Comments on: Social Media - Choosing a Click Worthy Networking Photo/Avatar

By: monawea

monawea — Sat, 12 May 2007 07:25:19 +0000

Mark, Thanks for your input. I know there are people that use celebrity photo’s instead of there own and probably others that use non-celeb photos too. This post is just my opinion and I am not suggesting all people use photos. The point to this post was to point out that many people are more attracted to clicking on thumbnails/avatars of people rather than graphic logos in a mybloglog or blogcatalog type widget. I am also not saying that a blog is more worthy if they have a photo of the author. I don’t believe you should rate a blog based on the way the author looks. Good blog content should be the main goal for any blogger and blog reader.

By: Markk008

Markk008 — Fri, 11 May 2007 22:34:32 +0000

Where I come from ( and where I work) it’s not advisable for me to show a thumbnail photo for reasons I need not disclose. I enjoy blogging so I design an avatar that’s also my branding icon which you people will come to recognize. And hopefully appreciate.

Just ask yourself, can you tell whether a blogger is sincere or not, masquerading as someone else, writing trivia or writing worthy stuff? I’m sure most of us are able to distinguish the difference, i.e. the good, the bad and the ugly. Should we feel uncomfortable communicating with a blog that has no face? I don’t think so. And if there’s an avatar with a face, does it really belong to the person behind the blog? There’s one very popular blog where we know the face does not belong to its owner, and yet bloggers are clamouring to visit the blog. Do I prove a point?

By: steve

steve — Fri, 11 May 2007 02:28:22 +0000

time to find a photo of my ugly mug….

watch this space i guess!

thanks for the advice,

–steve

By: monawea

monawea — Fri, 11 May 2007 02:25:17 +0000

Hey Steve, Though I think your banner graphic is cool I do think it would be better to use a photo of a person. That’s just my opinion though. Others may feel differently.

By: steve

steve — Fri, 11 May 2007 01:56:11 +0000

very interesting. never thought of it like that. maybe i should post a photo instead of a thumbnail of my banner graphic?

what does everyone think?

http://www.blogcatalog.com/user/cymrusteve

–steve

By: Internet Genius

Internet Genius — Thu, 10 May 2007 18:15:18 +0000

Good advice about choosing an avatar/photo!

I think you are right … your photo needs to be personal, and if your goal is to get other people to click on your photo, it needs to stand out.

I do not click on people’s photos when they are offensive, or obviously suggestive.