I have had the Entrecard widget on my blog for a little over a month now. At first, I loved the idea and thought this was really going to take off. Entrecard has grown significantly since I signed up, and continues to grow daily. It will send you some traffic, however not the most quality of traffic as most people just drop their card and continue onto the next website that is displaying the widget.
I never did understand the whole “bloggers business card” side of the project. In my opinion, it is nothing like a business card as I don’t even look at the cards that have been dropped on me. I simply login only to approve the pending ads then logout.
There are some huge problems with the system however. Some of these bloggers seem to be obsessed with the whole Entrecard idea and drop cards constantly. Sure, if I visit a blog that has the widget I drop mine, why not? What I don’t do is spend hours daily going to every blog that has the widget dropping my card. It is really strange to me that some of these blogs I have never heard of are placing higher than some very popular ones. It seems JohnCow.com is sick of this to, as they removed the widget from their blog.
I am not going to remove the widget, only ranting about some things that Entrecard should look into changing. What do you think needs to be changed?
Popularity: 40% [?]







January 15th, 2008 at 2:01 am
I agree with you. The system has its flaws, but I think Entrecard unwittingly serves another purpose. Maybe John Cow doesn’t need it, but I surely do. It has so far helped me network with some like minded bloggers, exchange inputs that have helped me improve my blog, and receive links and referrals through articles.
I think the Entrecard phenomenon is best served if looked upon as a community development program and not as traffic generating machine.
January 16th, 2008 at 12:31 am
Hi Bernard, thanks for almost advertising on my blog. When I went to approve it I guess you moved on. So far Entrecard had been good to me. But it is time consuming. I should probably spend more time writng and less on Entrecard.
January 16th, 2008 at 12:35 am
Yeah sorry about that…had tons of credits so I decided to spend them all.