Comments on: The Past, Present and Future of Entrecard

By: Thurday Reviews Edition 7 | Jean Costa Blog

Thurday Reviews Edition 7 | Jean Costa Blog — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:32:02 +0000

[...] The Past, Present and Future of Entrecard - Gary has been with entrecard, since shortly after it’s inception, and he is able to share his insights on how the entrecard system is working. He addresses some of the key issues that have been raised by the complainers, and gives his two cents on it. He also offers his insights on the potential future of entrecard. [...]

By: ShadowKnight

ShadowKnight — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:02:39 +0000

Another thing you missed to those that claim EC traffic is junk is that those same people failed to take the time to actually learn about the system before they joined. Those people are the kind that would claim ignorance to the fact that pulling a trigger would make the gun go bang!

By: C-Squared

C-Squared — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:34:09 +0000

You forgot:

5) The amount of effort you put in is directly proportional to what you get back.

By: grandstan

grandstan — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:12:25 +0000

Nice work! I enjoyed this as I enjoy Entrecard, that is an useful site, helped me some!

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:06:47 +0000

Some interesting things to think about here.

I think they should always at least use their own data for calculating stuff like ad costs. You’re totally right about Alexa rankings being pretty inaccurate. They also can’t really use their own click data, because they themselves claim that click data is not immune to click fraud.

I do also think that the complainers don’t realize that the benefits of the Entrecard system don’t lie within the credits themselves, but in the community it creates. They just want traffic, but that is only one part of the system.

Great post Gary!