diff --git a/blogs/admin.py b/blogs/admin.py
index 3ad6c43..aa8bfc5 100644
--- a/blogs/admin.py
+++ b/blogs/admin.py
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ class Tag(admin.ModelAdmin):
     list_display = ("name",)
     search_fields = ["name"]
 
+
 @admin.register(models.Event)
 class Event(admin.ModelAdmin):
     """display settings for conferences"""
diff --git a/blogs/management/commands/send_weekly_email.py b/blogs/management/commands/send_weekly_email.py
index 4b69565..e720786 100644
--- a/blogs/management/commands/send_weekly_email.py
+++ b/blogs/management/commands/send_weekly_email.py
@@ -132,13 +132,9 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         open_cfps = ""
         for instance in cfps:
             c_date = instance.closing_date
-            title_string = (
-                f"<h4><a href='{instance.event.url}'>{instance.event.name} - {instance.name}</a></h4>"
-            )
+            title_string = f"<h4><a href='{instance.event.url}'>{instance.event.name} - {instance.name}</a></h4>"
             dates_string = f"<p><strong>Closes:</strong><em>{c_date:%a} {c_date.day} {c_date:%B}</em></p>"
-            description_string = (
-                f"<p>{instance.details}</p><p style='margin-bottom:24px;'>{instance.event.description}</p>"
-            )
+            description_string = f"<p>{instance.details}</p><p style='margin-bottom:24px;'>{instance.event.description}</p>"
 
             string_list = [title_string, dates_string, description_string]
             string = "".join(string_list)
diff --git a/blogs/models/blog.py b/blogs/models/blog.py
index 8e7e89f..d43e915 100644
--- a/blogs/models/blog.py
+++ b/blogs/models/blog.py
@@ -79,8 +79,7 @@ class Blog(BlogData):
             author = ""
 
         category = Category(self.category).label
-        status = f"{self.title}{author} has been added to Aus GLAMR! \
-        \n\nIt's about {category}\n\n{self.url}"
+        status = f"{self.title}{author} has been added to Aus GLAMR! \n\nIt's about {category}\n\n{self.url}"
 
         Announcement.objects.create(status=status)
         self.announced = True
diff --git a/blogs/tests/test_models.py b/blogs/tests/test_models.py
index 5f15597..3fdc235 100644
--- a/blogs/tests/test_models.py
+++ b/blogs/tests/test_models.py
@@ -15,10 +15,19 @@ class BlogTestCase(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         """set up test blog"""
         self.blog = models.Blog.objects.create(
-            title="mya awesome blog",
+            title="my awesome blog",
             url="https://test.com",
             feed="https://test.com/feed.xml",
             category="LIB",
+            author_name="Hugh",
+        )
+
+        self.blog_no_author = models.Blog.objects.create(
+            title="my awesome archives",
+            url="https://test2.com",
+            feed="https://test2.com/feed.xml",
+            category="ARC",
+            author_name="",
         )
 
     def test_get_absolute_url(self):
@@ -46,6 +55,22 @@ class BlogTestCase(TestCase):
         self.blog.set_failing()
         self.assertEqual(self.blog.failing, True)
 
+    def test_announce_blog(self):
+        """test announcing the blog"""
+
+        self.blog.announce()
+        status = f"my awesome blog by Hugh has been added to Aus GLAMR! \n\nIt's about Libraries\n\nhttps://test.com"
+        announcement = models.Announcement.objects.first()
+        self.assertEqual(status, announcement.status)
+
+    def test_announce_blog_no_author(self):
+        """test announcing the blog with a blank blog author name"""
+
+        self.blog_no_author.announce()
+        status = f"my awesome archives has been added to Aus GLAMR! \n\nIt's about Archives\n\nhttps://test2.com"
+        announcement = models.Announcement.objects.first()
+        self.assertEqual(status, announcement.status)
+
     def test_announce_article(self):
         """announcing a blog article"""
 
