When you have a Gravatar account, your image is linked to your email account. This means wherever you comment on the web, if Gravatar is enabled, your image will appear next to your comment 
Gravatar is a great word meaning Globally Recognised Avatar.
This means you can scan a blog, see a familiar face make a comment and stop to read it. It helps people get to know you and your brand across the web. It helps you recognise people in the blogs community and get to know them.
Attaching your image to your email is dead easy.
Click the link and add your email address that you use for making comments http://en.gravatar.com/site/signup/
then an email will be sent to you to activate your account. Click the link in the email.
You will then be asked for a user name and a password, choose wisely your user name – it’s going to be with you a long time!
Upload an image from your PC or choose to add an image of you from the web (Quick Note how to add web image – right click the image, click properties and a grey box appears, use the image location URL.)
You can then crop the image so it fits the box and then when you click crop and finish, you will be asked to rate your image.
Unless you have upload a naughty or graphically violent pic, I suggest you use a G rating, which signifies for general use.
Thats it, all done
Next time you comment on this blog, your image will appear next to your comment it also works on all other WordPress blogs and other Gravatar activated forums.
Let me know how you get on
Sarah
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January 7, 2010 at 3:09 pm
Thanks Sarah
I had a moment of panic when I tried to set it up, and it said, this email address is already in use, then discovered it’s just because it is the same as my wordpress account.
Now, does it work?
LOL
January 7, 2010 at 3:09 pm
My photo didn’t come up?!
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January 7, 2010 at 3:37 pm
Yes it has Lynn, it works perfectly
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January 7, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Lol, I did the same Ann and yes yours works perfectly and it has updated you all over the web
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January 7, 2010 at 4:13 pm
I am so used to having one and it does definitely make a difference if you can see a face to the person who is leaving the comments. I would also add that for those of us who have a WordPress blog, you will get this automatically.
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January 7, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Hi Alex, I love being able to scroll down a blog and see who I recognise and who looks interesting, and then I read the comments
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January 7, 2010 at 6:42 pm
I’m embarrassed that I’d not already sorted this out – thanks Sarah – this is a great blog to point people to.
And now I should be visible…
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January 10, 2010 at 5:37 pm
You are Babs
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January 11, 2010 at 8:36 pm
Done it – will wait to see future ever-so-enhanced notice taken of my comments on blogs
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Linda
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February 21, 2010 at 2:04 pm
Great. So easy too. Thanks so much!
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February 21, 2010 at 8:49 pm
Thanks Nikki, I like easy
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