Comments on: How to Redirect Blogger to Your WordPress Blog and Update Your Blogger Identity http://kestrelsaerie.com/2010/04/redirect-blogger-wordpress/ An Eclectic Collection of Musings on Life, Living, and Blogging Sun, 09 Oct 2011 01:16:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kestrel http://kestrelsaerie.com/2010/04/redirect-blogger-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-4459 Kestrel Tue, 04 May 2010 14:55:24 +0000 http://kestrelsaerie.us/?p=3024#comment-4459 I have a few OpenIDs...but I've never actually USED one! I'm going to try to remember to do that next time I see it. I went to MyOpenID (.com, I believe) and set up an ID there...but as I say, I haven't used it yet, so we'll see how well I like that. As for Blogspot: Generally, if I can't use the Name/URL option, I will not comment. But I am going to see if it makes it easier on me to use my Blogger ID; I suspect I will be put off by the fact the link is only to my Blogger Profile (not even to a preferred Blogspot blog! Grrrrr). But I agree: If I have to ask a blogger to change their blog--I suspect they aren't all that interested in really hearing any pearls of wisdom I may have to impart. :P I have a few OpenIDs…but I’ve never actually USED one! I’m going to try to remember to do that next time I see it. I went to MyOpenID (.com, I believe) and set up an ID there…but as I say, I haven’t used it yet, so we’ll see how well I like that.

As for Blogspot: Generally, if I can’t use the Name/URL option, I will not comment. But I am going to see if it makes it easier on me to use my Blogger ID; I suspect I will be put off by the fact the link is only to my Blogger Profile (not even to a preferred Blogspot blog! Grrrrr).

But I agree: If I have to ask a blogger to change their blog–I suspect they aren’t all that interested in really hearing any pearls of wisdom I may have to impart. :P

]]> By: Tami http://kestrelsaerie.com/2010/04/redirect-blogger-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-4458 Tami Tue, 04 May 2010 14:42:27 +0000 http://kestrelsaerie.us/?p=3024#comment-4458 I find OpenId to be obnoxious, personally. I can't remember what hoop they had me jump through that set my lip to curling, but I definitely recall finding them off-putting. Unfortunately, adding a link in your comment is considered link-whoring and bad mojo. Though I personally think that a blogger who doesn't allow direct linking is needlessly crippling their readership from identifying themselves the way they like. I feel like a dick asking a blogspot blogger to change their comment-allowances for me so I usually just end up not commenting. I find OpenId to be obnoxious, personally. I can’t remember what hoop they had me jump through that set my lip to curling, but I definitely recall finding them off-putting.

Unfortunately, adding a link in your comment is considered link-whoring and bad mojo. Though I personally think that a blogger who doesn’t allow direct linking is needlessly crippling their readership from identifying themselves the way they like.

I feel like a dick asking a blogspot blogger to change their comment-allowances for me so I usually just end up not commenting.

]]> By: Kestrel http://kestrelsaerie.com/2010/04/redirect-blogger-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-4455 Kestrel Mon, 03 May 2010 20:09:07 +0000 http://kestrelsaerie.us/?p=3024#comment-4455 The one problem with all this is, when you comment on a Blogger blog using your Blogger ID, the link takes you to your Blogger profile, <i>not</i> to your actual website. Frustrating, frustrating. The whole point of including a link in one's comments is for a single click to take you there. Maybe I should just get in the habit of including a link to this site in every Blogger comment I make? (I do like having the ability to display an avatar/icon when I comment.) Or, maybe I'll try an OpenID next time... The one problem with all this is, when you comment on a Blogger blog using your Blogger ID, the link takes you to your Blogger profile, not to your actual website. Frustrating, frustrating.

The whole point of including a link in one’s comments is for a single click to take you there. Maybe I should just get in the habit of including a link to this site in every Blogger comment I make? (I do like having the ability to display an avatar/icon when I comment.)

Or, maybe I’ll try an OpenID next time…

]]> By: Tami http://kestrelsaerie.com/2010/04/redirect-blogger-wordpress/comment-page-1/#comment-4454 Tami Mon, 03 May 2010 19:02:30 +0000 http://kestrelsaerie.us/?p=3024#comment-4454 Bah, I forgot to comment on this. Excellent advice, thank you so much for posting it! I have all my blogger blogs turned "off" and my blogger profile links to my actual blog. Still, I did add this into my primary blogger blog, just in case someone managed to find a way to it. =] .-= Tami´s latest blog post is <a href="http://tamimoore.com/2010/sketchthings/" rel="nofollow">Sketchthings</a> =-. Bah, I forgot to comment on this. Excellent advice, thank you so much for posting it!

I have all my blogger blogs turned “off” and my blogger profile links to my actual blog. Still, I did add this into my primary blogger blog, just in case someone managed to find a way to it. =]
.-= Tami´s latest blog post is Sketchthings =-.

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