If you have no idea what a noreply-blogger is, then this post is for you! If you do, then there is a chance that this is for you, just take a few moments to check, won't you?!
If you comment a lot on others' blogs but never get an answer, then there is a VERY good chance this applies to you.
What is a no-reply blogger?
A no-reply blogger is someone who comments on a blog post and who the blog owner cannot then reply to via email because their email address is not visible.
I like to reply to every single comment I get (or well I try to), just so you know that I heard you and that I appreciate the 30 seconds you took to leave me a comment. But when I encounter a no-reply blogger, that makes me sad. It looks like so:
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Most of the time I will hunt down the person and let them know. That means clicking through their profile and seeing if they have a blog of their own, finding their contact information there or leaving a comment to a post. When they don't have a blog there is nothing I can do :(
Until now, I always referred them to someone else's post. But after 3 of such bloggers in a row today, I decided it might be time to make my own post to refer to.
How do I know if I am a no-reply blogger?
Well, it's easier to see if you are NOT a no-reply blogger. Let me show you.
If you go to your profile from your dashboard (I'm aware some of you might still have the old dashboard, I think it should be very similar...)
The little icon on the top-right of the dashboard is where you need to go.
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Click it so you see the Blogger profile link...
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and then click that, too.
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The clickable email link under the Contact Me section confirms that you are NOT a no-reply blogger. If you DO NOT see this, then you ARE a no-reply blogger.
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Now, apparently there is a new way of having a Google+ profile instead of a blogger profile. If this is the case for you and what I am showing you here is NOT what YOU are seeing, then check out this post, hopefully that will help you out ;) Alright, moving on.
How do I change my settings for other's to be able to contact me?
From your blogger profile, you click Edit profile...
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and you simply need to check the show my email address.
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Once that is done, scroll down so you can save your new setting!
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And that's all there is to it! If you still want to confirm, then simply reply to this post, including your email address, and I will confirm it for you :)
I won't be the only one pleased to see I can now contact you :)
I'll keep this "advertisement" at the bottom of my blog if ever you need it.
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Thanks for reading!
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Hey Gen, thanks for this post & for visiting. I knew I was a no-reply but couldn't figure out how to change that. I just did it thanks to your post :)
ReplyDeleteI was a no-reply blogger until someone told me and I changed it. I've often wondered how to reply to someone without putting the reply on my blog. Now I know. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteSo I know why I set that to no reply when I first started! I was worried about spam email! After I encountered your other post about hot linking and a couple of other blogs where I saw the blogger directly reply to readers on their comments section I became more interested in the community/ building an audience part of blogging and now I put my email up so thank you. I'm getting a lot of "buy this medication" and "you won the British lottery" spam email but I'm also getting emails from fellow bloggers and that is AWESOME! This is exactly why I started- I wanted to make friends and learn stuff. :)
ReplyDeleteYou know what I really wish I could do? I wish Blogger allowed me to reply to a reader on my comments box and have that reader send them an email- that would be BOSS. Oh well. Thanks again!
Thanks a lot for this excellent tutorial!
ReplyDeleteI'll be linking to it for my readers to easily check if they're no reply bloggers =)
You also have an adorable blog, will be coming back for sure! =)
Hey there! Thank you so much for pointing this out to me!! I am fairly new to blogging and haven't had a chance to learn the tricks to it. It's always great when someone can take five mins and help someone out! I am heading over to my blog now to solve this :) TY
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, thank you so much. I didn't even know *blush* All fixed now :)
ReplyDeleteThanks very much. I was just told I'm a no-reply and you helped me fix it!
ReplyDeleteThanks Gen! You definitely just saved me with your tutorial. I referenced your link in my blog because it was so helpful! Thanks again:)
ReplyDeleteOk, let's see if I can turn myself from a no reply commenter into a reply to me commenter ...
ReplyDeleteThis is a huge pet peev for me too, but I was just asked if you can do this with Google+. What if you don't have a blog?
ReplyDeleteThis is such an awesome tutorial!! I had no idea what the real effect of 'not showing' my email was, thanks for letting me know!
ReplyDeleteMichelle
Thank you Gen for the information...I will check now, in case I am having a hard time figuring all this out here is my contact info since I left you a comment on your blog for your beautiful afghan! HARVESTMOONATNITE@YAHOO.COM...
ReplyDeleteI just love your blog. Good ideas and great work! I will come more times to see it!
ReplyDeleteThis is great! Thanks :)
ReplyDeleteThat's great. I just discovered people don't get notifications when I reply on their comments. What a bummer :/ At least this might make it a bit more interactive. So, thank you!
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