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Re: The Last Drop For Entrecard

mechape — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:29:42 -0000

Today you need much more credits to advertise on popular blogs within EC community. No doubt they are inflated beyond resonable. But there is a new moment in the story of EC : it is becoming real ad network for advertisers outside of that small circle.

It is not clear still how the things will turn out. Will this system mutually benefited for both parties or may be just for the people behind the project.
Time will tell, but clearly it is a significant change for the whole EC economy

Re: The Last Drop For Entrecard

Las Vegas Lawyer — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:01:56 -0000

Well I'm much wiser for having read this. I just now stumbled upon entrecard. this is the 2nd post I've read up on it and it was negative. Maybe if it were different and concentrated on generating real traffic, it would not be a zero sum game. [I win you lose] But, I guess to do that, would mean the founder would have to actively work at generating traffic for his site, instead of setting something up that noobs would jump in and swim around in the cess pool and think it's gravy.

*sigh*

Re: The Last Drop For Entrecard

jackst — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:49:19 -0000

This is well said and observed in many members dropping e-cards. They are just dropping cards without being interested to your blog and posts. They are only good for newbies and new blogs starting to get traffic.

Re: The Last Drop For Entrecard

Gina — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 13:15:18 -0000

Hmm. I almost considered joining entrecard, but the process seemed to complex for me. I mean, it can't be hard to drop cards, but that's what I feared, you could get carried away with it. Then all it would be about is dropping cards.

I prefer a free approach. If people want to read what's on your blog they stay. If they don't, they leave.

Re: The Last Drop For Entrecard

DnDCorner — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:08:04 -0000

My experience with Entrecard has been positive. Of course the vast majority of the traffic will simply bounce through, but a small percentage of people will stop and comment. Some will just stop and look.

It is definitely not for everyone. I do recommend it for new blogs, and for people looking for ideas about blogging and building blogs.

One thing I notice is that a lot of bloggers don't really get outside of themselves much. They get into their routine and don't move beyond it. Entrecard, by its nature makes you see more of the blogosphere, which overall I think has a positive effect.

I'm not refuting the inflated bounce rate, or the inflated pricing structure for advertising. It is simple common sense that one must take a look at the cost of advertising.

Excellent post, and thanks.

Re: The Last Drop For Entrecard

93civEJ1 — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:35:12 -0000

I can see how EC would just cause blog inflation in just one community. I think it would be more wise to generate traffic outside of one community as well. BUT, for the time being with just starting out as a blog newbie, I am dropping my "business card" but at a slow rate. I kinda think its retarded honestly. :shock:

Re: The Last Drop For Entrecard

David Lamb — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:10:39 -0000

This analysis is right on the money. I write for an independent political blog (killerbuffalo.com) and have experimented in various ways to get more readers. The first thing I came upon was blogexplosion.com. If anyone knows how it works, it's similar to EntreCard: you mindlessly browse random blogs on the internet to get credits that so that other people will mindlessly browse your blog to get credits for themselves. Ultimately, there's a huge productivity gap; everyone is working for no reward. We'll see if EntreCard can change the system to one that tracks unique views of sites and exchanges banners on that basis. If it doesn't, I may be out too.

Re: The Last Drop For Entrecard

Book Calendar — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:50:00 -0000

For a while, I was one of those sites which was in the top three in my category. But, I was not a money making site. About three weeks ago, I could not log into Entrecard from home. I could log in everywhere else but not from my home computer. I tried for several weeks for tech support to help me. Every suggestion they made was very simplistic and did not truly address the issue, so I have been effectively locked out of entrecard. I am still getting a decent amount of traffic from them, but it is slowly declining.

I have decided because of the technical support issues I will try and find something else to generate traffic. Also, it takes a lot of time and clicking to maintain an entrecard presence. I think if I can figure out how to use Digg, or a few other high end social sites, I might be able to get the same amount of traffic without the time investment.

I had problems before. I think they want to make money and often discriminate against sites that are not about making money. A lot of the site categories like photography, arts (there are a lot of etsy stores), web comics are not hugely focused on making a lot of cash.

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Re: The Last Drop For Entrecard

Tony — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:20:28 -0000

Wow this was from a long time ago, so I guess they changed their mind about Entrecard. For us it works great. Its dropped our RR but Alexa is a little slower, but every bit helps. But using it as a tool, mixed with getting ours (and our former customers) ranking high in Google, it serves its purpose.

