Gravatar is for all webmasters and not only for Wordpress users as you may think
Avatar is an
image snippet that is used to represent one in the Cyberspace, when you perform
certain actions like posting a comment or post on a blog.
Gravatar is
just a pre-extension of Avatar by the addition of GR to it and GRAvatar stands
for Globally Recognized Avatar which as explained above is an image that
follows you from site to site, appearing beside your name when you take certain
actions on the internet.
The
importance of Gravatar cannot be overemphasized, as it remains your major form
of identification on the internet.
Though some
persons often tend to neglect the importance that Gravatar always offer and
always take it on lighter note or misuse it, but Gravatar is your
identification in Cyberspace that can even come to play when some matters of
litigations arise.
In other
words, starting from today, you should start taking your Gravatar serious and always
endeavor to use it properly by always selecting appropriate images for that,
because you never can tell what can come up any moment.
I noticed
that some webmasters often get scared of registering and making use of
Gravatar, especially those that operates outside Wordpress platform. They
always felt that Gravatar is only made for Wordpress users.
But every
other webmasters too can sign up on Gravatar and have their images follow them
wherever they go on the internet, and they can even install the Gravatar plugin
on their pages that is not Wordpress.
Yes we know
that it is true that all Wordpress platform have Gravatar plugin automatically
installed on them, but that does not mean that Gravatar cannot be installed on
other platforms. Other platforms can also support Gravatar if properly
installed using the right channel.
For example
in Drupal platform, Gravatar is also installed, then for blogger, Gravatar can
be installed using third party Gravatar-supported commenting systems like
IntenseDebate and Blokomm.
Now
regardless of the platform you make use of, you can always visit Gravatar,
register and upload the image that you want to be identified with. When you do
that, anytime you visit other pages and take actions like post comments (using
the exact email address you use to register on Gravatar) on those that have
Gravatar installed on them, your image snippet with always beside you.
So what are
you waiting for as a webmaster? Easily get globally recognized today by
conveniently going to Gravatar and registering with them so you will begin to
reap the full benefit of using Gravatar as others have been doing.
By choosing
to be continuously anonymous in the Cyberspace will often make people take you
and your activities unserious and make you look as if you have a hidden
skeleton in your cupboard.
If you are
happy with this post, kindly use the comment section below to express yourself or
tell us your take about Gravatar.
Gravatar is for all webmasters and not only for Wordpress users as you may think
Reviewed by Edwin Akwudolu
on
8:45:00 AM
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It's important to have a Gravatar or Globally Recognized Avatar not just because you use WordPress, but because you should and millions of people and websites use them.
ReplyDeleteAdditionally, if you want to be identified on the web, then you should use a Gravatar. If you are a blogger, non-profit, small business, or anyone who wants to build a brand, then you need to start using gravatar.
Hi Metz,
DeleteYou just said it on a simple and straight forward way, "if you want to be identified on the web, then you should use a Gravatar"
Thank you very much for dropping by