I’ve been reading a lot of posts recently about pet blogging hates and one of them being Captcha’s – you know that bit when you post a comment and gives you two words to type because it’s checking you are a human?. My friend Kelly over at Domestic Goddesque has written a great article about how they drive her mad and her campaign to ban them. I hate them mainly because I can never read the damn things and it’s even worse when you are on a mobile device.
Until recently you couldn’t turn Captcha’s off in New Blogger, you had to go back into the old format which most new blogger’s don’t even know about. If you want to look at the old Blogger layout btw – there are a few extra bits and pieces there, click on the cog on the top right and then select ‘Old Blogger’ – you can always come back to the new.
But it looks like there has been an update to New Blogger, which means you can now rid your blog of Captcha or Word Verification as Blogger like to call it. Just follow the instructions below and turn it off and look forward to getting lots more comments.
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Oooo, that’s super useful advice. Thanks for the link! And #BanCaptcha
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Hmm keep on meaning to get rid of mine since I moderate comments anyway, but never get round to it!
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Thanks ! Anything that helps me with the IT / security / blogger info is fantastic !
Checking we are human is kinda weird ……do robots blog ? lol
A great tip! I too have been reading a fair bit about how Captcha is driving us all mad. I can never read the words and it takes 2 or 3 efforts to leave a comment – very annoying and I often give up!
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Thank you! I have had a request to remove the captcha but couldn’t find it. I suspected I would have to go back to the old Blogger, but never got round to take another look at it.
I removed the captcha before and got really odd comments and adds back then, so I am going to give it a try first.
Have a nice weekend!
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Captcha, droves me a little bit insane. I just don’t seem to have the kind of brain that computes muddled up letters.
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