Earlier today a very kind soul, Pedantry (whom I had not met before), advised me that my gravatar had not been set up properly, and that this would prevent potential new friends from accessing my site if, say, they happened upon a comment of mine on another page and felt like paying me a visit. I did not even know that I had a gravatar. Pedantry has generously written a post explaining how to correct this oversight, which I am reblogging here in the hope of spreading the word.
This short wibblette is intended for newcomers to WordPress; my aim is to show you how to set up Gravatar to help you build traffic to your site.
First of all: what is ‘Gravatar’?
This is what my Gravatar looks like
An ‘avatar’ is an image that represents you online — a little picture that appears next to your name when you interact with websites.
A ‘Gravatar’ is a Globally Recognized Avatar. You upload it and create your profile just once, and then when you participate in any Gravatar-enabled site, your Gravatar image will automatically follow you there. Gravatar is a free service which is automatically included in every WordPress.com account.
Why should I care?
When you visit a site and ‘like’ an article, or leave a comment, your Gravatar remains behind on the page. Other visitors can click on it to find out about you… and…
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Thanks for the reblog; much appreciated! Maybe we can reach some more folks 🙂
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Thanks to you for writing the helpful post in the first place, and for reaching out to me to let me know! It was truly kind of you 🙂
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I think I have some work to do….
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I had no idea about this either!
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This is great for a new blogger! Thanks for sharing 🙂
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Yes it is such helpful advice! It was so kind to be told that my gravatar wasn’t set up properly, so it only seemed fair to share the post to help anyone else too 🙂
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