Slog - Comments on Is Our Bloggers Learning? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning This website can determine what your blog's reading level is. You can also test entire websites. Slog is high school reading level: Also in the high school reading level: Defamer, Wonkette, Bookninja, Bookslut and the New York Times. But The Stranger as a whole website rates higher: And we apparently have the smartest film section in town, because when you run the Stranger film page alone, you get this result: Perez Hilton and Gawker are both junior high school reading level. The only elementary school level blog I could find? Ain't it Cool News. Me no surprised.... Copyright 2008 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:00:00 -0800 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:25:16 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr. Poe You can thank Annie Wagner for that genius tag. She will be missed.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096501 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096501 Teh Internets Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:01:49 -0800 Comment by vooodooo84 ha ha SoundPolitics is jr. high level.

]]> vooodooo84 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096516 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096516 Teh Internets Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:08:31 -0800 Comment by unwelcomed I did that one a few months ago, didn't post it because I also read the result image has some embedded code that sets off false "spam site" readings for web ranking and search engine ranks. (mine was genius too, which is actually bad as I need to make mine more readable for everyone)

A better one is here, it gives a bit more detailed results if you're interested.
http://juicystudio.com/services/readability.php

]]> unwelcomed http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096520 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096520 Teh Internets Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:08:45 -0800 Comment by UNPAID BLOGGER Ha! My company's website (the copy of which is dictated by our grammatically retarded CEO) received an "Elementary" tag.

I'm not surprised.

]]> UNPAID BLOGGER http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096522 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096522 Teh Internets Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:09:50 -0800 Comment by elenchos Wait. Annie Wagner has died?

No way am I going to believe that Bradley and Amy Kate and now Annie all died of some unnamed cause within weeks of each other. What killed them?!?

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096524 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096524 Teh Internets Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:10:11 -0800 Comment by Michael Mensa's is "College - Post Grad"
-heh!

]]> Michael http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096526 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096526 Teh Internets Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:10:22 -0800 Comment by demo kid http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1042506/A-cloned-dog-Mormon-mink-lined-handcuffs-tantalising-mystery.html

Just to fill in the pit bull quotient of the day.

]]> demo kid http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096528 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096528 Teh Internets Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:11:41 -0800 Comment by left coast If you give a shit about this, you're level is mildly retarded.

]]> left coast http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096530 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096530 Teh Internets Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:12:22 -0800 Comment by Little Red Ryan Hood I wonder what Gerard Vs. Bear ranks in at.

]]> Little Red Ryan Hood http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096531 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096531 Teh Internets Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:12:32 -0800 Comment by demo kid Oh... wait. Should have known that this would have been jumped on the second it came out.

]]> demo kid http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096534 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096534 Teh Internets Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:13:14 -0800 Comment by demo kid Oh wait... should have known any pit bull story would have been jumped on immediately.

]]> demo kid http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096535 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096535 Teh Internets Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:13:41 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Gawker's level is Junior High? My first handle was executed from Gawker. I was also kicked out of my first Junior High. Sounds about right.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096543 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096543 Teh Internets Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:15:18 -0800 Comment by elenchos The blog that has nothing but pictures of my kid on it is "Genius." I call bullshit.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096547 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096547 Teh Internets Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:17:21 -0800 Comment by heywhatsit "These Douchebags" (enemies of slog) comes in at genius. Depressing.

]]> heywhatsit http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096551 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096551 Teh Internets Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:19:50 -0800 Comment by MonkeyNose Not that we give these things ALL that much credence, but just for fun I punched in the URL to Moby Dick on Project Gutenberg

The verdict? Junior High School.

]]> MonkeyNose http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096560 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096560 Teh Internets Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:22:53 -0800 Comment by David The Drudge Report is also Elementary School level. Haha.

]]> David http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096569 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096569 Teh Internets Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:26:32 -0800 Comment by arduous @15, pretty smart junior high kids!

