Comments on: Why a Gravatar is a good thing for your website and your image.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 05:16:01 +0000

Hi Estava

I like the new Gravatar Agree with the importance of having one. It makes it easy to be recognise and to be recognised by others. I often skim through Twitter and if I see those whose blogs I visit, will click on to read their posts. If there is no Gravatar do wonder who the person is who is commenting on my blog. Thanks for sharing Carpet Guy.

Patricia Perth Australia
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By: Estava Morioka

Estava Morioka — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:04:02 +0000

Funny you should mention this because I just updated my Gravatar today! The old one was too small and people were getting confused about what it was a picture of. Hope you like the new one:)
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By: CarpetGuy

CarpetGuy — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:06:41 +0000

Thanks Ileane, getting the link to the folks that don’t know where to go was part of the reason for the article, another was directed to those that you mentioned that are using email addresses not linked to their Gravatar, I mean come on, you can add as many email addresses as you want, anyway, just trying to help out.
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By: Ileane Smith

Ileane Smith — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:49:31 +0000

David, I really don’t think that people choose not to have a Gravatar. I find that the real problem is people are using different email addresses when leave comments or sign up for different services than the one they have on their Gravatar account. The easy solution for that is to add all of the relevant emails addresses to the account with the appropriate Gravatar.

The other problem is – if you’re using Gmail or if you have a Blogger blog, Gravatar isn’t recognized, therefore you need to upload the same image to your Google profile that you have on your Gravatar account.

One last point – some folks just don’t know where to sign up so I’m glad you gave them the link. Now there’s no more excuses Thanks for spreading the word!
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By: Fiona

Fiona — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:24:51 +0000

I’m much more likely to click through to someone’s link if there’s a gravatar next to it
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By: zoopco

zoopco — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:14:15 +0000

I just recently updated my gravatar and I must agree that it does add personality to the post. Im sick of the generic boring pics that used to show up for my posts. I added a funny picture of myself and it cracks me up everytime I look at it. I took it a few years ago at Medieval times in their “torture” museum. Im actually sitting on a spiked bed that was a torture device used in the past! Scary stuff – well I made the best of it haha!
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By: CarpetGuy

CarpetGuy — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:39:44 +0000

Thanks for your comment, I honestly can’t understand why everyone doesn’t have one, it is fast, easy, FREE, and if you get tired of it, you can change it, although that may not be the best idea, changing it changes it everywhere, so name recognition comes into play, but, once they know your name, a new Gravatar can catch people’s eye and renew interest in what you have written.
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By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:03:52 +0000

I have to agree that having a Gravatar is one of the most important aspects of an online presence, once people get used to seeing your distinct Gravatar, they then get to know you, I think nearly every one recognises my Gravatar
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