All of us bloggers love to read comments left by people who have enjoyed our ramblings. I think its one of the best things about having a blog, developing a connection with other like-minded people.
Wouldn't it be great if there was something you could do to to make it easier for those people to comment on your blog, to encourage people to leave their thoughts and ideas? But there is! Just turn off your word verification, that one simple change makes leaving a comment on your blog so much more enjoyable.
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| SO SO SO SO SOOOOO ANNOYING!!! |
Word verification is pants... Even if you're lucky enough to get an easy one its still annoying and don't get me started on the really hard ones that you have to type twice...
So now your thinking, fair enough but I don't want male enhancement or get our of debt quick comments on my blog either. Don't worry about that, bloggers internal spam detection is so good you'll likely never see a spam comment in your spam folder never mind on your posts. A few really big blogs that I follow have also said that they never get spam and don't have word verification.
Since turning off my word verification I've had 60,000 views and about 600 comments - no spam on my blog at all, one (non-offensive, but you could tell it was fake) comment got sent to my spam folder. Thats it!
So please please please if you still have it enabled on your blog get rid of it!
Ugh I agree! I hate the word verification.
ReplyDeleteI knew I wasn't alone!
DeleteThanks Astra! I wondered how to turn it off! Hopefully mine should be off now. I agree, it is very annoying!
ReplyDeleteOh brilliant! I will love visiting your blog even more now!
DeleteIt is a complete pain in the derriere.Mine was fired a while ago!
ReplyDeleteJane x
haha derriere! I haven't heard that word in ages! Hooray for easy commenting!
DeleteI completely agree! x
ReplyDelete:) x
DeleteThanks for the tip, have done so now, would have had no idea how to do that myself!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant Charlotte! I'll be commenting more from now on :)
DeleteThanks, I agree!! I use wordpress and I just have a spam filter. In 8 months of blogging I've never had a spam comment actually make it to my blog. No real need for the word verification!!
ReplyDeleteSo true stoney acres, our blogging providers sort it all for us these days!
DeleteI got rid of the stupid verification a few months ago and I have never had a single spam comment either. So much better without!
ReplyDeleteGood choice, just check back every now and then (or i'll tell you lol) coz it does come back on without telling you! so cheeky!
Deletethanks for this post. I checked mine and it was on. I had shut it off last fall and never checked it again.
ReplyDeleteMe too! I cant believe that, its so cheeky! Do tell me if mine goes back on again.
DeleteLOL! I switched mine off in January but it was back on!
ReplyDeleteSft x
Your the 3rd person thats happened to here, so cheeky! Do tell me if mine goes back on again. x
DeleteGoodness me! I thought I was pretty blog savvy having been with Blogger since 2004 but hadn't thought of this word verification hassle for any of my blogs even though it annoys me to complete them on other sites - doh! Thanks for the tip Astra, and for your lovely blog with its inspiring ideas x
ReplyDeleteWow... So nice to know this wonderful share.
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