Comments on: The Controversy – Changes to the Dropping Policy

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:54:39 +0000

The only way I interact, if I don’t really enjoy the blog, is to go back one page and then drop my card.

By: Brenda Bunney

Brenda Bunney — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:12:09 +0000

I enjoy dropping in and reading other people’s blogs, but as others have stated, maybe the particular topic just isn’t one I want to comment on that day or am not really interested in.

I haven’t been with entracard that long, but I know you can’t force people to do something they don’t want to do.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:46:09 +0000

And yes, I drop back and read the blogs who drop on mine when I can. Seems like a nice courtesy.

Three comments! What do I win?

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:39:45 +0000

Besides, interaction can never really be forced. If you look at systems like Blog Explosion, probably the best they can do is make you sit on a page or, like Link Referral, either post inane comments or reviews. Either way, there is still no way to control quality (i.e. ensure that people are actually reading your content). Any changes to this end will be flawed and I think we’ll start seeing those flaws pretty quickly.

Maybe people should start looking at these sites like exposure; billboards along the side of a highway. You can get a hundred people looking/bouncing (100 raw visitors), and 5 people who actually show an interest (probably future repeat visitors). Plus your ranking goes a bit higher on Google and any other sites that take raw traffic into consideration. That’s advertising, folks. That’s the way it works. That’s why ads must be compelling and so must the site they point to. No one can force anyone else to take an interest, and if there’s something that requires people to sit on a page or interact with it more than a casual drop, you can be sure that there will be plenty of ways to get around it.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:30:12 +0000

Isn’t the bounce rate calculated as the number (or percent) of visitors who don’t get beyond your landing page? For most blogs who have the most recent entry fully posted on the front/landing/splash page (the page you hit when you first go to your site), would there be a reason to go beyond this? What I mean is, if you have regular, daily traffic and all your regular content is right on your first page, doesn’t it make sense that your bounce rate would be very high? Or is the bounce rate calculated differently?

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By: Casey

Casey — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:02:47 +0000

Pssh, it’s great you left a lengthy comment. At least it’s real and personal. The comment boxes will be filled with fake, spammy comments if they implement this new policy. I appreciate everyone who takes the time to comment on my posts.

By: Casey

Casey — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:58:39 +0000

Unfortunately, this is true.

By: Casey

Casey — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:57:37 +0000

How many do you drop on every day? And how long does it take you?

By: Casey

Casey — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:56:20 +0000

I understand your point- but how many cards drop on you today? And do you reciprocate them all? Imagine having to comment on every single one of those you drop on every day. For me, I get at least 100 drops that I must reciprocate. I cannot imagine having to interact with every single one of the blogs every single day. I’m sorry but I just don’t have that kind of time.