tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294557877444793715.post4811367573716140740..comments2019-11-19T17:31:32.355-08:00Comments on The Entrecarder: Entrecard: Is the Honeymoon Over?biz beaconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483379762578763528noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294557877444793715.post-34769317461995231912008-04-20T09:03:00.000-07:002008-04-20T09:03:00.000-07:00@Nathan, While my bounce rate remains higher than ...@Nathan, <BR/>While my bounce rate remains higher than most bloggers would want, I've seen it drop over time as more people are reading my posts. It's relative, but to me it's a sign I am getting closer to creating content that others' value.<BR/><BR/>As far as ads go, I know of one very successful Entrecarder who spends $100+ each month to buy ECs for ad purchases. It works for them and each of us has to decide whether or not we want to go down that road. <BR/><BR/>@Mommie, <BR/>Let's hope that Graham and Phirate can address some of the issues at hand and continue to run a successful site. You have come to a conclusion that I reached myself just this morning. I was ready to pull my widget last night and bag it all. My 18 year old daughter had a party at our house last night that meant I was cleaning for most of the day and I didn't have time to drop any cards for the first time in a while. It felt so good! (Not the cleaning.) Then, when I sat down at the computer this morning I decided to check out the Most Expensive list, just to see if the dust had finally settled. Problogger was missing from the list and it turned out that his ad price was only 256EC. Huh? Even though I hadn't advertised at all for most of the past 6 weeks I decided on the spot to submit a request to Problogger. I'm guessing that he cleaned out his request queue and maybe that means I won't get approved, too, but it was worth a shot. <BR/><BR/>I realized that I wasn't quite ready to stop blogging...even though I was ready to stop dropping 300 cards a day. I'm itching to revisit a blog entry I wrote about the Popular page and update the Alexa rankings for the 30 blogs I have listed there. <BR/><BR/>I guess I have some renewed energy for this blog and will continue to write for a bit. I'll leave the For Sale sign on it, but I'm not just going to walk away. I, too, think that Entrecard will be around for awhile and raised the issues I did so that they can be addressed and the community will continue to thrive as it continues to grow.<BR/><BR/>@Ben, <BR/>As you can tell from the above, I'm not quitting just yet. I appreciate that you read my blog and I hope that I am counted, as you are, in that small group of folks who aren't just writing about Entrecard, but are writing for Entrecarders. <BR/><BR/>Thanks to all for commenting!<BR/><BR/>-Kentbiz beaconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15483379762578763528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294557877444793715.post-75208288585035341602008-04-20T07:17:00.000-07:002008-04-20T07:17:00.000-07:00You know, I'd be disappointed if you move on from ...You know, I'd be disappointed if you move on from this blog, even if it's the right thing for you to do (sorry!).<BR/><BR/>The reason is because most of what I've read on other blogs relating to Entrecard fits into one of the following categories:<BR/><BR/>1. Isn't Entrecard wonderful?<BR/>2. Isn't Entrecard a waste of time?<BR/>3. I'm running a contest where you can win some Entrecard credits!<BR/>4. Someone else is running a contest where you can win some Entrecard credits!<BR/><BR/>Your blog goes outside those boundaries in a lot of the posts and it's very interesting to read. In fact it's one of the few blogs I ALWAYS read when I'm dropping cards. That's quite rare for me.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, your points are very good and Entrecard needs to think about some of these things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294557877444793715.post-85302383091700129122008-04-19T19:38:00.000-07:002008-04-19T19:38:00.000-07:00Ah, hell, I agree with you. I was new to blogging...Ah, hell, I agree with you. I was new to blogging when Entrecard started up. So a majority of my traffic has been entrecarders. Am I ashamed of that? No, because I had to start somewhere, right. But after the Alexa hit I've spent less and less time on there. I'd rather work on the blog in general, not try to just get people to hit my site for 2.2 seconds.<BR/><BR/>While I like Entrecard and will continue to use it, it's lost some of it's pizazz, not to mention the benefit that it gave me early on last November. <BR/><BR/>I have a feeling it'll be around for a while though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294557877444793715.post-66691496710808098592008-04-19T18:51:00.000-07:002008-04-19T18:51:00.000-07:00Very interesting post and I can definitely see a l...Very interesting post and I can definitely see a lot of truth in what you are posting. I just recently joined Entrecard but I can see how mind-numbingly boring it is to drop cards. The popularity calculations also seem to be based a lot on your drops instead of actual inbound traffic, and as everyone knows EC traffic mainly just gives you a huge bounce rate and doesn't actually generate many RSS subscribers or readers for your blog.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure what can be done to really address that in the current system, but if I got good returns from placing ads it would almost be worth it for me to just earn money from some outside source (such as a job) and just buy a ton of ECs to use on ad buys instead of spending my time dropping hundreds of cards each day fluffing up someone's daily uniques without actually contributing anything to their blogs.<BR/><BR/>I think like you pointed out as well Alexa Rank made their changes specifically to stop bounce-back traffic from fluffing up people's numbers so their Alexa Ranks are NOT going to increase without having some real legitimate traffic to their site instead of just EC droppers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294557877444793715.post-7830846156023095782008-04-19T11:15:00.000-07:002008-04-19T11:15:00.000-07:00Lee, I hope that readers will understand that I'm ...Lee, <BR/><BR/>I hope that readers will understand that I'm not trying to create controversy, but am highlighting what I think are issues that need to be addressed.<BR/><BR/>I read recently on your blog that circumstances might prevent you from blogging at some point, and I think that helps illustrate how life can change on us and our blogs will be historical records rather than works in progress.biz beaconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15483379762578763528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5294557877444793715.post-4196788573563451442008-04-19T10:16:00.000-07:002008-04-19T10:16:00.000-07:00A very good read. And very controversial! But i en...A very good read. And very controversial! But i enjoyed it :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com