Google’s reading level scores for UK SEO blogs
December 11, 2010
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Google's launched a new feature that scores websites for reading level (probably using one of these reading level assessments, I guess). Anyway, I thought it would be fun to see what it made of UK SEO blogs' reading levels. So here are the answers, ranked by basic score.
Of course, whether it's better to be basic, intermediate or advanced when it comes to reading level depends on your intended audience ...
Goosh
Goosh
SEO Chicks
SEO Chicks blog
Hobo Web
Hobo Web blog
SEO Begin
SEO begin
Great Websites Blog
Great websites blog
Nikki Pilkington
Nikki Pilkington
Dave Naylor
Dave Naylor's blog
Vertical Leap
Vertical leap blog
Blogstorm
Blogstorm
SEO Gadget
SEO Gadget
SEOptimise
SEO optimize
Ciaran Norris
Ciaran Norris
Impact Media
Impact media blog
Paul Madden
Paul Madden's blog
My blog
My blog
Explicitly Me
Explicitly Me blog
Have I missed anyone out? Let me know ...
Not sure mine counts as SEO anymore, but might see what the Big G thinks anyway
Added!
Try the reading score for 'x factor'. That shows you all you need to know about the accuracy of this new shiny bauble.
Just tried that myself Barry, explains a lot. Then again, my blog has an interesting reading level of "Dumb as a bag of spanners" lol.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q="http+www+goosh+co+uk"&tbs=rl%3A1
Interetsing that you have noted a few. I actually saw SEO Theory up there in the first 10 when this was still fresh faced a few days ago using "show only advanced results".
Now it isn`t. Still tweaking?
@tedulle asked @Mattcuts last night what they are using to score sites with, flesch-kincaid etc. Still waiting on a reply
SO I am Super Advanced? Worth a giggle...
Interesting stuff - I'd be interested to see how our blog fares...
Barry / Goosh / Dean / Nikki: your scores are added (yes, and your links too).
Thanks Malcolm - humbling to realise I'm the only one on that list with a 0% in Advanced. Not even a <1%....
It's reading level not expertise. So I'd say that's probably a good thing (unless you're hoping only IR PHDs are going to read you).
I know, I was hoping (against reason) that my level of English mastery was sufficiently advanced to rival that of really smart people.