Comments on: 4 Ways to Make Your Blog More User-Friendly for Commenters http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/10/4-ways-to-make-your-blog-more-user-friendly-for-commenters/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:33:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: FreelanceVenue http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/10/4-ways-to-make-your-blog-more-user-friendly-for-commenters/#comment-20578 FreelanceVenue Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:08:18 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/10/4-ways-to-make-your-blog-more-user-friendly-for-commenters/#comment-20578 Good post you've got. You've challenged what people typically do with their blogs, but you've got some good points there! By the way, an alternative to image CAPTCHA is a text-based one, generally in the form of a question. I personally find those image captchas hard to distinguish many times. Example: "What is 2 + 2?" Anyone can read that )and hopefully answer too! Good post you’ve got. You’ve challenged what people typically do with their blogs, but you’ve got some good points there!

By the way, an alternative to image CAPTCHA is a text-based one, generally in the form of a question. I personally find those image captchas hard to distinguish many times.

Example: “What is 2 + 2?”

Anyone can read that )and hopefully answer too!

]]> By: FourPillars http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/10/4-ways-to-make-your-blog-more-user-friendly-for-commenters/#comment-5687 FourPillars Sun, 13 Jan 2008 02:34:00 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/10/4-ways-to-make-your-blog-more-user-friendly-for-commenters/#comment-5687 Good post. I find the Captcha hard to read sometimes and often get it wrong. Very annoying. Mike Good post. I find the Captcha hard to read sometimes and often get it wrong. Very annoying.

Mike

]]> By: Becky http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/10/4-ways-to-make-your-blog-more-user-friendly-for-commenters/#comment-5621 Becky Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:44:54 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/10/4-ways-to-make-your-blog-more-user-friendly-for-commenters/#comment-5621 I was just thinking, it'd be great if you (or someone else out there who gets read a lot) would let people know that you can now leave your URL on Blogger sites. I think it's a new thing and a lot of people who have given up on leaving Blogger comments might not know that. Thanks! I was just thinking, it’d be great if you (or someone else out there who gets read a lot) would let people know that you can now leave your URL on Blogger sites. I think it’s a new thing and a lot of people who have given up on leaving Blogger comments might not know that.
Thanks!

]]> By: Chief Family Officer http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/10/4-ways-to-make-your-blog-more-user-friendly-for-commenters/#comment-5562 Chief Family Officer Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:01:51 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/10/4-ways-to-make-your-blog-more-user-friendly-for-commenters/#comment-5562 I thought these were all good tips - I've certainly thought them myself at one point or another. Based on your post, I did go ahead and do away with the pop-up window for comments! But I can't bring myself to turn off verification - before I had it, I would get TONS of spam and it drove me nuts! I'll see if I can come up with a different alternative (I'm not crazy about Karma). I thought these were all good tips – I’ve certainly thought them myself at one point or another. Based on your post, I did go ahead and do away with the pop-up window for comments! But I can’t bring myself to turn off verification – before I had it, I would get TONS of spam and it drove me nuts! I’ll see if I can come up with a different alternative (I’m not crazy about Karma).

]]> By: Kacie http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/10/4-ways-to-make-your-blog-more-user-friendly-for-commenters/#comment-5545 Kacie Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:09:38 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/10/4-ways-to-make-your-blog-more-user-friendly-for-commenters/#comment-5545 test test

]]> By: mrsmicah http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/10/4-ways-to-make-your-blog-more-user-friendly-for-commenters/#comment-5529 mrsmicah Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:44:04 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/10/4-ways-to-make-your-blog-more-user-friendly-for-commenters/#comment-5529 Hmm...... Hmm……

]]> By: Kacie http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/10/4-ways-to-make-your-blog-more-user-friendly-for-commenters/#comment-5528 Kacie Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:41:33 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/10/4-ways-to-make-your-blog-more-user-friendly-for-commenters/#comment-5528 Yeah, you have a "kind-a-captcha" installed. I have to enter 2 characters to leave a comment. Remember? Yeah, you have a “kind-a-captcha” installed. I have to enter 2 characters to leave a comment. Remember?

]]> By: mrsmicah http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/10/4-ways-to-make-your-blog-more-user-friendly-for-commenters/#comment-5521 mrsmicah Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:12:51 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/10/4-ways-to-make-your-blog-more-user-friendly-for-commenters/#comment-5521 "And how, praytell, do you deal with comment spam?" Spam Karma does a pretty good job...it occasionally means someone has to do a Captcha on the next page. When I was on Blogger it seemed to work ok without the Blogger word phrase. I got almost none. “And how, praytell, do you deal with comment spam?”

Spam Karma does a pretty good job…it occasionally means someone has to do a Captcha on the next page. When I was on Blogger it seemed to work ok without the Blogger word phrase. I got almost none.

]]> By: Flaime http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/10/4-ways-to-make-your-blog-more-user-friendly-for-commenters/#comment-5513 Flaime Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:23:49 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/10/4-ways-to-make-your-blog-more-user-friendly-for-commenters/#comment-5513 And how, praytell, do you deal with comment spam? And how, praytell, do you deal with comment spam?

]]> By: plonkee http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/10/4-ways-to-make-your-blog-more-user-friendly-for-commenters/#comment-5509 plonkee Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:07:24 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/10/4-ways-to-make-your-blog-more-user-friendly-for-commenters/#comment-5509 I hate it when my comments get caught in spam filters. I feel like I've been unfairly penalised for something I didn't do. But I know that these things sometimes happen. My pet peeve is subscribe to comments being automatically checked. Normally I don't want an email coming in for every comment, especially if there are going to be a lot. Logging in to comment, just isn't going to happen. At good blogger blogs you can link your url to your name - I prefer that as I like to comment as myself, and it's easier for people to contact me if they can find me again. I hate it when my comments get caught in spam filters. I feel like I’ve been unfairly penalised for something I didn’t do. But I know that these things sometimes happen.

My pet peeve is subscribe to comments being automatically checked. Normally I don’t want an email coming in for every comment, especially if there are going to be a lot.

Logging in to comment, just isn’t going to happen. At good blogger blogs you can link your url to your name – I prefer that as I like to comment as myself, and it’s easier for people to contact me if they can find me again.

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