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Mon, 06 Feb 2006 14:28:38 +0000

[...] There are many different opinions about what makes a good blog. Many think that you should include information about yourself. Darren Rowse at ProBlogger has some very good arguments for making yourself available. Not all of us are as outgoing though. [...]

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» Making Yourself Available TurboBlogger.com — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 21:43:52 +0000

[...] of Almost Cool and The Blog Studio has a guest blog post up at ProBlogger.net relating his amazement at how so many pro-bloggers make it so difficult for folks to get in [...]

By: John (SYNTAGMA)

John (SYNTAGMA) — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 15:39:59 +0000

David emailed about the Gmail tag maker I mentioned. I find it safer not to use a hot link, though others claim it's not visible to the harvesters.

By: Dane Carlson

Dane Carlson — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:40:06 +0000

There are always going to be problems with spam — email, im, telemarketers. But, no matter how much filtering I do, the emails, calls and ims that make it through more than make up for the hassle.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:20:21 +0000

I use this email encoder...never had a problem with spam from any email I've put on the web. email encoder

By: David

David — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 13:33:25 +0000

Great advice… I’ve been hesitant however though to add IM or Skype contact information.

By: John

John — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:08:19 +0000

I’m in TOTAL agreement with you. It’s sooooooo frustrating to want to contact someone and then have to search 15 minutes and not find an email address. I usually just post a “please contact me” note in the comments section of their latest post, but even this only works half the time.

By: John (SYNTAGMA)

John (SYNTAGMA) — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 09:05:41 +0000

I’ve experimented a bit with this and found that putting a short, memorable Gmail address in an image (there’s a site which allows you to do this) is the best way to go. Since putting mine up, I’ve had no spam to speak of.

By: Nicole Simon

Nicole Simon — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 09:02:19 +0000

I use a form of my email address (xxx at xxxx) which people can type in plus a contract form, where people can just write down.

The contact form actually is one of the fastest way to reach me then. :)

By: duncan

duncan — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 05:23:16 +0000

Ive always added a directly link to my email address even with the spam problems because at the end of the day its important that you can be contacted

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 05:03:43 +0000

I think this idea goes beyond blogs to any sort of Web site, especially a Web publication. It’s my biggest pet peeve — when I can’t fiind contact info — and one of the most common complaints among readers and customers.

Very good advice Peter.

By: Bill Peschel

Bill Peschel — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 04:17:26 +0000

After one three-named blogger complained that people couldn’t spell his name right, I sent him an e-mail pointing out that, while he provided an e-mail link, nowhere could one find his full name.

Soon thereafter, he changed his e-mail link to include that information.

One writer — a longtime published novelist — titled his blog something bland like “A fiction writer.” Since he had written so much, I was curious about his books, but he provides no links on his site, and not even his full name.

Then again, my particular problem is that my Web site is planetpeschel, but my blog is titled Bill Peschel. So now I have links to my site in both names. Moral: Settle on one name and stick with it.