Comments on: Why Turnip of Power is Wrong About Entrecards

By: Fool

Fool — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:48:22 +0000

Valid points made by both parties.

By: Ann

Ann — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:23:16 +0000

Very well said! I have been on Entrecard for about a month and have had a surge of QUALITY traffic to my blog, along with a dramatic amount of comments on my blog. So I know people are actually reading my blog. I have also enjoyed coming across other blogs that otherwise I may not have known about.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:19:28 +0000

Rebecca, I couldn’t have said it better myself. When I read his post I was thinking exactly what you said. I love visiting other blogs. I would never drop from a list like he does because then I wouldn’t ever find any new or different blogs on EC. I usually drop on my Inbox but then I drop on the ads on the blogs in my inbox and often on the ads of those blogs. So, I think the ad system does work. Thanks for speaking out.

By: Shinade

Shinade — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:28:00 +0000

Oh I love EC. My blog is completely non profit. I don’t run any adds at all. And I too never saw EC as a as to make money.

I like it for all of the reasons stated. It is a great way to find some great blogs. I have a lot of really good blogs through EC. Some are now among my very favorite.

I am happy and I hope if you visit my site you will think it is a quality blog also.

I truly like Ec and wish them the best as they grow.

By: Lainy

Lainy — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:33:29 +0000

Now I want to salute you for coming up with this excellent post. With all due respect to Turnip of Power, I couldn’t help but agree with all the points you have raised.

EntreCard is a free site for driving traffics to our blogs and we ALL benefited from it. The “drop and run” phenomenon though doesn’t serve us well but we all have our reasons. I must admit, EC did wonders for my blogs. But more than the traffic, I have made wonderful friends from here and I couldn’t have done it without EC.

I drop 900 cards day in and day out.. That’s for my 3 blogs. But it doesn’t mean I would love to just take and take. I always try my very best to return all the drops made on my blogs. I always feel bad though because I couldn’t return drop to all of them because I always get more than 300 return drops daily.

You’re right. Quality is subjective. We all have our own standards for quality and no one can dictate us.

I always drop from my Inbox. Even with the innovation of EntreBar, I still use the old ways of dropping because I love seeing people’s widgets from my inbox.

With these recent developments from EntreCard, I hope we could all benefit from it- a win-win situation for us all.

This reminded me of the contest that I am currently running in one of my blogs. 19, 000 EC credits were sponsored by friends to make this contest possible. I am a little apprehensive on how I could give out the prizes at one shot as EC has regulated the sending out of credits not to mention the surcharges that could be incurred. EntreCard have been encouraging bloggers to put up BIG contests, but when we ask for assistance, they seems to be nowhere to be found. I have already tried to seek out their help on the matter RE: sending out of credits, but still no word from them.

By: pam

pam — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:29:59 +0000

I totally agree; my love for Entrecard comes not from traffic but the very real currency of new blogger friends! I don’t drop every day and when I don’t I miss reading those blogs… and some have been added to my feed reader.

Excellent post!

By: Jill

Jill — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 09:02:15 +0000

I have been doing Entrecard a couple of months now and I think it is much more interesting than just a traffic exchange. I have tried some traffic exchanges and do not bother with them much because the sites they show are all just money making schemes and scams. At least Entrecard has the choice of reading some interesting blogs which I do along the way dropping on blogs from my previous days inbox. It seems only fair to return the visits and a big part of the effort is to get more traffic. But it is also interesting to read some of the blogs like this one along the way.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 07:56:31 +0000

I find that I only have time to visit EC sites a few times a week, but when I am visiting blogs and dropping cards I read quite a few posts. I don’t always stop to leave a comment, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t take a moment to read the post.

I’ve discovered quite a number of blogs that I enjoy through EC, and I know that I’ve also gained some regular visitors through Entrecard as well, so I’m quite happy with EC.

By: LuAnn

LuAnn — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 02:57:59 +0000

At the beginning I tried to read and comment on everyone on whom I “dropped”. Some blogs are not updated as often, some are tech-nically over my head (*lol*) and frankly there are not enough hours in the day! But I enjoy EC too!

By: trench

trench — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:15:03 +0000

I feel that 90% of my traffic from EC just drop and leave. I do have a few who stay and make comments but majority dont. I think I have some good content to talk about too. ;(