Okay, I\u2019ve gone and done it. I\u2019ve added CAPTCHA to this blog site. <\/p>\n
Some of you know that I have periodically turned my \u201ccomments\u201d option off because of the amount of SPAM I get. It drives me crazy and takes up a lot of time deleting the SPAM comments from my blog each day AND from my email box, too. I had 206 SPAM comments yesterday and I had deleted comments the day before. If I go away for a few days or try to avoid the computer for a day, they mount up to 300 or 400. This is ridiculous since these are all ads for Uggs, Coach and so forth (probably knock offs). I get ads that are nothing but a series of question marks. Some are 500 words long.<\/p>\n
I imagine I have this problem because I have over 1,600 blog posts. That\u2019s a lot of posts for these robots to cling onto and leave their mark.<\/p>\n
So yesterday, I asked my web gal if she could add a CAPTCHA to my blog so that only legitimate comments can be left by humans. CAPTCHA stands for \u201cCompletely Automated Public Turning Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart.\u201d Interesting, huh? It is a type of challenge-response test used in computing as an attempt to ensure that the response is generated by a human being.<\/p>\n
I know, I know, some of you don\u2019t like those little windows with squiggly letters and numbers you have to try to copy in order to leave your comment. They can be a bit of a pain. But here\u2019s how I figure it, better you suffer a smidge of discomfort when you leave me one of your brilliant comments than I spend so much time and experience so much frustration trying to keep SPAM comments away so I can continue to provide useful information and resources for you.<\/p>\n
If you want to leave a comment at my blog post\u2014which I encourage you to do\u2014and you don\u2019t get the sequence of letters\/numbers correct at first type, it\u2019s okay. You\u2019ll get another set of numbers\/letters and can try again. Sometimes it\u2019s tricky. But it isn\u2019t rocket science. You can do it. Thanks for allowing me the luxury of waking up each morning to actual comments and not having to spend several frustrating minutes cleaning out the trash.<\/p>\n
Have you noticed? Talk Up Your Book <\/em>has 6 five-star reviews at Amazon.com now. How cool is that? But it isn\u2019t ranking very high this week. That\u2019s because so many of you don\u2019t realize how important public speaking and communication skills are when it comes to promoting your book.<\/p>\n I plan to start a blog series for authors revealing exactly what you need to do right out of the chute once your book is published. I can tell you what many authors do. They go right back to writing OR they start catching up with the work and obligations they were avoiding and ignoring while they are intently working to produce that book. I have to tell you that\u2019s the wrong approach. Tune in starting Monday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Okay, I\u2019ve gone and done it. I\u2019ve added CAPTCHA to this blog site. Some of you know that I have periodically turned my \u201ccomments\u201d option off because of the amount of SPAM I get. It drives me crazy and takes up a lot of time deleting the SPAM comments from my blog each day AND […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t