Is EntreCard worth keeping on a blog?
I recently got a notice from EntreCard that my account was about to be deleted for not keeping my blog updated. Meaning I would lose credits I have built up, and never actually used, for well over a year. I’ve already lost one account with more than a years worth of built up credits and now they are ready to do it again.
Sure, it’s in their terms…you have to keep your blog updated, but why? People that advertise on my blog still get traffic from targeted readers. Although many of my post are older now the information in many is still valid. The same people that were once interested when the posts were first posted would likely still be interested in the same post now. So why does EntreCard care if I have up to the minute post on my site? As long as the people who choose to advertise on my blog are happy then why should they care when my last post was? And it’s not like it cost very many credits at all to advertise on my site with EntreCard.
So, I’m curious if others still feel EntreCard is even worth having on my site. I’ve built up credits so I could go on an ad-blitz sometime in the future so haven’t even actually used my credits…ever. So in essence they have gotten free exposure and placement for their members all this time and now they want to cut me off. Should I care? Or should I just delete them now and not bother with it anymore and stop the free spot they have gotten all this time?
Just looking for opinions really.
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What you fail to see is EntreCard is a system for bloggers and if you don’t update, you essentially have a static website and not a blog. Personally I am glad they have that policy.
I don’t see anywhere where it says EntreCard is specifically for bloggers. Here is a snippet from their aboutus:
“Entrecard is the first online virtual economy that is tailored to help online businesses (websites and blogs) in the real world. The core of our business is to help online business increase traffic to their site and network with others using our “Entrecard Credits” virtual currency.”
I agree that blogs are the most common type of site you will see using EntreCard but if the main purpose is getting traffic to publishers/advertisers sites then it really does not matter how often a content site is updated. If the content, regardless of age, draws traffic (from search engines, for example) then that traffic is just as good, it not better, than random readers of a regularly updated blog. Do you really care if you get regular blog readers as your traffic rather than some guy who isn’t a regular blog reader and found a site based on it’s relevant content who then happens upon your site which is ideally somewhat related?
I personally welcome any real and targeted traffic I can get. I can care less why they followed the traffic funnel they did to get to my site if they are happy when they end up there (or click my ads related to their search).
By the way, regardless how you personally found this blog, you replied to a post that is months* old
. Crazy how that “old” content still caused you to read and respond heheh. Of course it took another month for me to see and approve that comment lol. See you next year?