10.16.2010

unrexc: plicrom: tegunt: Just Say No

Lets talk about blogging tips for a moment shall we? Word Verification. These words (lets face it they are not words) are getting a little wacky. I wrote two separate comments today. Rather lengthy ones because I tend to ramble. Word verification sometimes takes forever to pop up so you don't always realize it's there. I closed the window just as it came up and POOF my comment was gone. Even if you see it you don't always get the "word" correct. Won't you please consider turning it off? There has been NO problem with spam for me. Blogger does have spam control now and all spam goes into a folder. Mine has been empty. You can always switch it back if you feel you must. Come on Mikey, try it you'll like it! Okay, did I just date myself?


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Here is what you need to do. Go into your dashboard; settings; comments. Your page will look like this after you scroll down:

Where the red arrow is pointing, you click NO. Then while you are there, see the blue arrow? If you fill this out all of your comments that you get on your own posts will go to your email address. You can set up a separate email address just for your blog with gmail. That way all your blog stuff is together and not mixed in with your bills or your emails from your mom. See, easy.

Okay, now since you are in your dashboard there is one more thing that is VERY helpful when you leave comments. That is allowing your email address to be seen by those whom you leave comments for. Otherwise those people you leave comments for get a "noreply" and then they can not reach you. And you want to be reached right?

You just need to go back to the main dashboard and click on Edit Profile. Did you know that if you click on the word Blogger with the orange B it will take you home to your dashboard? Yeah, it took me awhile before I figured that out. Anyway, you will see this:



Just click on the box next to the pink arrow. "Show My Email Address". Now, when you leave a comment and it goes to someone's email box they can read it and just click reply and send you an email back.

If you have any questions let me know and I will help if I can. I'm still learning too. I just like to pass on what I do know. Maybe help make things a little easier for everyone. Feel free to spread the word and pass this along :)

Sidenote: I'd like to thank hubby for showing me how to "print screen". I was trying to take a picture of my monitor with my camera and not getting good results. Doh!  I told you I was still learning.

see you later,

31 comments:

  1. Important info. I made a link on my sidebar for people to read this. I thought you would be ok with it since it may spread the word. I hope you have a good day.

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  2. I'm not crazy about those things either! .... and the ones that won't let you comment with name/URL. Thanks for the post!

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  3. Amen, Anita! I am always delighted when I discover an easy-to-comment-on blog. I don't know how many (sometimes lengthy) comments I've just given up on b/c I had the runaround of trying to post it.

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  4. I hear you Anita!! I got so aggravated by that I decided to see how to get rid of the verification on my blog- and just recently did take it off. Thinking about how many times you want to leave a little note- or novel - and it doesn't go through and how aggravating it is. They should figure out a better way to fight spam!! :)

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  5. That is so funny that you just posted this. I was just thinking about how sometimes when I leave comments I'm about to click off the page and suddenly the word thing pops up and I wonder how many comments don't get published because of this. I think I'll take the word verification off...I just left it on because I didn't want spam.

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  6. HI there - I have never had this on my blog and I have not received a spam yet....sometimes when I leave a comment - this happens to me and I usually don't go back and re-write it.

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  7. YES! Thank you! I don't use word verification, and I have had some spam, but if you moderate your comments, it's not a big deal. Even if you don't, you can always remove it.

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  8. Thanks so much for posting on this subject, I could do without word verification. Specially when I have a million blogs to visit and keep getting slowed down by word verification.

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  9. I turned mine off a while ago and have many more comments now - spam hasn't been any problem at all.

    Thanks for this great post!

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  10. Great post. I do have comment moderation on my blog but only because I have had some spam. I wonder why it hits some people and not others?

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  11. I just turned my off a couple weeks ago (I think) and so far no problems!

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  12. i didn't even give it a thought when i set up my blog.. but this isn't the first time i've seen people writing about it so i took it off a while ago. haven't had a single spam comment yet (hoping i didn't just jinx it!).

    kimberly.

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  13. I was thinking about that very thing the other day and didn't know how to approach the subject! Thank you for doing it!

    OK. How do you do print screen? I need to know NOW. Thanks.

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  14. Thanks Anita! I'm going to review my settings.

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  15. amen. thanks for bringing this up, it's good to pass this info on, especially for new bloggers.
    next up - how about replaying the post about having an email in your profile so we can respond to comments?
    glad you know how to print screen now, so much easier than using the camera. :)
    ♥ maureen

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  16. THANKS for THAT tip & THIS post Anita....!

    You know I was just WONDERING the other day when I had to verify for the THIRD time (OK a glass or three of wine had me hittin' keys all over the place....!) how I could STOP havin' to go thru the process FULL STOP....!


    Way to go YOU....Clever CLEVER blogger....!

    Cheers,
    Tamarah :o)

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  17. Yay for posting this! I'll direct my readers here this week 'cause I was just complaining to hubs about typing in those goofy words!

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  18. Anita,
    thanks for getting the word out. I hope you can get through to people! I have found if you turn off annonymous comments, your life is wonderful! :)
    gail

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  19. Hi Anita...thank you for the info. I went back to my dashboard and changed the settings.
    Debbie@houseatthelake

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  20. Gosh I sure hope word gets out...I have tried. It really slows us down, we get frustrated and leave without making the comments we want. Thanks for spreading the word, and what a great tutorial!

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  21. I WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY...BUT YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE ROCKS...WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO SCROLL DOWN PAST THE ARTICLE OR POST TO GET TO THE COMMENTS PART AT ALL....

    IF YOU CLICK ON OPEN COMMENTS IN A SEPARATE WINDOW..IT'S EVEN BETTER...THAT'S MY ADDITION TO THIS ISSUE! HEHEE...

    IT JUST SAVES EVERYONE SO MUCH TIME DOING IT THIS WAY....GLAD YOU POSTED THIS...

    CIAO BELLA

    CREATIVE CARMELINA

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  22. Hi Anita..
    Thanks for your visit and kind comments on my blog! So sweet of you..
    You know what? I've been a follower of yours for a while..(purehunnybee)
    I think Im going to give your request a try.
    No word verification... :)
    Thanks for the info too..that always helps us newer bloggers.
    Come visit soon!

    With all my heart...Deborah xo

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  23. Amen sister! Just say no to word verification, it just wastes people's time. You can always delete a comment if it is inappropriate.

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  24. Absolutely agree 100%
    I just had a little rant about this very subject in my "Ask Anne" post.

    Hopefully people will listen!

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  25. Share the love...
    Thanks Anita.

    http://catchupwithkate.blogspot.com/2010/10/word-verification.html

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  26. Agree agree and agree! Great info!

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  27. Ok, I finally figured out how to do it. Was not looking in the right place for "settings" when I first read your post. Done! The thing that took me forever to figure out was the blogger and firefox problem. Once I figured that out I can finally comment my heart out. Yay!

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  28. Amen, sista, amen! You tell them! I've tried to, but I don't think everybody understands it may be on by default. I DID not know that about the orange B.
    Brenda

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  29. My problem is that I like to monitor my comments before I publish. I've had unkind comments in the past. So if I take word verification, can I sill monitor comments or do they immediately get posted.

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  30. Anita - I was just reading your comment on Funky Junk's post on this type of thing. Sometimes I feel like I'm going blind or something because I can't get these stupid word verification words entered correctly. If I have to sit there and cock my head sideways and think about what it is asking me to type I just say screw it and forget about the comment.

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