Comments on: Entrecard Showdown: The Beginning of the End

By: Lin Burress

Lin Burress — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:25:35 +0000

Hi James, I’ve been subscribed to your blog for a couple of weeks now but haven’t commented until now. I fell for Entrecard pretty early on, and have been carefully evaluating and testing it’s value (or not) since putting the dang widget on my site.

I must admit that I have found numerous quality blogs using Entrecard, but lately I’ve become very disillusioned with it. I haven’t had any difficulty getting my adverts approved, since my family/relationships/parenting etc topics seem to be enjoyed by blogs completely out of my niche.

You’re absolutely right about the high bounce rate, although I have had many people say they discovered and subscribed to my blog because of Entrecard. What really disturbs me personally about using Entrecard is the amount of time necessary (usually wasted) to gain credit points from chain dropping. I simply do not have time, or the desire, to spend my time chain-dropping to rack up credits.

The other day I posted about discovering that a family/relationships Entrecard user is actually a convicted sex offender masquerading as a parent blogger, who is very active on Entrecard. I am disgusted, and the internet police and other authorities have been notified of his shenanigans.

I am seriously considering removing the widget altogether and flushing it down the proverbial toilet once and for all.

Lin Burress’s last blog post..How to Spice Up Your Marriage: Fun and Easy Ways to Add Romance to Your Relationship

By: Jaden @ Screenwriting for Hollywood

Jaden @ Screenwriting for Hollywood — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:15:36 +0000

My experience with Entrecard has been a bit different from everyone's, it sounds like. For me, I made some friends that I really like a lot, most of them in my niche of cinema and a few who just have really cool sites (health, photography, oddities). I would not have found these people otherwise, so I am thankful. Though I agree, the majority of sites on Entrecard are crap, there are a few gems and good people. Being new myself, the traffic, as little as it is, is still useful to me. Like a diaper, Entrecard is not a bad thing, it serves an important helpful purpose, but one day, you don't need it anymore and it becomes an unnecessary discomfort. Jaden @ Screenwriting for Hollywood's last blog post..Sunday Picture Post 6 / Read Out Loud

By: Sonia Simone

Sonia Simone — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:06:36 +0000

@communicatrix, adding "Random Foreign Boobage" to my list of potential band names if I ever spontaneously develop musical talent. @John Hoff, hey, cool, I hope you liked the post. I usually avoid "curiosity" titles like that one, but between the subject matter and the photo I found I just had to go with it. Sonia Simone's last blog post..Relationship Marketing or Social Media?

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Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:20:59 +0000

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EntreCard: Managing Expectations | The Blog of Rudy Amid — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:18:45 +0000

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By: communicatrix

communicatrix — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:24:53 +0000

Strangely enough, just discovered Entrecard today, via bizarro, random coincidence: the creator had posted an item about Twitter someone else I read linked to. In other words, an organic find. I liked what the post had to say, thought I’d give it a Stumble thumbs-up and…denied! Either SU blocked them or they opted out of SU stumble-abilityâ€”guess which scenario I think is the case.

To be as fair as possible, I then did some quick searching, and did not like what I saw. Random foreign boobage and corporate tools on my pristine blog? Uh, no. No.

I found you, organically, as well: via Google Reader’s suggested blogs feature. (Would love to check out Toluu, if someone wants to throw me an invite.) Good writing, interesting topic. Imagine: friend referral and organic search actually work.

Thanks for a well-thought out and executed post. More of that, please.

By: Lodewijk van den Broek

Lodewijk van den Broek — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:50:18 +0000

After a similar experience with BlogRush, I only took a glance at EntreCard. Nice idea, but probably not worth the effort. After reading this, I'm glad I saved myself the time to really dive into it. Lodewijk van den Broek's last blog post..7 Little Timesaving Tips for the Workplace

By: Deb Ng

Deb Ng — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:17:15 +0000

In the three years I've been blogging I've seen programs and traffic driving widgets come and go. Very rarely do any of them bring real,"sticky" traffic to your blog. The only way to bring in the people who will keep coming back is to write good content - and you already do that. Deb Ng's last blog post..An Interview with b5Media's Jeremy Wright

By: Brett Legree

Brett Legree — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:06:59 +0000

@ James: I wouldn’t do that, it would ruin the look! No, right now I have more important things to do, like write good blog posts, clean up my old links etc.

Brett Legree’s last blog post..the view from the other side.

By: Melissa Donovan

Melissa Donovan — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:18:06 +0000

@Harry, Well that changes everything. Melissa Donovan's last blog post..Jeff Buckley: Grace (Album)