Comments on: The Last Drop For Entrecard

By: The Monetizer

The Monetizer — Sat, 16 May 2009 04:51:24 +0000

I can see both sides of this argument. I've seen benefits from using Entrecard, but mostly due to an increased Alexa rank. I realize that the improved rank is because of many ads I placed all over the blogosphere. I think some blogs are overpriced and underpriced in the world of Entrecard though. My best day in terms of traffic from an ad placement came from none other than Problogger, so it goes to show that the bigger the blog, the more hits you get.

To argue for Saphrym's blog, his blog may be climbing in popularity, so getting in at 400 credits may be a good investment to some. As Graham said though, people should carefully consider the blog they advertise on with Entrecard, and consider if the credits are worth it.

But I also believe in using Entrecard for other aspects. I've seen the new shop, which offers some pretty interesting items for credits. People now can get hosting or blog designs without spending money or entering a contest. It's all how you want to use it I guess. Nonetheless, it still has done more for most people's blogs than Blogrush has

By: mechape

mechape — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:29:42 +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

By: Las Vegas Lawyer

Las Vegas Lawyer — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:01:56 +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*

By: Parting Ways With Entrecard

Parting Ways With Entrecard — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 05:41:43 +0000

[...] after many popular bloggers ditched it for better things, and some considered Entrecard to be a waste of time due to the fact that in order to gain a lot of advertisers, or visa versa, you need to drop as many [...]

By: jackst

jackst — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:49:19 +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.

By: Farewell Entrecard ! | New Port Me

Farewell Entrecard ! | New Port Me — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:22:34 +0000

[...] be better utilised elsewhere.Since I’ve been using EntreCard I have become concerned about the bounce rate. You want visitors that will actively take part in your blog, not visit and leave a few seconds [...]

By: Gina

Gina — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 18:15:18 +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.

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NewEnglandTours.Org » Blog Archive » Farewell Entrecard ! — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:38:27 +0000

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Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:11:46 +0000

[...] blog traffic and found out that it increased drastically! I’m just a little worried about the bounce rate issue that I read on the internet though. Nonetheless, I still think Entrecard is a great traffic [...]

By: Entrecard.com is For Sale on Sitepoint! | VikingBlogger.com

Entrecard.com is For Sale on Sitepoint! | VikingBlogger.com — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:04:23 +0000

[...] I put them on my site for a while. But, after some time a lot of bloggers found out the most of the traffic was crap, and took the widget of their site. Non of the big bloggers got the widget on their site anymore, [...]

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Bloggers Group - Page 2 - Online-Sweepstakes.com — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:47:23 +0000

[...] until I have at least 50 quality posts, IMHO) I did find an interesting perspective on Entrecard: http://www.johncow.com/they-are-killing-entrecard/ There seems to be a very big love/hate divide with their ranking system. Let us know what you [...]

By: DnDCorner

DnDCorner — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:08:04 +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.

By: 93civEJ1

93civEJ1 — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:35:12 +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.

By: David Lamb

David Lamb — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:10:39 +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.

By: Book Calendar

Book Calendar — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:50:00 +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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By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:20:28 +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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By: mommy

mommy — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:30:24 +0000

Well, you can always give that a shot and see if it works or not, there is nothing to lose. mommys last blog post..Vaccines and your newborn

By: AZ Blogging

AZ Blogging — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:06:23 +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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By: Gaje Master

Gaje Master — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:47:39 +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. Gaje Masters last blog post..Sponsor a Blog Contest and Win