Recently it seems (probably just a coincidence) that a few of the more recent blogs I have hopscotched to have had some technical issue and for the most part it is fairly straight-forward for getting in touch with the owner of the blog to offer advice or to mention what issue I had while visiting.
A couple of sites though have had some issues where I have not been able to leave comments due to script bugs/errors or they have also had no contact page. No email address or a form where I can fill out to get in touch with them to explain what I was doing when things went horribly wrong.
I’ve added a Contact Me page that offers a basic form that will email me questions/comments that people send me. WordPress also has a similar feature that I do recommend people use if they need to get in touch with the author of the blog and it doesn’t fit any of the topics.
I do recommend looking into adding a Contact Me page or a way for people to get a hold of you without having to leave an off-topic comment (which might get missed by the owner). You might not get a flood of email but it is a nice option in case things do go wrong and they need to be brought to your attention. Just make sure you have some sort of anti-bot, anti-spam security too!
On a side note with blogs and comments, is it me or is it annoying when there is a blog post you’re reading but the blog owner doesn’t offer the ability to leave a comment? I found this frustrating one day when I wanted to add my $0.02 with a particular post. Oh well can’t please everyone eh?
RodMar 20, 2007 at 12:41:41
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Best thing about the WordPress plugin is that it doesn’t publish your email address anywhere. Just forwards it on.
ArmenMar 20, 2007 at 16:51:46
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Yeah, this is really annoying. In fact, I have trouble leaving comments on John Chow’s blog, and even though I’ve emailed him about it a couple of times, he hasn’t done anything about it. There is another website I visit that uses the misty theme too, and I can’t comment on it either, only it doesn’t have a contact form like you’ve mentioned, and there is no way of contacting them. Pretty daft really.
MasterSparkyMar 21, 2007 at 05:38:53
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I feel your pain. I don’t know how many blogger blogs I have found with no contact info. There is just no excuse unless you just don’t want people to contact you, but in that case they should just say that.