Comments on: 6 Things That Will Make Me Leave Your Blog http://amvirtualassistant.com/blog/2008/05/23/6-things-that-will-make-me-leave-your-blog/ Giving you more free time Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:13:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Haley http://amvirtualassistant.com/blog/2008/05/23/6-things-that-will-make-me-leave-your-blog/#comment-222 Haley Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:49:16 +0000 http://amvirtualassistant.com/blog/?p=46#comment-222 @Lynn - Something to consider regarding usability and forms is that many people use web based email (Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail, etc.). If you are only providing an email address all of these people must take extra steps to send you an email. They have to copy and paste, or type your email into their email in order to send a message to you. This can introduce data entry errors ensuring that their communication never reaches you. Your email link is only going to work for people who use an email program on their computer and it is configured correctly. On the other hand if you are providing a contact form you have just saved the webmail based user a ton of steps and increased the likelihood of them making the effort to contact you. My advice is to use both and make sure that the form script you are using is secure, or as secure as it can be and still work. As far as protecting your email link another free method is Recaptcha's Mailhide. You can check it out at <a href="http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/" rel="nofollow">http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/</a>. It is the same technology that makes sure it is a real person filling out forms where you have to type the words shown in the images. The added bonus is that the words they are using are part of a project to help digitize books. @Lynn - Something to consider regarding usability and forms is that many people use web based email (Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail, etc.). If you are only providing an email address all of these people must take extra steps to send you an email. They have to copy and paste, or type your email into their email in order to send a message to you. This can introduce data entry errors ensuring that their communication never reaches you. Your email link is only going to work for people who use an email program on their computer and it is configured correctly.

On the other hand if you are providing a contact form you have just saved the webmail based user a ton of steps and increased the likelihood of them making the effort to contact you. My advice is to use both and make sure that the form script you are using is secure, or as secure as it can be and still work.

As far as protecting your email link another free method is Recaptcha’s Mailhide. You can check it out at http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/. It is the same technology that makes sure it is a real person filling out forms where you have to type the words shown in the images. The added bonus is that the words they are using are part of a project to help digitize books.

]]> By: Paul Simister http://amvirtualassistant.com/blog/2008/05/23/6-things-that-will-make-me-leave-your-blog/#comment-158 Paul Simister Sat, 07 Jun 2008 10:04:23 +0000 http://amvirtualassistant.com/blog/?p=46#comment-158 Good article and while you talked about Adverts in general (especially those that don't relate to the subject matter of the blog) I am surprised that you didn't comment about Adsense. Nothing turns me off a blog faster than trying to read the article and dodge around intrusive adsense campaigns. Paul Simisters last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBusinessCoachingBlog/~3/306071250/cure-your-public-speaking-fears.html" rel="nofollow">Cure Your Public Speaking Fears</a> Good article and while you talked about Adverts in general (especially those that don’t relate to the subject matter of the blog) I am surprised that you didn’t comment about Adsense. Nothing turns me off a blog faster than trying to read the article and dodge around intrusive adsense campaigns.

Paul Simisters last blog post..Cure Your Public Speaking Fears

]]> By: Nesher http://amvirtualassistant.com/blog/2008/05/23/6-things-that-will-make-me-leave-your-blog/#comment-148 Nesher Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:55:39 +0000 http://amvirtualassistant.com/blog/?p=46#comment-148 Thank you for submission your article to the 5th Edition of the "Bringing more traffic to your blog" Blog Carnival. The edition was published today: http://blogging4good.blogspot.com/2008/06/bringing-more-traffic-to-your-blog-june.html Have a good weekend! Neshers last blog post..<a href="http://webfreebies4u.blogspot.com/2008/06/start-your-free-images-search-here.html" rel="nofollow">Start your Free Images Search Here!</a> Thank you for submission your article to the 5th Edition of the “Bringing more traffic to your blog” Blog Carnival. The edition was published today: http://blogging4good.blogspot.com/2008/06/bringing-more-traffic-to-your-blog-june.html

Have a good weekend!

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]]> By: Joe http://amvirtualassistant.com/blog/2008/05/23/6-things-that-will-make-me-leave-your-blog/#comment-142 Joe Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:52:29 +0000 http://amvirtualassistant.com/blog/?p=46#comment-142 Music ... it drives me up a wall! Secondly, arrogance ... a blogger puffed up with his or her own importance. The blogger universe is all about egalitarianism. Music … it drives me up a wall! Secondly, arrogance … a blogger puffed up with his or her own importance. The blogger universe is all about egalitarianism.

]]> By: 5 Blogging Tips to Increase Loyal Visitors and Rank | Standing Out! The Virtual Assistant Success Blog http://amvirtualassistant.com/blog/2008/05/23/6-things-that-will-make-me-leave-your-blog/#comment-138 5 Blogging Tips to Increase Loyal Visitors and Rank | Standing Out! The Virtual Assistant Success Blog Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:07:27 +0000 http://amvirtualassistant.com/blog/?p=46#comment-138 [...] was inspired to write this after I read and commented on VagabondetteVA’s 6 Things That Will Make Me Leave Your Blog post on May 23. Rather than talk about the things you shouldn’t do, I figured I would give [...] [...] was inspired to write this after I read and commented on VagabondetteVA’s 6 Things That Will Make Me Leave Your Blog post on May 23. Rather than talk about the things you shouldn’t do, I figured I would give [...]

]]> By: Tia http://amvirtualassistant.com/blog/2008/05/23/6-things-that-will-make-me-leave-your-blog/#comment-127 Tia Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:36:02 +0000 http://amvirtualassistant.com/blog/?p=46#comment-127 I agree with almost everything except I think the "snap to" feature on Wordpress.com blogs is pretty neat, actually. I'm a huge fan of images - I think it helps solve the problem of blogs that have way too much copy and nothing going on visually. I agree 150% about contact, though. Dynamic Drive has a free online <a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/emailriddler/" rel="nofollow">email riddler tool</a> that you can use to protect your email address against spam, should you choose to provide it. I go back and forth (really) almost weekly on the email vs contact form issue. I haven't had any problems using a contact form - I get more contact now with the form than I did with just my email address. But either way, something is better than nothing. Cheers, Tia Tias last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StandingOut/~3/302712148/" rel="nofollow">Ning.com</a> I agree with almost everything except I think the “snap to” feature on Wordpress.com blogs is pretty neat, actually. I’m a huge fan of images - I think it helps solve the problem of blogs that have way too much copy and nothing going on visually.

I agree 150% about contact, though. Dynamic Drive has a free online email riddler tool that you can use to protect your email address against spam, should you choose to provide it. I go back and forth (really) almost weekly on the email vs contact form issue. I haven’t had any problems using a contact form - I get more contact now with the form than I did with just my email address. But either way, something is better than nothing.

Cheers,
Tia

Tias last blog post..Ning.com

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