]]> arduous http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096571 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096571 Teh Internets Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:26:56 -0800 Comment by unwelcomed Running Slog through the more detailed readability rating site gives this:

Gunning Fog Index 8.16 (Reader's Digest/TV Guide reading level)

Flesch Reading Ease 57.05 (60-70 is recommended)

Flesch-Kincaid Grade 5.76 (A fifth grader should be able to read it)

]]> unwelcomed http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096578 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096578 Teh Internets Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:30:25 -0800 Comment by jmr The NORML blog comes in at "genius" level. There's why we still have so many misconceptions about the herb - the main advocacy blog is too difficult for most people to understand.

]]> jmr http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096594 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096594 Teh Internets Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:38:04 -0800 Comment by Dougsf Hey, girlsareprettyforever.blogspot.com/, which is - if you share my tastes (and you probably don't) one of the smartest blogs of all time. ALL TIME I TELL YOU!

It was judged Elementary Level. Stupid bullshit robot, doesn't like the funny.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096604 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096604 Teh Internets Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:41:59 -0800 Comment by Little Red Ryan Hood This site is so broken, Gerard Vs. Bear comes in as genius.

]]> Little Red Ryan Hood http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096615 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096615 Teh Internets Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:47:36 -0800 Comment by Seth Readability is GOOD, not bad.

(at least I hope so, because my blog comes in at "elementary school.")

]]> Seth http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096635 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096635 Teh Internets Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:58:01 -0800 Comment by Karla @20, I also love girlsarepretty.com, so I tested it with a few other comedy sites, all of which have pretty high reading levels, but plenty of cusses.

They all came in at "Elementary School" or "Junior High."

Shitfuckcocktit.

]]> Karla http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096731 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096731 Teh Internets Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:02:32 -0800 Comment by Andrew http://makezine.com/ The geeky site of wonderful hacks for Make Magazine. (make your own homemade spot welder, MIDI controlled wall harp, a breathalyser in a microphone enclosure, etc.) got an "elementary school" level.

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096829 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096829 Teh Internets Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:53:13 -0800 Comment by vika McSweeney's got an elementary level rating.

]]> vika http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096834 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096834 Teh Internets Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:09:17 -0800 Comment by toasterhedgehog Your ugly and smelly cousins on the Forums got a genius rating for our Politics and Now I am Drunk Sections. Religion is Junior High, but what do you expect.

]]> toasterhedgehog http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096872 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096872 Teh Internets Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:30:29 -0800 Comment by ecce homo Well don't start sucking each others dicks just yet...

The hun got a Genius rating too.

Looking at nipples and dicks amongst other forms of hardcore pornography is the same as the strangers film section.

Yeah, you guys rule.

]]> ecce homo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096892 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096892 Teh Internets Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:28:32 -0800 Comment by Steve I think I would prefer reading a blog that read at elementary level, but explained genius-level concepts.

]]> Steve http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096965 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096965 Teh Internets Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:12:50 -0800 Comment by Miss Poppy Hussein Dixon My blog content is mirrored at blogspot and myspace. I received 3 different ratings for the exact same content.

1. jesus21.com - high school
2. adultchristianity.blogspot.com - college (post grad)
3. myspace - elementary school

go figure.

]]> Miss Poppy Hussein Dixon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096991 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1096991 Teh Internets Sat, 09 Aug 2008 05:49:50 -0800 Comment by gillsans I hate to break it to you guys, but reading level doesn't reveal how smart the authors are, it reveals how complex the sentences are. So if a website's reading level is post-grad, it means that the authors can't construct a clear thought, not that the readers are super-smart.

]]> gillsans http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1097101 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1097101 Teh Internets Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:16:41 -0800 Comment by Gurldoggie The way popular porn website Gals4free is rated "genius." I knew I was learning something!

]]> Gurldoggie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1097145 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/is_our_bloggers_learning#c1097145 Teh Internets Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:25:16 -0800