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Friday, 20 April 2012

I Hate Captcha aka 1-2-3 Tutorial to Turn Captcha Off

I always make a concerted effort to comment on every post that links up to What I Wore each week. I love doing it but I hate, hate, HATE Captcha. What's Captcha? It is that pain in the arse word verification thingy that is meant to stop spammers but really just annoys the shit out of everyone. 


Captcha is now on as default on new Blogger/Blogspot so a lot of bloggers don't even know they have it turned on or that it is annoying everyone (who does it not annoy?).


So here my friends is the world's easiest tutorial on how to turn word verification off on your Blogger/Blogspot Blog. Three Simple Steps:


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1) Go to Posts & Comments under Settings on your Blogger/Blogspot Dashboard
2) Choose "No" under Show Word Verification
3) Save Settings


See? It was easy right? Barely qualifies as a tutorial :)


So make it easier for your readers to comment on your blog and please turn off word verification. Blogger already streams off spam comments for captcha really doesn't' do anything other than annoy us all. Pinky swear!
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26 comments:

  1. Scottishmum21 April 2012 at 17:31

    Captchas really are sooo irritating when you are tying to leave comments to people.  Wish more people would turn the off.

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  2. Jessica22 April 2012 at 05:16

    Agree. Makes it nearly impossible when commenting from my iPhone.

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  3. Miss Brassique22 April 2012 at 12:09

    Thank you - have done this on my Blog and Brassique's...they drive me up the wall!  That's two Blogs anti-Captcha'd thanks to your Post! Now following you too : D x

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  4. Nickie22 April 2012 at 14:27

    Thank god! I'm glad people are finally speaking up about Captcha.  Hate, hate, hate it!!

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  5. Michelle Twin Mum22 April 2012 at 14:30

    Yay, every week I moan about this when I comment on the posts in my linky, glad you went a step further and showed people how to get rid of it!  Mich x

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  6. Melaina2522 April 2012 at 15:43

    Feel free to link to it in your linky lol :)

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  7. Emily22 April 2012 at 16:44

    This is a must, must, must do for all Blogger bloggers.

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  8. Catherine080522 April 2012 at 21:10

    I love that you have done a post on this. but it is perfect, many don't realise that it is on. I didn't and was really quite embarrassed as I always go on about how awful it is lol. x

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  9. Melaina2522 April 2012 at 21:27

    I figure it was time for me to stop saying I hate it and do something! Like you said most people don't even know they have it on so best to educate ;)

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  10. Kat23 April 2012 at 07:51

    Thank you!!!! You're my hero :) will be shouting this from the rooftops xx

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  11. Melaina2523 April 2012 at 10:34

    Feel free to shout, RT, link whatever you like! I think most people don't even know they have it on!

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  12. Mary25 April 2012 at 01:39

    Could not agree more--please tell the world!

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  13. María José Ovalle25 April 2012 at 21:51

    I LOATHE it. I know lots of bloggers who have it and it's just too much. Please turn off 

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  14. Alex26 April 2012 at 12:33

    I flippin hate it as well!!! It drives me batty... turned it off ages ago. PLEASE TURN IT OFF EVERYONE!!! 

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  15. Cassidyastanley30 April 2012 at 09:29

    Ah thanks for bringing up that to my attention! Just turned my off thanks to you :)

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  16. Suzanne Whitton3 May 2012 at 14:41

    Came across it yesterday.....so easy!  Thank you :)

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  17. Claireomara3 May 2012 at 22:23

    Hi thanks for this I hate them too,sometimes I spend ages trying to comment on a blog post and I have even gave up before,I hope next week you can tell me if it work cos I didn't know it was there :)

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  18. Melaina2510 September 2012 at 12:26

    Thank yoooou! Didn't even know what Captcha was but it has stopped me commenting loads of times. Off to turn it off now x

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  19. Melaina256 January 2013 at 00:44

    Thanks for the comment! I have been meaning to fix that because I have had several people tell me they couldn't comment on my blog from an iphone. Thought maybe that's why? Not sure though, but I'm going to turn it off anyway, because you're right, it's annoying!
    Tiffany

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  20. Melaina2510 February 2013 at 22:34

    Omdz, thank you! And Thank you for the comment!!

    mumx3x.blogspot.co.uk

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  21. Melaina2510 February 2013 at 22:34

    You're welcome! I think a lot of people don't realize they have it turned on!

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  22. Melaina2510 February 2013 at 22:34

    I agree! I tend to comment with a link to this post now :)

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  23. Melaina2510 February 2013 at 22:34

    Can you imagine if you have any literacy issues?

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  24. Melaina2510 February 2013 at 22:34

    Hooray! Happy to have helped :)

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  25. Melaina2510 February 2013 at 22:34

    Hopefully that has sorted it for you!

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  26. Melaina2510 February 2013 at 22:48

    I think most people don't realize they have it turned on! I tend to comment with a link to this lol

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