Many comments that are left are questions or statements that deserve some followup. But, if your email address isn't linked to your Google Profile or you don't leave your email address in the post, I can't respond!
Unless it's a giveaway post and I'm receiving comments for entries, I really try to respond to every single comment that I'm left. Even if it's just one that says that you love my blog. Hello! I love your positive feedback. I want to email you back and THANK YOU!
A few months ago Shelley, from The House of Smiths, wrote a blog post on this topic. Now I know why.
I'm going to show you how to change this setting.
This is what I get when I try to reply to a comment without a linked email address: noreply-comment@blogger.com. Boo!
If you comment with your Google account, then it will make you "sign up for Blogger" before leaving your first comment. This doesn't mean you have to create a blog or anything, it just means you have to create a profile with Blogger so you can comment with your Google account. You can change all of the profile details to make it as anonymous as you'd like once you create the profile.
Once you sign up for Blogger, you'll need to go to www.blogger.com to edit your profile.
Then you'll need to click "show my email address" and "save profile". You can change the email address that is associated with this feature on this page as well - under "identity" and "email address". You can always use your "junk mail" account or set up an email with Gmail for this.
Your email address will not literally show up in your Blogger profile. It will show like this:
When you leave a comment for me, I receive an email with your comment, and your email address will automatically be the "reply to" email (if you go through these steps and enable this feature). Pretty simple.
All in all, I'd really like to be able to respond to each one of you. You can always leave your email address in the comment for me like this: tiffany (at) thenesteffect.com. That way it can't be picked up by spam bots because it's not technically a real email typed like that.
Thank you! =]
* You may repost this, as long as you link back to my blog. Thanks! *
Thanks for the info and sharing the tutorial!
ReplyDeleteIt would totally make this tutorial pointless for this blog, but you should check out disqus for commenting. Made it so much easier for me.
ReplyDeleteYeah disqus is indeed a very good blog commenting platform, as for me i regularly moderate my blog comments with disqus, i recommend it greatly for you guys.
DeleteI think I did it right! Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteDo you know how many times I've tried to post through Google/Blogger and it hasn't let me? That is why I went the "name/URL" route. Because then I could at least RESPOND. :)
ReplyDeleteI usually use "name/URL" when commenting but I'm trying out "Google Account." I really like "name/URL" because I like clicking on interesting comments and seeing the person's blog if they have one.
ReplyDeleteOne more thing about comments. When the spam catching captcha's are enabled, I can't tell you how many times I've clicked off the page too quickly and not even gotten to leave the comment I typed, because I didn't know or forgot the captcha was going to pop up. I don't know of a great solution on blogger, though.
ReplyDeleteOMGosh! THANK YOU for posting this! I have been trying to get all my bloggy friends to do this for forever! I shared your post, so that others can do this too!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
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Can I repost this, too?? I would love to share this info with my readers!! Thanks! :)
ReplyDeleteHi Laura -
ReplyDeleteI was going to reply to your comments via email - but your email isn't linked. =]
When using a Google account to comment, you can link your blog (even if it's not a Blogger hosted one) to your account. If someone comments with their Google account, it makes it easier for me to see their blogs, what other blogs they follow (which may be of interest to me), and their email (if they choose to link it). Using a Google account has many benefits.
Does my blog use a captcha code? I can't find the setting in my Blogger dashboard to see if it's turned on or not. And because I'm the blog owner, when I leave comments, it wouldn't pop up for me anyways.
Hi Jennifer -
ReplyDeleteGoogle has known issues with people not being able to comment through embedded comment forms, like this one. I guess the issue doesn't occur when it's a pop-up window or full page comment window.
I tested it out, but I think too many people would be confused on where to comment - all it does with both of those options is leave a tiny link that you'd have to click to post a comment.
From what I read, the issue generally only occurs with Internet Explorer or when your browser's cookie security is set really high.
I've never had the issue, so I'm not 100% sure why it happens.
Thanks for this!! I have wondered before why my email wasn't showing but I never did anything about it...very helpful, thank you!! I probably found your blog about a month or two ago while and am loving the organizing inspiration from you and i <3 organizing in particular. It's such a long process to get organized but so worth it! So satisfying :) Anyways, just wanted to say hi!!
ReplyDeleteI am glad I am not alone. Thank you for posting this, I wondered if my address was linked. Now I know it was not. Have a great day.
ReplyDeleteHi Tiff!
ReplyDeleteI'm so impressed and blown away…. I was on my pinterest and saw a post from a college friend saying how she found this blog to be really good! I clicked it, to find out it was you! That is all really amazing you are very successful and odiously every good at what you do! Have to admit I'm jealous of your organizational skills!
Congrats to you and Chris on getting married! :) Hope to hear from you soon… its been a while! "Old high school friend" Mindy
Hi Tiffany,
ReplyDeleteI was wondering if it would be okay for me to link to this in my comment area, too. And I just realized I need to check to see if my new blog has a linked email! Oops!
Hi again - Yes you will probably notice that I'm skipping around your blog, reading various posts (old and new) and leaving you comments. This post was very helpful..........thank you, thank you. I copied and provided a link to you from my blog. I'm sure my followers will come visit you.
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I think it's great you found time to post such a nice article. It is, in fact, the first thing that made me smile today. thank you so much for the warm atmosphere here!
ReplyDeleteI think it's great you found time to post such a nice article. It is, in fact, the first thing that made me smile today. thank you so much for the warm atmosphere here!
ReplyDeleteyay! love this tutorial too. really didn't know much about my blogger acct. and i never check my gmail associated with it. i changed "show email" AND i changed my main email address. that way, i guess everything will go to the email address i DO use. thx!
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