How to calculate the readability of a passage

The engine at read-able.com performs its function flawlessly when you add some text to be analyzed.  The following text is from an article on "4 crucial facts Google Analytics can tell about your readers". And the following are the results after assessing the piece of text. As can be seen from the table itself, several parameters are calculated on the text. An explanation with...

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A Dialogue with Allie from Grammarly

English Grammar is a vexing concept that comes into use at every turn in your digital life. It is here, you often encounter Grammar Nazis who would tear you limb to limb if you're found with a wrong grammar construct or a misspelled word.  You just cannot afford the time and energy to check every comment and every blabber by copying and pasting it into Microsoft word, just to check for...

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Auto Grammar Check, Grammarly, A Review

Word Processing softwares like Microsoft word are simply awesome in correcting your essays, reports and business letters. But, not all mistakes are picked up by such softwares. Reason, they're not made for sentence corrections. They're made to help you type, change font sizes, colors etc. But checking grammatical compositions? I don’t think so. During one such endeavor, I stumbled upon Grammarly....

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4 Crucial facts Google Analytics can tell about your readers

Here are 4 crucial cues about your readers that you can get by observing your Google Analytics data. Just like in any project, knowing who you cater to helps you in increasing your work's quality. Google Analytics help you bridge that gap by answering your most asked questions. Why Google Analytics? GA will help you understand where your website or blog visitors come from. Let us think...

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An Interview at RescueTime

Do you know you could increase your productivity up to 80% if you could assess and remove your most distracting activities from your work schedule? With an ever increasing dependence on computers and PDAs for fulfilling our work and entertainment requirements, it is hard to keep track of when you digress and spend your precious time on unproductive activities. RescueTime literally rescues...

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Check your Website for Mobile Compatibility Part 2

A Website can be easily converted into a mobile Website. A blogger based blog, still easier. What after the conversion? How do you reckon that the website is now mobile friendly and none of any readers will have problems opening the website in their PDA. A previous article by codemakit talked on compatibility of websites for its use in mobile devices. The article talked of GoMo which developed...

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When was a Webpage Updated

Ever wanted to find when was a webpage updated? Here are some methods to find out when a webpage was updated. We'll be discussing several methods to find when a webpage was updated.  For example the WayBack machine method, change Detection method and JavaScript method. The WayBack Machine One of the most popular methods for non-programmers is the wayback machine method. Codemakit...

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7 Best Free Image Websites without Watermarks and More

How often have you felt the need of a really nice image for your blog but all you can find are stock images charging you 1.29$ or 3.99$ for a single image. You try and optimize images you already have and you put on a long face cursing the website for the outrageous prices and move on? But you know, high resolution photographs and images are often a major requirement for a better web design,...

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