Lovely Christmas Star and concerns about Gravatar
Hello everybody, here comes my monthly post
Close up of an old Poinsettia
Checking your website
I have renewed my yearly and in January of 2020, I will start my 4e year at Wealthy Affiliate
At the moment I am on a Christmas break. That means I will not write for my websites but will be doing a thorough checkup of everything. When you go back to old posts it can happen that YouTube videos have gone missing. I do not know why that should be but what is sure it does not look good on your post to see that grey space.
I will ask again for some more comments and keep rotating everything. I have a file with extra information which might be added to old posts. Sometimes you might not like the chosen photo anymore so you will swap it for a better one. As I have the Post Modification Date Plugin the post will look nice and fresh with a new date. It seems that the search machines like it when they see improvement and that your website is alive.
Pretty Poinsettia in the garden
Before I tell you about my latest discovery I wanted to share with you the Christmas Star I have in the garden. Actually I have some more and they have turned into gorgeous trees over the years. It must be the climate they like. I would get a little Poinsettia in a flowerpot and after New Year I would plant it in the garden.
On of the old Poinsettias in the garden
A discovery on SiteComments
Time ago I wrote a WA post. https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/laparra1/blog/2-for-1-a-uniq... why I think it is a good idea to use the name of your website visitor when you reply to their comment. The same applies to SiteComments as those comments will be put on your website too.
When you get a comment you see this small picture to the top left. Most times you will see a name and probably will know this person. Now if I do not see a name I will click on this small picture to have a look at the Gravatar and normally I will see a name there which I then will use addressing this person.
A couple of weeks ago I received 4 comments on a post through SiteComments. I did not recognize these 4 people and there were no names. I clicked on the first one and got a name on Gravatar. I authorized the comment and replied. I went to the second comment and got the same Gravatar. This also happened with the third and fourth comments. I did not authorize these 3 comments and informed Site Support including a screenshot.
It happened twice again. I received 2 comments from the same person. Site Support investigated and it is 1 person who has at least 4 WA profiles. I was told there will come some changes on SiteComments as the same person is only allowed 1 comment on 1 post.
Yesterday it happened again. When I checked the Gravatar for a name I discovered the same person with 2 comments but this time it was a different Gravatar. SiteSupport was informed including a screenshot. Because of this cheating, I have lost 7 comments which is a shame. I am happy though that I insist on knowing people's names as otherwise, this issue would have gone unnoticed.
Greetings from the south of Spain.
Taetske
Photos: Private
Thanks for sending the link to your latest post.
The Poinsettia is a beautiful plant that blooms abundantly in New Zealand. I don't have it in my garden now and enjoyed viewing your photos.
I was not aware of the plugin you mention. I will take a look at it.
It's good to know that Site Support was happy to assist with the comment problem. It's unbelievable that anyone would act such as the one you describe.
Enjoy your Christmas break.
With best wishes _Valerie
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Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment.
A visit to NZ is still on the list. We could not make it to America this year due to the stock market and its hickups.
I think this plugin is nice as after a checkup and facelift your post gets a new update and SEO comes to have a look.
This Gravatar story was rather irritating as I lost comments for my websites. Hopefully, some new rules will be in place soon.
Greetings from the south of Spain,
Taetske
Valerie
I lived in the South Island - Christchurch, but I travelled all over New Zealand.
You are very blessed to live there.
Cassi
Best wishes,
Valerie
Thanks also for the heads up on the site comments, I believe I might have received a duplicate gravatar site comment and your post makes sense to me - I puzzled over it for quite a bit so I'm glad you brought this post to my attention....the universe provides for me yet again!
Hope you're having a good December thus far and best of luck with the post edits, my site is young yet but I'll take note for when it's as mature as your ones are ;-)
Every year it is a joy to see the red color of the poinsettias in the garden. It gives a nice touch as the only other flowers are from the bougainvillea.
I do not know if I manage everything. As I have each website with more than 90 posts there might not be enough time, I will see how far I get.
Greetings from the south of Spain,
Taetske
your poinsettias are amazing! I had a few in the past, always bought one at Christmas time but I never took care of it well enough. They didn't last long.
You're being a detective with the Gravatars, I would never think of that. I'm always surprised when I find out some dodgy things as I always go the honest way and that's why I was also disappointed with people many times in my life.
Wish you a nice Christmas time!
Lenka
as for sitecomments -- good on you for that discovery -- i myself don't participate in it so no comment there for that ...
.... super photography -- what kind of cam equipment do you use....
keep well, keep happy! .... ⭐️😊⭐️ ...
I have it now for nearly 20 years and I think it is doing a good job.
Do you still remember that post from time ago where I photographed the raindrops? I was surprised it could do that much.
All the best,
Taetske
Just went yearly again though I would definitely be leaving this year but here you have me. after my book is published I will be back in action again at WA. I am down to 956 in Ranking after being way up there but it is all worth it. I have learned so much. bring all my work together in one place has been a real eye-opener.
So here we are again my dear friend see on Face always a better way Linda
