A Gravatar is a Globally Recognised Avatar.

And what’s an Avatar? Well, you’ve probably seen James Cameron’s Avatar, the movie, so you probably have an idea already (though you don’t have to be blue and sporty!).  In Hinduism, it refers to the descent of a deity from heaven to earth. But on the web, it simply means a persona. The virtual online personae became popular with Second Life and gaming.

Here’s how a Gravatar works:

1. You choose a small picture or image that you want to use to represent yourself.
2. Go to www.gravatar.com and upload the image and associate it with the email address that you use to blog and comment.
3. Then, whenever you blog or comment on a gravatar supported site, and use this email address as the contact, your own personal gravatar will be displayed!

     Here’s mine

     ( just the logo until I get   photoshopped!)

Being owned by Automattic, the company that own WordPress, Gravatars work seamlessly with WordPress blogs. 

And it’s free!

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