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No Reply Blogger — How to Fix This!

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how not to be a no reply blogger


Are you a no-reply blogger? Would you know if you are?


First, really quickly, let’s talk about why you probably want to be a reply blogger. If you leave comments on other blogs and would like to know if the blog author has responded to your comment without having to go back to their blog, you should become a reply blogger.

There’s an easy way to test to see if you are a no-reply blogger. While logged into your Blogger account, go to any old post on your blog and leave a comment (you’ll delete it after the test). Now head to the email that you get comment notifications sent to. Find your comment notification and look for the sender address. In Gmail, it will look like this:
no reply blogger
You will see the return address as “noreply@blogger.com” of you are in fact a no-reply blogger.

Update: this fix will only work if you have disconnected your Blogger profile form your Google+ profile. You can reconnect after you perform the fix below. Here’s how to disconnect:
Head to your Blogger dashboard and in the upper right corner just under your name, you will see a gear icon. Click that and there will be an option to disconnect your Blogger account from your Google + account. Do that, then the link in this post should work find.

To reconnect, go back to the gear icon and click “connect to Google+” and you’ll be good to go!

Here’s how to fix it:
Go to your edit profile page (click here to get there quickly) and click the checkbox that says “show my email address:
no reply offTo change the email address that the comment replies go to, use the box in that same “Edit Profile” screen that you’re in.

If you don’t have a blog, you can simply go to your profile and see if the “show my email address” box is checked. If it’s not, make sure your correct email address is entered and check it.

That’s it!

I will also mention that you might want to double check your settings, because if you synced your Blogger profile to Google+, it may have changed your settings back to no reply status.

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Filed Under: Blog, General Blogging Tips, Setting up Your Blog

Comments

  1. Doylenn says

    June 25, 2013 at 2:38 am

    So if I do the test comment and I get an email from myself then does that mean that I am a reply blogger?

    Reply
    • Zack Reyes says

      June 25, 2013 at 2:48 am

      If the “from” address on the email is your email address, they you are all good.

      Reply
      • Doylenn says

        June 25, 2013 at 2:51 am

        Thank you!

        Reply
  2. Deanna Ritz says

    July 8, 2013 at 3:30 am

    Hi there, Your post on this was very helpful but I am having the hardest time figuring out how to get to the privacy section you showed a picture of above. Can you help me?
    Thanks so much,
    Deanna
    deannaritz@yahoo.com

    Reply
    • Zack Reyes says

      July 8, 2013 at 4:06 am

      Hi Deanna! If you are logged into the correct Google account, this link should bring you right to that page: http://www.blogger.com/edit-profile.g?pli=1

      Reply
  3. Kamola - 99 Boxes of Shoes on the Wall says

    July 9, 2013 at 9:06 pm

    I didn’t even know about this!! Thanks 🙂

    Kamola
    99 Boxes of Shoes on the Wall

    Reply
    • Zack Reyes says

      July 9, 2013 at 11:42 pm

      No problem!

      Reply
  4. Elizabeth says

    July 19, 2013 at 5:11 pm

    I hate to appear so dense, but when I click on the links you have given, my google+ page of posts comes up https://plus.google.com/108017597491844178346/posts and I haven’t been able to locate the page you are showing. Also, my return email shows “no-reply.”

    Reply
    • Zack Reyes says

      July 19, 2013 at 5:26 pm

      Ok, it looks like your Blogger account is connected to your Google + profile. You have to disconnect them in order to make this change. You can reconnect them once the change has been made.

      Here’s how to disconnect:
      Head to your Blogger dashboard and in the upper right corner just under your name, you will see a gear icon. Click that and there will be an option to disconnect your Blogger account from your Google + account. Do that, then the link in this post should work find.

      To reconnect, go back to the gear icon and click “connect to Google+” and you’ll be good to go!

      Reply
  5. E says

    July 23, 2013 at 10:24 pm

    This does not work, I am still a no-reply blogger. here is the copy & paste noreply@blogger.com (E@ Mystical Makeup and Beauty (makeuptemple)

    Reply
    • Zack Reyes says

      July 23, 2013 at 11:12 pm

      It could be that your Blogger account is connected to your Google + profile. You have to disconnect them in order to make this change. You can reconnect them once the change has been made.