@@ -59,7 +84,7 @@ class BlogTestCase(TestCase):
         )
 
         article.announce()
-        status = f"My article (Hugh on mya awesome blog)\n\nhttps://example.blog/1"
+        status = f"My article (Hugh on my awesome blog)\n\nhttps://example.blog/1"
         self.assertTrue(models.Announcement.objects.filter(status=status).exists())
 
 
diff --git a/blogs/tests/test_utilities.py b/blogs/tests/test_utilities.py
index eb9b4ca..a1bbdb2 100644
--- a/blogs/tests/test_utilities.py
+++ b/blogs/tests/test_utilities.py
@@ -70,7 +70,10 @@ class UtilityTests(TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(data["description"], "A short summary of my blog")
 
     def test_get_blog_info_no_feed(self):
-        """test get blog info"""
+        """
+        test get blog info
+        note get_blog_info only checks <head>, not rss feed
+        """
 
         with open(
             pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.joinpath("data/example.html"),
@@ -152,7 +155,7 @@ class UtilityTests(TestCase):
                 data = utilities.get_blog_info("http://test.test")
 
                 self.assertEqual(data["title"], "My test website with an RSS feed")
-                self.assertEqual(data["author_name"], "Hugh Rundle")
+                self.assertEqual(data["author_name"], "")
                 self.assertEqual(data["description"], "A short summary of my blog")
 
     def test_get_blog_info_with_incomplete_head_and_partial_feed(self):
@@ -171,7 +174,7 @@ class UtilityTests(TestCase):
                 data = utilities.get_blog_info("http://test.test")
 
                 self.assertEqual(data["title"], "My test website with an RSS feed")
-                self.assertEqual(data["author_name"], None)
+                self.assertEqual(data["author_name"], "")
                 self.assertEqual(data["description"], None)
 
     def test_get_webfinger_subscribe_uri(self):
diff --git a/blogs/tests/test_views.py b/blogs/tests/test_views.py
index 57c9059..0c3dee8 100644
--- a/blogs/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/blogs/tests/test_views.py
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ class PublicTests(TestCase):
         form.data["from_email"] = "example@example.mail"
         form.data["subject"] = "Hello"
         form.data["message"] = "Hi there"
+        form.data["bot_check"] = "books"
 
         request = self.factory.post("contact/", form.data)
         request.user = AnonymousUser()
@@ -234,6 +235,24 @@ class PublicTests(TestCase):
         # Verify that the subject of the first message is correct.
         self.assertEqual(mail.outbox[0].subject, "Message via Aus GLAMR: Hello")
 
+    def test_contact_from_bot(self):
+        """post message"""
+
+        view = views.Contact.as_view()
+        form = forms.ContactForm()
+        form.data["from_email"] = "example@example.mail"
+        form.data["subject"] = "Hello"
+        form.data["message"] = "Hi there"
+        form.data["bot_check"] = "i am a stupid bot"
+
+        request = self.factory.post("contact/", form.data)
+        request.user = AnonymousUser()
+
+        view(request)
+
+        # Test that one message has been sent.
+        self.assertEqual(len(mail.outbox), 0)
+
     def test_search(self):
         """post search query"""
 
diff --git a/blogs/utilities.py b/blogs/utilities.py
index ff49a78..80734c4 100644
--- a/blogs/utilities.py
+++ b/blogs/utilities.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import re
 
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 import feedparser
+import logging
 import requests
 
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -65,17 +66,21 @@ def get_blog_info(url):
                 )  # use the title from the feed
 
             blog_info["description"] = description or blog_info.get("description", "")
+            blog_info["author_name"] = blog_info.get("author", author)
 
         else:
             return False  # if there is no feed info we need to put the onus back on the user to fill in the data
 
-        normalised_author = ""
-        if author:
-            normalised_author = author.replace("(noreply@blogger.com)", "")
+        normalised_author = blog_info["author_name"] or None
+        if normalised_author:
+            normalised_author = normalised_author.replace("(noreply@blogger.com)", "")
             if normalised_author.strip() == "Unknown":
                 normalised_author = ""
 
-            blog_info["author_name"] = normalised_author
+        else:
+            normalised_author = ""
+
+        blog_info["author_name"] = normalised_author
 
         return blog_info
 
diff --git a/glamr-dev b/glamr-dev
index 78ff9d8..f215db1 100755
--- a/glamr-dev
+++ b/glamr-dev
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ case "$CMD" in
         runweb python manage.py send_weekly_email
         ;;
     test)
-        runweb python manage.py test "$@"
+        runweb python manage.py test blogs/tests "$@"
         ;;
     *)
         set +x