I guess you are wondering what those other statistics are. Let me define them for you. Some of them are of value for you but possibly not all of them. All definitions come courtesy of Wikipedia.

Gunning Fog Score:

In linguistics, the Gunning fog index measures the readability of English writing. The index estimates the years of formal education needed to understand the text on a first reading. A fog index of 12 requires the reading level of a U.S. high school senior (around 18 years old). The test was developed by Robert Gunning, an American businessman, in 1952.

The fog index is commonly used to confirm that text can be read easily by the intended audience. Texts for a wide audience generally need a fog index less than 12. Texts requiring near-universal understanding generally need an index less than 8.

SMOG Index:

The SMOG grade is a measure of readability that estimates the years of education needed to understand a piece of writing. SMOG is the acronym derived from Simple Measure of Gobbledygook. It is widely used, particularly for checking health messages. The SMOG grade yields a 0.985 correlation with a standard error of 1.5159 grades with the grades of readers who had 100% comprehension of test materials.

A 2010 study published in the Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh stated that “SMOG should be the preferred measure of readability when evaluating consumer-oriented healthcare material.” The study found that “The Flesch-Kincaid formula significantly underestimated reading difficulty compared with the gold standard SMOG formula.”

Coleman Liau Index:

The Coleman–Liau index is a readability test designed by Meri Coleman and T. L. Liau to gauge the understandability of a text. The Coleman–Liau index was designed to be easily calculated mechanically from samples of hard-copy text. Unlike syllable-based readability indices, it does not require that the character content of words be analyzed, only their length in characters.

Automated Readability Index:

Unlike the other indices, the ARI, along with the Coleman–Liau, relies on a factor of characters per word, instead of the usual syllables per word. Although opinion varies on its accuracy as compared to the syllables/word and complex words indices, characters/word is often faster to calculate, as the number of characters is more readily and accurately counted by computer programs than syllables. In fact, this index was designed for real-time monitoring of readability on electric typewriters.


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barsum52 Premium
Thanks Funkydunc.Thats a great tool.I just did a test and my overall readability score was 77.9.Is that good or bad? Thank you again.
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Funkydunc208 Premium
Barry, that is very readable content that doesn't require a uni degree to understand. Naturally, we don't want it to be too simple, but that is a very good score.
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Loes Premium
I am always in the green numbers with the flesch readability test, because my English is of kindergarten level.

But I have a Dutch website, and the readability test isn't working there. It seems that the Flesch readability engine doesn't speak any foreign language ;)
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Funkydunc208 Premium
Oh dear, what a shame about there not being a Dutch test. Maybe, we can design one and call it the Loes test. If Loes finds it an easy read, then an appropriate points score can be awarded. :))
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Loes Premium
:) perhaps a whole in the market:)
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lavera Premium
Thank you so much for this training, finally i know what all those numbers mean and can read about them in one place. Bookmarked :)
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Funkydunc208 Premium
Glad you enjoyed it so much. We all have the capacity to write killer content in our own unique style. Developing that style and maintaining confidence in it is the key. A few tools to assist us along the way can help.
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stevechic Premium
Thankyou very much so helpful will definitely be using this and checking my readability scores. Just ten to write what comes into my head and publish at present.
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Funkydunc208 Premium
Yes, but Steve, that may be killer content since it is how you speak naturally and so we readers will connect with what you say.
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stevechic Premium
If this is true then I will continue to just write as I feel thanks
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Funkydunc208 Premium
Be true to your own personality and develop the writing skills that make you shine, that allows you to express who you are. That way, those of us who have just met you, will get to know you through your fascinating and killer content.
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kennick2015 Premium
Funkydunc, that is an outstanding set of training lessons you have provided to the members. The ability for everyone to be able to write content that is easy to read and be understood is paramount to engaging your audience. It does not, however, come easily to many people and your lessons will go a long way to give confidence to those, and with the tools you provided at least allow them to better check their content. for readability. I do find one of the most annoying traits is the lack of proof reading before publishing a post or a page. The need to get it online hastily without the proper checks can be seriously detrimental to the writers' credibility and harmful in being able to maintain their audience in the long term. Again, a great series of lessons!
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Funkydunc208 Premium
Thanks, buddy, for your positive response. I am glad you enjoyed and benefited from it. I must have proof read the training five times and tweaked it each time. Some great points you raise in your comments.
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