EntreCard Worriers Should Ignore, Not Promote!

Posted by Not John Chow | May 24, 2008 .

Every now and then when my traffic numbers are down I like to stir up some controversy by saying something about EntreCard. The EntreCard community is a highly charged group of Social Networkers that I am proud to be a member of. Being so highly charged however, makes us susceptible to link baiting because the true fans and lovers of EntreCard race to defend the system against any perceived attack perceived or real.

Such was the case when I posted “The Quickest EntreCard Dropping Site Ever!” The response to this post has generated more publicity for the site than it deserved. In this case the site owner realized his (maybe her?) mistake quickly and took the site down on his own. In the meantime the discussion about this site brought it a large jump in traffic. Would it have been better to quietly report the site rather than bash and trash it publicly?

Did it ever occur to anyone that this individual was simply misguided and could of been asked politely to desist? We will likely never know whether this person succumbed to the anger or to his own conscience but, I do have a suggestion. The next time you see something that you think is wrong or misguided, try a little politeness first. Screaming at someone is not an effective way to persuade them. Please share your thoughts on this subject.

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7 Comments so far

jack May 25, 2008 3:01 am

You are definitely right! You can’t have the page impression you expect if you join in the group. I guess he realized it by now. Does the group members realized it too?

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Chip May 25, 2008 5:08 am

You’re definitely right. I got here seeing your EntreCard title, and I want to tell you I quit EntreCard a week ago. I didn’t have time to drop cards indefinitely, and my stats were pretty low. I was also in the Blog Clean Up Day, so EntreCard is now, as John Cow put it, ExitCard for me

I’ll try some other traffic exchange methods in the future. I’m still using the BlogRush widget, which I see you’re using it too, and I’m having luck with it. Every now and then the syndicated stats show a fiery icon, instead of a frozen one.

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Not John Chow May 25, 2008 10:32 am

I thought about exiting EntreCard but, since I am getting a lot of credits, I decided to keep it to use the credits in contests. (Hint, hint one is coming soon!)

I still use BlogRush and I am using Site Hoppin’.

My second biggest traffic source is John Chow dot Com. I get decent traffic and I do not get such a high bounce rate. Hmmm… I wonder why I get traffic from there?

Dean Saliba May 26, 2008 3:17 pm

I’ve only just joined EC si I’ll give it a month before I mke a decision.

Not John Chow May 26, 2008 7:15 pm

Dean,

You will see some benefit. The problem is that it will kick up your bounce rate.

Dean Saliba May 30, 2008 11:43 am

This is going to sound stupid but what does “kick up your bounce rate.” mean?

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Not John Chow May 30, 2008 7:59 pm

“Bounce Rate” is a measure of how long a visitor is on your site before they leave or bounce. You should check out Google Analytics (www.google.com/analytics) for more details. Their is also a google analytics plugin that will make it easier for you to add it to your blog. Analytics will allow you to track traffic and numerous other statistics to let you know what works and what doesn’t.