Why You Should Write As If Your Readers Are 12 Years Old

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Post by annajohnson » Wed, Oct 13, 2010, 10:49 PM UTC

Why You Should Write As If Your Readers Are 12 Years Old
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Re: Why You Should Write As If Your Readers Are 12 Years Old

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Post by aresant » Wed, Oct 13, 2010, 11:06 PM UTC

You're spot on - we actually built a tool based around the Gunning Fog methodolgy that lets you determine what "grade level" your web page is readable by:

http://www.conversionvoodoo.com/readability.php

Re: Why You Should Write As If Your Readers Are 12 Years Old

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Post by annajohnson » Wed, Oct 13, 2010, 11:18 PM UTC

aresant wrote: post #2

You're spot on - we actually built a tool based around the Gunning Fog methodolgy that lets you determine what "grade level" your web page is readable by: http://www.conversionvoodoo.com/readability.php

That is a REALLY cool tool, thanks for sharing.

Re: Why You Should Write As If Your Readers Are 12 Years Old

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Post by aresant » Wed, Oct 13, 2010, 11:25 PM UTC

annajohnson wrote: post #3

aresant wrote: post #2

You're spot on - we actually built a tool based around the Gunning Fog methodolgy that lets you determine what "grade level" your web page is readable by: http://www.conversionvoodoo.com/readability.php

That is a REALLY cool tool, thanks for sharing.

Yep - had a fun time with that one - check out the underlying math - could make for an interesting follow-up post on your blog ->

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunning_fog_index

It's not a perfect system, but it's amazing to test things like USAToday.com vs. The New Yorker written for high school vs. college level readers . . .