Make your content easy to read!

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I found a great new tool yesterday that calculates how easy your content is to read.

It outlines words and sentences in different colours to tell you

  • What sentences are very hard to read
  • What sentences are hard to read
  • What phrases have a simpler alternative
  • Usage of passive rather than active voice

It uses a grading system to tell you how complicated the content is. Hemingway, one of the most famous authors of all time wrote at a grade 4 level.

I pasted in a 600 word+ article and it told me that it was a grade level 18 and told me it would take 4 mins, 30 secs to read.

After making all the suggestions it made, the article was at a grade 4, took 1 min 30 secs to read and was 50 words less.

And, do you know what it is easier to read.

Check out your posts by using the tool at http://www.hemingwayapp.com/

By the way, this blog post is grade 3 :-)

All the best

Nick

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This may be a dumb question, but what grade are you aiming for? I am guessing the lower the better?

Good question, I am experimenting at the moment, but studies have shown the average American reads at a tenth-grade level — so that's a good target.

Apologies for the late reply, I have been on a long vacation with my family.

Wao you learn so much here thank you

your welcome

This is great thanks, Nick. This will be very helpful as I always have the fear in the back of my mind that my content isn't readable or engaging

no problem

Thanks Nick, great tool. I usually use wordcounttools.com. It gives you a total word count and the 'readability' level. I usually hit the 11-12th grade level which I'm happy with.

thanks Lee, will give that one a go too.

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