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Red House Books is going through a bit of a update!

I've always had a pretty clear vision of what I wanted this space to be but I've been detoured from my path by...lots and lost of other people's opinions and ways of doing things...

I'm committed to this little chunk of the interweb but I've also branched out into other places so! Now it's time to think of Red House Books as more of a hub of all things me! And Me is a hell of a lot of book love!

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Sunday, November 13, 2011

What is a 'noreply-comment' and why is it important?

**Everything below relates to Blogger blogs and profiles. Other blog platform may handle comments differently**

As most bloggers do, I adore comments on my posts. I'm proud of my blog and I work hard at it and when people comment, it makes me happy :)

I use Blogger and I have all comments emailed to me. I love this because I'm always checking my email and I know right away when someone has stopped by.

Another cool feature to having your comments emailed to you is being able to reply back via email.

What makes me sad and often a little frustrated, is when I receive a comment and I really want to respond back and maybe even a question has been asked that I would very much like to answer. So, I move my little mouse pointer up and get ready to click on that wonderful 'Reply' button and this is what I see...


What is this noreply-comment@blogger.com?

Basically, when you comment with your Blogger account - meaning you signed in via Google to make your comment - your account is now linked to your comment.


Depending on how you set up your account, when you comment on blogs, your email address either WILL or WILL NOT appear.

On my end, as a blog owner, I'll either see your email address - (WilowRaven@yahoo.com) OR I'll see Blogger's default email address (noreply-comment@blogger.com)

Your email won't appear on your comment, but it will (or will not) appear as the Sender on comment relayed emails.

SO! Why is this important?

You may, for reasons your own, wish to remain as anonymous as you possibly can in an on-line environment. You don't have a blog yourself and / or you don't want people to ever be able to contact you for any reason and your Blogger Profile only has the barest of information on it. And you know, that's fine!

BUT! Don't most of you want people to be able to contact you? 

It is my belief that a lot of people don't realize their account is set up to NOT SHOW their email address. 

Here is an easy way to find out - and change it if you wish! (please?)

1. Log into your account and view your Dashboard (here's mine with some info blanked out for privacy reasons)

*I'm using the old Blogger interface - if you updated to the new one, you can easily switch back - it's a little easier that way*

2. Click on Edit Profile


3. Click on the box next to "Show My Email Address" and set an email address - it can be any email address you want. So if you're worried about privacy - create a new email account for yourself and use that one. OR, if you're a blogger, use the one on your contact page so all bloggy related things are all in once place :)



4. Scroll down, save your settings and - DONE!

Now when you comment, blog owners will see:


And all will be right with the world!
Ok, maybe not ALL but I know, I'll be a lot happier :)

Hope this makes sense to everyone and I hope it's at least a little helpful.
Let me know if you have any questions! AND if you do have your account set to not show your email address on purpose, I'm curious to know why, so let me know :)

Thanks guys!

10 comments:

  1. Thank you SO much for posting! I completely agree!!

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  2. That's great! I'm PRETTY sure mine is set up properly but now I'm going to check just in case! lol

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  3. OMG. This is probably the most informative post I've ever read. LOVE it. I didn't even realize I had no-reply on there. I've got to fix this.

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  4. What a great point! Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I'm off to fix it now.

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  5. Excellent advice! I'm definitely double checking I have this done. :)

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  6. Thanks for posting this!! I had no idea my profile was set to not show my email address. Thanks!!

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  7. I get all my blog's comments emailed to me too, and it's so sad to see no-reply emails. I find it much easier to reply to people via email than to go back to the post and post a reply they may or may not see.

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  8. Emily, very interesting post! I know there are times when I'd like to respond to a comment via e-mail rather than taking up valuable space on the blog and finding said e-mail can be difficult. But I also understand people who may not want me to contact them as well.

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  9. Wow, I've never thought of it as I haven't set to get my blog comments emailed to me. I've checked my settings and made my email visible. Thanks for this post!

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