      Here’s how to disconnect:
      Head to your Blogger dashboard and in the upper right corner just under your name, you will see a gear icon. Click that and there will be an option to disconnect your Blogger account from your Google + account. Do that, then the link in this post should work find.

      To reconnect, go back to the gear icon and click “connect to Google+” and you’ll be good to go!

      I have updated the post to include this information.

      Reply
  6. E says

    July 24, 2013 at 11:21 am

    It does not work, I have tried all the tips and tricks on no reply blogger. I reverted my blogI disconnected gplus, tried it like that, I changed settings, my name my email etc. I connected to gplus again no change. maybe because my account is quite old.

    Reply
    • Zack Reyes says

      July 24, 2013 at 4:04 pm

      Alright I have to say that I am stumped. If you’ve done all of that, I don’t know why it’s not working. :/

      Reply
  7. E says

    July 24, 2013 at 4:11 pm

    It seriously does not work, I am not someone who does not understand from simple settings.. The other option is disqus is causing problems

    Reply
    • Zack Reyes says

      July 24, 2013 at 4:32 pm

      I don’t think it would be Disqus, especially if it is happening when you comment on any other blog. Google is famous for making things difficult. Perhaps they have already changed something about this process.

      Reply
  8. Barbara @ www.allmylivesnow.com says

    August 11, 2013 at 3:15 pm

    Thank you so much for explaining this in words that could be easily understood. It still took me about 15 minutes to figure it out, but,, eureka, it worked. Again, thank you!

    Reply
    • Zack Reyes says

      August 11, 2013 at 3:42 pm

      Woohoo! Glad you got it figured out and glad there’s one less no-reply blogger out there! 🙂

      Reply
  9. Leanne says

    August 15, 2013 at 2:58 am

    Thanks so much for this!!!

    Reply
  10. Shaz De Vos says

    August 25, 2013 at 2:15 pm

    Help me please – I try to reply to comments on my blog and i cant. It says I am using Google profile on Blogger.
    MY blog is apinchofshaz.blogspot.com

    Many thanks

    Reply
    • Zack Reyes says

      August 25, 2013 at 3:50 pm

      Are you trying to reply in the comments section or by email? Is there an error message that comes up at all? If so, what exactly does it say?

      Reply
  11. mdm samm says

    August 26, 2013 at 7:49 am

    thank you for putting this up, you rock….I added to my blog so people can find YOU

    Reply
    • Zack Reyes says

      August 26, 2013 at 9:06 am

      Hey thank you! 🙂

      Reply
  12. Leah D says

    October 14, 2013 at 12:21 pm

    Thank you for this. I was on Google+ and then was a no-reply, so then I went back to regular, but didn’t know if I changed it then I could go back to Google+. So thank you so much!!

    Reply
    • Zack Reyes says

      October 14, 2013 at 12:28 pm

      No problem! Glad it helped!

      Reply
  13. Irdina says

    December 22, 2013 at 8:58 pm

    I have press my name button and dont found any butto that say disconnest you blogger..How the other option to find it??

    Reply
  14. Yuri says

    January 1, 2014 at 11:37 am

    I am the same with commenter E above, mine does not work too. I have been searching for the reason why it won’t work on me. I have also did everything that you suggested and I am still a no-reply blogger. I have two active blogs though, but the other one (which is not my main blog) is already NOT a “no-reply” blogger. So my problem is how to change my other blog (www.twothousandthings) into NOT a reply blogger too?

    Reply
    • Zack Reyes says

      January 1, 2014 at 2:43 pm

      Something must have changed with this… not sure why it would not be working. :/

      Reply
  15. April says

    January 1, 2014 at 7:55 pm

    Well, oh mighty guru can you help me!?!? 🙂 I would like to know how to be able to REPLY to someone in the comments — like to create a comment THREAD rather than have to reply to their e-mail directly. Some people ARE no reply bloggers. They leave a comment and you can never respond. I would like to be able to exchange dialogue in a thread format in the comments. Does that make sense?

    Also, concerning this feature (mentioned in your post) I had to laugh because I went through everything and for the LIFE of me couldn’t figure out how to leave a comment on my own stupid blog — DUH…I kept going into EDIT mode.

    SHOOT ME NOW! HAHAHAHAH

    Reply
    • Zack Reyes says

      January 7, 2014 at 4:49 pm

      Ok to reply to comments, you may have to change a setting in your Blogger account. Under settings —> other, make sure that your “Feed” is set to FULL. If that is already set, the comments that people leave should have a “reply” option once that is done. If not, consider me stumped as well!

