Yes it is. Everybody must have heard about Entrecard by now, it's the latest thing to grab the blogosphere, if you haven't then rather than explain it again myself read this article on ProBlogger.
Do you know what Entrecard is all about now?
Excellent then lets begin. The reason why I haven't written an explanation of what Entrecard is and what it does, is because there are already 100s if not 1000s of posts on this subject already and I wanted this post to be about my experience of Entrecard.
What has Entrecard done for me?
The downside to this is that according to Google Analytics the bounce rate for these visitors is 94%, this suggests the visitors are just dropping their cards and leaving. Now, ofcourse this could be because they don't like my blog and are immediatley leaving to find a better site or this is just a general trend of Entrecard. I've always said in the past though that all traffic is good traffic, if out of 187 visitors only one subscribes to my feed, reads my other posts or signs up for an affiliate program through me then I'm happy with that.
Personally speaking when I visit a blog with an Entrecard widget I try to at least read some of the posts and even comment where approriate and I have something to say before I dop my card. One of the great things about Entrecard is that through it I have found some really good blogs that I have subscribed to their feed and go back to read their latest posts, dropping a card is just a bonus.
Let me know what you think of Entrecard have you experienced the same thing as me are visitors just dropping and leaving or are they staying and reading. Maybe I can learn something from this, maybe I need to do something to make my content more engaging to minimize the bouncing.
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6 comments:
Hi there. I signed up for Entrecard yesterday and from what I've seen so far, it's full of people that are just waiting to drop cards randomly. But I've also found a few great blogs that I've subscribed to, that make for nice and interesting reading. I've also written a post about this on my own blog, The Yoboo. Drop by and read it if you have the chance.
Glad you've been having success with Entrecard. I've received so much traffic from Entrecard and it has referred some great readers. Although some of the traffic is chain droppers I've gotten a number of readers who comment and regularly visit the site. I appreciate the chain droppers too, because traffic is traffic.
but I got to know you from digg.. still the best traffic puller.. :)
Azlan
Online Business with a kampung boy
www.azlanhussain.com
Azlan,
Digg is an excellent source of traffic, but it can be quite difficult to get your posts to do well, especially when they're about making money, diggers don't really like them and tend to bury them.
Cheers
Martin
I've noticed the same trend, but I am of the same opinion that there's got to be other people like me who do stop to read the content from time to time. I just it sort of like StumbleUpon and go on a card dropping spree while checking out the other blogs out there in content and design. It's a nifty exercise if for nothing but some mild entertainment and design ideas.
Hi. I found your website via Entrecard and I've subscribed, so there's one satisfied Entrecarder!
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