Goodbye Entrecard?

// January 19th, 2009 // The Internet

I am thinking of removing the Entrecard widget on this blog as it is not doing much in way of traffic these days. When the blog was new it was a great way to bring in some traffic, but now I think the blog is doing well enough to survive on its own.

I get a handful of hits per week from Entrecard, and those users do visit the blog from Entrecard just drop their card and move on to the next site anyway – so the traffic isn’t traffic that is going to keep on coming back.

I think Entrecard is great for new blogs and for bloggers who want to bring in easy traffic. In the early days most of my traffic was from Entrecard but now as the blog has gathered a bit of pace and is doing well in the search engines I reckon only about 5% of my monthly hits actually come from via Entrecard.

It takes a bit of work to drop cards and get credits so you can advertise on other blogs, and this does not always convert into hits. When I do campaign I might get a small increase in traffic for that day but then the next day I am back to normal.

I rather good traffic – people who read my content and want to come back. Entrecard users just come here to drop their card so they can increase their credits, so my content isn’t really being read.

I think I’ll remove the widget sometime this week!



7 Responses to “Goodbye Entrecard?”

  1. shawal says:
    January 19, 2009 at 8:14 pm

    Yes, i agree with you, entrecard dropper just drop for credit and not really read a blog….

    It will only make the bounce rate high…

  2. Sjeltur says:
    January 20, 2009 at 5:02 am

    I am one of your daily droppers; and maybe it seems that I “just go by”… BUT; I also read your articles….. The only days I stay longer; the moment I see a new article…. ;)

    (and ah – I have you on my own “drop list”- but you will stay on it – even if you say goodbye to Entrecard… ;) )

  3. Daniel says:
    January 20, 2009 at 8:24 am

    Thanks! It is nice to know that you stay and actually read the content! Keep coming back!

  4. Indra Meissa says:
    January 23, 2009 at 1:43 am

    Hello, here I would like to invite you to exchange links with my site, what you are willing to exchange links with my site?

    Thank you.

  5. Daniel says:
    January 25, 2009 at 3:40 am

    text link?

  6. rahman says:
    February 2, 2009 at 3:51 am

    I agree with you Daniel, but I knew your blog from entrecard, I think it is not wise to remove entrecard just because it isn’t give you more traffic again.

    A few days ago i joinned with trafficG, well if you want more traffic… this is the place…

  7. ankit says:
    February 26, 2009 at 12:49 am

    Valid Point!!Entrecard may not get you sticky visitors but it gets you visibility.Belive it or not, after that it is the content that will make them stay.If they find something worth the read,they l defiently stay or else move on.
    Doesn hurt too much as it is only a small widget, and if you have selected some regular blog you visit and they feature the entrecard,that suffices.Infact,having a regular list helps in building personal contacts too

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