title: Lazy Registration on the Web: Best Practices
body: <p>I first encountered the concept of <a href="http://ajaxpatterns.org/Lazy_Registration" rel="noreferrer">lazy registration</a> the <a href="http://ajaxpatterns.org/Main_Page" rel="noreferrer">Ajax Patterns</a> site, where they define it as accumulating "bits of information about the user as they interact, with formal registration occurring later on." I'm looking at doing something similar for my website, but I'd like to know a little bit more about best practices before I start implementing it. My site is about web development, but general best practices are great too. How have you implemented lazy registration on your sites or projects? Where have you seen it in the wild? What do you like or dislike about it?</p>