Comments on: Use Gravatars to Add Personality to Your Blog

By: CREATIVEGoddess

CREATIVEGoddess — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:10:38 +0000

As a visual person, I really like Gravatars -they add personality to the comments.

Additionally, I wrote on the topic last fall about the importance of an avatar how to design a creative one for yourself.

http://tinyurl.com/57db27

By: Cheap iPods

Cheap iPods — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:56:17 +0000

I love the Gravatars, I use them on two of my blogs and I really like how it personalizes the comments.

By: uwak

uwak — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:08:03 +0000

well….unique and identity is important thing……..

By: Ravi Ahuja

Ravi Ahuja — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:29:13 +0000

Gravatars give comment poster a personal feeling to there comment. They like to see there picture with there comment. This also increase there branding which is more important to them. http://www.earningguys.com

By: Man Overboard

Man Overboard — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:00:24 +0000

@Velvet,

Check out Gre M’s comment above on how Gravatars do not affect download speed.

By: Velvet Blues

Velvet Blues — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:14:23 +0000

Gravatar is great, but every now and then it is slow. We will be caching our gravatars soon so that we can minimize download time.

By: Jacob Share from Group Writing Projects

Jacob Share from Group Writing Projects — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:01:28 +0000

WHY DARREN DOESN’T USE GRAVATARS – it’s very simple.

Almost every post on Problogger gets dozens of comments, often well over 100.

For each and every comment, your browser needs to pull in the image from gravatar.com. The gravatars would make each Problogger article very heavy in terms of file size and slow to load, making the entire Problogger experience much less enjoyable.

It’s not worth it, in Darren’s case.

By: iambored

iambored — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:31:06 +0000

Gravatars are great. I’ve been meaning to sign up to them for a while now, but every time I remember, I get sidetracked.

I like the idea of a “Personal” blog that does not talk about what you do at home, but that makes you feel important and unique. Everyone, no matter who, wants to be unique.

I always try and do that with my blogs. – make them personal.

http://www.iambored.co.za

By: MTO

MTO — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:46:38 +0000

I use identicons at one of my sites.
It provides a unique avatar to each IP.
I’ve seen some sites when gravatars displaying identicons when the user doesn’t have a gravatar. How is this done?

By: pepito

pepito — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:32:44 +0000

ok i will try what u suggest rite now ….hope it will help me!

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:27:33 +0000

I agree, I like gravatars as well… useful for many applications. I would prefer it tied to a website than e-mail though.

Jon
http://Buzvia.com – Where’s Your Traffic Going?

By: pokrate

pokrate — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:30:12 +0000

All forums and blogs must enable gravatars, so that it becomes easy to track the poster.

By: JayTee

JayTee — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:26:24 +0000

Gravatars are a must for any new blog. I would say one out of three blog readers use them now.

By: The Net Experiment

The Net Experiment — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:11:32 +0000

Hey Darren,

good point raised – why don’t you use gravatars on your site?

By the way I made some videos on how to set up gravatars at my blog just in case some of your readers may find it useful :)

Derrick

By: Asher Awesome

Asher Awesome — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:17:15 +0000

Hi,

You’re right, gravatars do bring some life into the comments section. It helps to differentiate between different users as well as giving it a sense of human interaction.

Asher

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:32:17 +0000

Yes, I agree with that too.

By: Make Money Online Tips

Make Money Online Tips — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:26:59 +0000

Darren why don’t use Gravtar here?

By: Melissa Miller

Melissa Miller — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 12:52:13 +0000

I use one; thanks for the post! Love your gravatar!

By: Tammy

Tammy — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:25:55 +0000

My husband and I are using caricature gravatars for our new blog. The gravatars are taken from the header image. We’re really happy with the way they turned out. We got them done through http://www.caricatureking.com (the artist we used was Brian). We took advantage of the “TrialPay” offer they have, so we got the header images and gravatars for free. Free is good! :-)
We’re working out the final kinks on the blog but it’s fairly presentable…

By: Dustin Boston

Dustin Boston — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 07:52:29 +0000

By using a Gravatar and the same avatar in all your public accounts (Facebook, et al) you also create a personal brand.