      And yes, gotta get out of edit mode! 🙂

      Reply
  16. Ajay says

    January 28, 2014 at 7:26 pm

    Nice one and i changed my setting. Hope its done. Can you or anyone commenting here please elaborate how to get comment notifications directly on mail and reply to those comments. I have changed my email id (Author change) since then i am not getting any comment notification on my mail instead blogger owner who use to own blog is getting mail on his id.

    Reply
  17. Yabut says

    February 3, 2014 at 9:06 am

    Doesn’t making your e-mail address available just invite spam?

    Reply
    • Zack Reyes says

      February 3, 2014 at 9:11 am

      It can in some cases, but I have never head of it happening in this case. It’s more of an issue if you have it posted on pages/posts of your site, because crawlers can pick it up easily.

      Reply
      • Yabut says

        February 3, 2014 at 9:16 am

        Okay thanks. I’ll change it then, and see what happens. I know I used to get a lot of spam from my first blog and just didn’t want it to happen again. I’ll give it a trial run.

        Reply
  18. Jennifer | The Deliberate Mom says

    February 5, 2014 at 8:40 am

    I have this page book marked because I don’t understand this but I seem to have to reset my “no reply status” every month! So frustrating.

    Thanks for making the fix so easy though.

    Reply
    • Zack Reyes says

      February 5, 2014 at 10:56 am

      Strange that it resets every month… glad my tutorial helps though!

      Reply
  19. Tessa says

    February 8, 2014 at 9:30 am

    This did not work for me. When I disconnected from google + then went to the gear and edit user settings it doesn’t give me ANY of the options you showed! I am not sure why I followed your instructions exactly!

    Reply
    • Zack Reyes says

      February 8, 2014 at 9:59 am

      Hi Tessa! Ok, so the gear is only to disconnect your G+. The other options are found in your edit profile page. There’s a link in the post to get there quickly if you’re logged in to your Google account. I hope that was it!

      Reply
  20. Wendy says

    June 7, 2014 at 6:19 am

    I had to same problem and just backtracked. I’ts fixed! I reverted my profile to blogger and clicked the link you provided (couldn’t find it from my blogger dashboard!). Followed your instructions and SAVED at the bottom of the screen. Then reverted back to google +. Tested a comment on a blog post and I am a REPLY blogger! I did notice that most comment boxes have a “notify me of follow up comments” check box. I have checked those before and I do get notification of those follow ups in email, but it’s ALL comments to the blog not just a reply to mine. Now I won’t get 50 email relies to someone’s blog! Yay!

    Reply
    • Zack Reyes says

      June 7, 2014 at 10:07 am

      Awesome! Glad to hear it worked for you!

      Reply
  21. Amy Western says

    July 5, 2014 at 11:05 am

    Thank you for this! For some reason I’d never been a no-reply and suddenly I was. I had no idea of how to change it but all sorted now 🙂

    Reply
    • Zack Reyes says

      July 6, 2014 at 11:33 am

      Awesome! Glad to hear you fixed it!

      Reply
  22. Rachel Tomkins says

    November 19, 2014 at 11:52 pm

    I’ve been directed to this site as I am apparently a no-reply blogger. Although I cannot find the exact pages you have specified above (presumably blogger has been updated) I am willing to give it a go on one condition – I do not want to lose any information when I l disconnect from Google+ Therefore, please could you confirm that disconnecting and reconnecting does not change anything ie all previous comments etc will still be visible. Many thanks!

    Reply
    • Zack Reyes says

      November 21, 2014 at 1:59 pm

      Hi! As you said, things have been updated/changed since I wrote the post. Back then, you wouldn’t lose anything so I assume it is that way currently. I’m not 100% positive though since I don’t use Blogger at all anymore.

      Reply
  23. Kathie says

    October 19, 2015 at 1:45 pm

    I have all the comments left on my blog sent as emails to my yahoo account. About two weeks ago all of the emails started showing up as coming from the same sender even though each one is from a different sender. I cannot figure out how to fix this – any thoughts. IN other words, every comment that comes to my yahoo account from a noreply-comment@blogger.com shows it is from the same person when in fact it is not.

    Thanks for any help you can give.

    Reply

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