A lot of times things don't work. A lot of times people don't know how to use a variety of tools. This could be a mix of both- a little.

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Re: The Last Drop For Entrecard

mommy — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:30:24 -0000

Well, you can always give that a shot and see if it works or not, there is nothing to lose.

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Re: The Last Drop For Entrecard

AZ Blogging — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:06:23 -0000

There are so many things going on around the Entrecardosphere that I really will not wnt killing myself over. I really wish there was a way I could avaoid Entrecard. Maybe I will, when my blog gets bigger.

For now, there are only two things about EC that i really care about

1 - Drop as many cards as possible
2 - Spend credits wisely

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Re: The Last Drop For Entrecard

Gaje Master — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:47:39 -0000

I read about this on another blog and was curious so I did a search on entrecards and your blog came up. I am glad that you posted this but their blog contridicts what you said. Their post says that it helps any type of blog big or small and that it really works. I am going to give it a shot since my blog is a small one but I am only going to do it as a test run. Entrecards kind of sounds like a lot of work when you could be getting a bunch of traffic elsewhere for little work.

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Re: The Last Drop For Entrecard

Mr.Make Money Online — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:12:32 -0000

Hi,

I think now the visitors of your blog will stay for few minutes not only post their views as comments but also reduce your bounce rate...

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Re: The Last Drop For Entrecard

Audrina Adare — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:01:53 -0000

You said it right there.

Re: The Last Drop For Entrecard

spartax — Sat, 31 May 2008 08:55:40 -0000

I think Iam agree with Eerik ;".. Entrecard is only good for getting a higher CPC in adsense..". Most entrecard member visit other blog just for click drop button and go.. :mrgreen:

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Re: The Last Drop For Entrecard

Diane — Fri, 23 May 2008 23:33:05 -0000

Granted by this post Entrecard has changed the system (I love how you can maintain all websites from one login!), but I wanted to read down to get the general feel for "do you love it, like it, or hate it." Personally, I enjoy using Entrecard, but I also do not just drop and run. I figure if I'm going to take the time to visit, I will do my best to find something to say somewhere - commenting is key.

Also, in reading this caught my eye: "And keep in mind that your homepage has five full posts on it. There isn’t much of a reason for 75% of the traffic to visit another page when they can read your five latest posts from the landing page, unless they’re searching for something specific or are interested in advertising."

I do believe I will try decrease the number we have on our front page, it may be a tad high LOL!

Oh, and I came via Entrecard :)

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Re: The Last Drop For Entrecard

mxyzplk — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:28:15 -0000

I think I wont know is it good or not yet before I try it my own...

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Re: The Last Drop For Entrecard

Eerik — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:55:25 -0000

Entrecard is only good for getting a hgher CPC in adsense..

Re: The Last Drop For Entrecard

PagedLife — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:27:35 -0000

Even with the bounce rate, it gave you 455 users that did not bounce.

I would view that as positive.

Re: The Last Drop For Entrecard

Nishu — Fri, 02 May 2008 09:13:45 -0000

i think entrecard is a failed experiment for users .. with creators apparently earning a few dollars per day via project wonderful ..

PS: dont you think adbrite ads are killing your website??
you dont need them do you ?

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Re: The Last Drop For Entrecard

Chris — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:50:44 -0000

You are a marketing genius john cow just like your namesake or almost name sake john chow.

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Re: The Last Drop For Entrecard

LogBlog — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:30:46 -0000

I'm new into entrecard and i think it's a nice way for newbies to get noticed (at least a little bit). The future will show ec's value for me. Thank your for this controversial post and the discussion.

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Re: The Last Drop For Entrecard

SEOBloggers.NET — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:32:20 -0000

Will take a look at entrecard now....I have heard a lot about it but never really followed it up.

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Re: The Last Drop For Entrecard

nithin — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:27:46 -0000

Hi, what you said is absolutely correct. If entrecard is used in a good way then every one is going to get benifited. But on the other hand those who are more keen on dropping rather than reading content will get benifited coz while dropping if the banner is attractive then that site is going to get good visitors.

Anyway though using entrecard on our blogs , It is not mingled with our blog but it stands away and its work is only worth for entrecard users. My bouce rate has also increased and I knew it was because of this Entrecard.

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Re: The Last Drop For Entrecard

Dave from Welcome Back Rosenth — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:50:37 -0000

Now that's a full blown discussion! I'll use it for a minute, but like Cow, if at the end of the day it doesn't add value to the blog I'll find another traffic solution.

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