence.

personally, I like the KISS principle.
LcF

@MorganLighter: this post is written by guest blogger, not me. But I do agree to use simple sentences in blog entries.

You can use a few simple sentences to get a message to your readers, instead of a single loooong sentence. Not everyone can get the message in a looong sentence.

personally, I like the KISS principle.
http://coolingstar9.blogspot.com/ coolingstar9

Wow, you have guest blogger. I also like to read AH TIM blogs.
It is really good to write simple english so that more people can read. Can I
http://coolingstar9.blogspot.com/ coolingstar9

Wow, you have guest blogger. I also like to read AH TIM blogs.
It is really good to write simple english so that more people can read. Can I
http://coolingstar9.blogspot.com/ coolingstar9

Wow, you have guest blogger. I also like to read AH TIM blogs.
It is really good to write simple english so that more people can read. Can I
http://coolingstar9.blogspot.com/ coolingstar9

ask you a question. Is my blogs too simple to read?
Have a nice day.
http://coolingstar9.blogspot.com/ coolingstar9

ask you a question. Is my blogs too simple to read?
Have a nice day.
http://coolingstar9.blogspot.com/ coolingstar9

ask you a question. Is my blogs too simple to read?
Have a nice day.
http://lipkeng.blogspot.com/ aaron tan

interesting. i doubt the blog readability tool, but using simple words and sentences is definitely helpful…
http://lipkeng.blogspot.com/ aaron tan

interesting. i doubt the blog readability tool, but using simple words and sentences is definitely helpful…

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