A "gravatar" is a Globally Recognized Avatar. It's an image that appears alongside your name when you post on blogs and forums etc. If you're an active participant in online discussions, get a gravatar and get recognized. However it can be a pain to upload your avatar to every site where you participate. And if you want to change your avatar, you have to do it all over again. With a Gravatar you won't have to do that, because it allows you to upload ONE copy of your avatar, which is automatically picked up by ALL the blogs and forums where you post (at least on those sites that have enabled gravatars). If you change your gravatar, it automatically changes everywhere you use it, all over the web.

To get a free Gravatar, go to Gravatar. Click Sign up now, enter your email address, then click the activation link in your confirmation email. After choosing a username and password, you can upload the image that you want to use.
You will need to choose a G, PG, R or X rating for your avatar. This is important, because sites that display gravatars can block images based on the ratings. Most sites will only display gravatars with G or PG ratings, so if you want people to see your gravatar, don't include profanity, violence, nudity, or drugs. The exception of course would be sites that specifically have those types of content.

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