If you have not uploaded your image and registered your email address with Gravatar.com, read this post and then do so!
What’s a Gravatar?
From Wikipedia:
Gravatar (an abbreviation for globally recognized avatar) is a service for providing globally-unique avatars.At Gravatar.com, users can register an account based on their email address, and upload an avatar (a square image displayed at 80 by 80 pixels by default) to be associated with the account. Gravatar plugins are available for popular blogging software; when the user posts a comment on such a blog that requires an e-mail address, the blogging software checks whether that e-mail address has an associated avatar at Gravatar. If so, the Gravatar is shown along with the comment. Gravatar support is provided natively in WordPress and in many many other websites, content management systems, and blogging engines.
In a nutshell, when you comment on other websites and blogs (which you should be doing!) your avatar, a square image of yourself or your brand, appears next to your comment and you look like a pro!
Gravatar.com is what makes Mark’s Glamour Shot appear next to his comments like this:
So, check out the official Gravatar intro video below, sign up at Gravatar.com and start commenting and leaving your personal brand around the web!
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August 20th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Great post, Mark. I took the plunge today and am trying it out.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
Or Rob, I should rather say! Sorry!
August 22nd, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Looking good Todd
October 26th, 2009 at 8:24 am
I’m on board!
November 13th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Gravatar is a great idea. is it free?
May 15th, 2010 at 2:12 am
I thought it was going to be some boring old post, but it really compensated for my time. I will post a link to this page on my blog. I am sure my visitors will find that very useful. . . .
May 17th, 2010 at 1:55 am
Hello… I can not access your rss feed… Something trouble? Can you fix it? Thanks
August 19th, 2010 at 1:28 pm
Done!
Thanks Rob for your article.
Heard about Gravatar.com this AM and had an issue with using different photos by using different eMail accounts. -Dr. Rae for The Baum Group