OpenID for Bloggers

clipped from www.problogger.net Staying on the cutting edge: OpenID for bloggers Undoubtedly you’ve seen the icon shown here appear in the comments section of many Blogger, Wordpress, LiveJournal, and MovableType blogs recently. What it means: “this site is OpenID enabled”. In case you’ve missed all the news buzz on it, OpenID is the up-and-coming universal login technology, bound to become as ubiquitous as email. While that sounds like future-talk, let me convince you that for blogging specifically, it makes a lot of sense to start using OpenID today. In short: your comments on others’ blogs will look more professional, having your verified signature, and you can offer that same convenience to your visitors, while also keeping commenting on your blog easy. What it does I’ll skip telling you what OpenID does in general - here’s a scenario specific to the context of blogging: visitors that want to comment on your blog can use the address of their own blog to verify their identity.