Something new for bloggers…
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As you know, blogs and social networking are the rage. They offer a great means to communicate with your readers and other authors. And let’s face it, don’t you love getting comments?
I do.
But I hate spam. One way to combat that is to require your visitors to register/login before they can comment. Some blogging platforms like blogger make it so you can sign in once and comment on all blogger blogs. This works similarly for LiveJournal and Wordpress.com blogs.
But you need a different account for each platform. Or do you?
One ID?
Wouldn’t it be great if you could have one username and password and it would work for dozens of sites your visit?
There is!
It’s called OpenId. And it’s coming to a blog near you.
If you’re using a platform that allows OpenId as an option to comment, do me a favor and enable it. If you have your own bulletin board system or Wordpress blog, there are free plugins that will make them OpenID friendly.
Where to Sign Up
Try MyOpenId: www.myopenid.com/
OpenID for Wordpress plugin: verselogic.net/projects/wordpress/wordpress-openid-plugin/