Btw, I do wish that my bounce percentage would decrease eventually, any tips regarding this? Thanks.

@Graham plus it will use less bandwidth.

Show 10 or less posts on the homepage each with only excerpts of a paragraph or two. It will lessen the amount of bandwidth use and speed up your blog.

*I’m saying this in general, not to anyone specific*

“Entrecard TRAFFIC [is] broken down”

For the last couple days traffic has been broken. Not to mention the system has been slow. When will all these changes be done?

@ impNERD: but sometimes I don’t like the idea of “click here to read more. . .” I want and enjoy reading the post thats already there.

i must say you have brought many good changes… traffic has shot up but bounce rate is still a worry… i hope you do something for that too…

For 3 days now, my advert clicks showed zero number of clicks even though I advertised in few sites. Is this normal? Not to brag, but I rarely get zero number of clicking when I advertised

^^ I’d also like to see the numbers on that chart if at all possible. Thanks!

Increase the drop limit?

For increase in traffic and to decrease bounce rate you must put an counter in the site which may count upto 30 seconds so that full site is loaded properly and people compulsory visit the site.

Well one thing I am not able to understand is that when I see my google analytics data I find that there is 100% bounce rate in some sub sources of entrecard so I wanted to confirm that If they did not visit my site then how could they drop on my site and furthermore time duration shows 0.000 secs and for 12 visits so what is this magic ,
please explain this ,
anisha

Graham- You said “Because many entrecard visitors visit your blog daily, they have little reason to click to another page unless you can’t read the latest post without clicking…”

I’ll never do that. Just because of the diversity of EC blogs, I’ll never have much interest in most of the ones I click on when surfing. If I have to make another click to read something it will only happen if I am feeling REALLY compelled by the opening sentence. Otherwise and usually, I just blow past and have read even less than I would have if the whole post was there.

And I understand that most people won’t find my blogs interesting. But I want them to catch those people who might be interested as they go by so that they might choose to come back on purpose more often.

@RE Ausetkmt

Let me try to address your three points as best I can:

1.) Resolving the bounce rate issue. I mentioned in comment #3 here that one of the best ways you can reduce your bounce rate is to lay out your blog such that the latest post can’t be read without clicking. A bounce occurs when someone only visits your homepage. But for most bloggers, you can always read the latest post on the homepage without ever clicking. So, for the entrecard visitors that are reading your blog, they never have a reason to click anything while staying updated on your posts.

2.) As for rejecting ads, we’ve built in a suite of features to give you complete control over the paid ads that will or will not run through the system, including only accepting ads from blogs, only accepting ads targetted to your category, and more. you will have at least 24 hours to reject any ad before it will be shown on your blog.

3.) Nothing has changed with the widget placement, except that it must be placed within one stroke of the page-down key on your blog.

RE: The clicks

We’re having a bug in the click-tracking gear. You’re getting more clicks than are registering (in many cases zero). The issue has been fixed for the ads calendar (click “your ads” tab from dashboard) so you should be able to see how many clicks you’re getting from there. Let me know if you can’t.

Wow…I didn’t realize people were having trouble..I haven’t had any trouble as of yet…I’m getting the same amount of clicks for my ads as I always did. Of course….I make sure to only buy ads from sites where the ad is placed at the top of the page…otherwise nobody is ever going to see my ad. I’ve bought ads from big sites..thinking I’d get lots of clicks..and didn’t…but then realized “Duh! This blog placed their entrecard down looow…no wonder nobody clicked on my ad!” I refuse to buy any ad unless it’s in a very visible spot right when you go to the homepage.

Hmmm – Using your numbers.

5,000,000 visits / 30,000 blogs = 166 hits per month or 5 hits per day. Broken down in my blog.

@RE Ausetkmt – Think about it. Purchasing credits back from members will only make the bounce rate worse by encouraging members to register multiple blogs to up their max drops per day and increase the drive by dropping. Having the widget higher just makes it easier for them to run and gun.

Mine too Diva!! I am still showing zero on all clicks!! I don’t know if people are getting clicks through my blogs or not!! Please try to get this fixed as soon as possible!!

indeed no doubt about it since i joined entrecard i’ve got lots of traffic and it is easier to find other blogs. but i could not set-up the toolbar onto my firefox browser. it always says error in installing. i have it though in my other computer at home and it is much easier.

Disappointed..so far in my experience with yor Marketplace listings as i went to several places and the iems were no longer there that I was willing to buy lik on on ‘Copper cauldron’ i would have loved to have her soap! I did get a couple of things though or rather ordered them for ec’s so hopefullly I receive them and not be stiffed like i have so many times on the net in general. I am willing to do ‘barter’ with any crafty artistic people here as i know there are many ‘Etsyans on blogspot, here. In exchange they could have an item of mine on the market place or on my blog or web site ‘Artzstuf’ site, link on blog, for one of theirs!!. My art is Green wearable healing gemstone metal jewelry,photography and water color and acrylic prints of my original paintings. Also want to say visit ‘Blockhead radio’ as is a steal when it comes to FREE advetising ans you can call in and plug your store, service or product. Is a WIN,win situation for all ECarders and Ecard I think, not being offered by it’s competition like on recent 125×125 ads we see running that seem easier than the ‘dropping’ or Easy hits4u,LInkreferral,Blogupp or the ’spot’ and ‘project wonderful’ads.

Disappointed..so far in my experience with your Market place listings as i went to several places and the items were no longer there that I was willing to buy like on on ‘Copper cauldron’ and should have been removed for easier access! I think the same holds true for ads i ry to place as i often see tha they are still on the campaign section or on the blog profiles but..have been discontinued! Also se many with no widget or not accepting ads at this time written in the profiel! Then why are you here?!?! Along with cleaning up entrecard by removing offenders who allegedly are not following ‘TOS’ rules, i think if you no longer have a site on here or rather a blog, that you should remove it or if YOU can’t , have entrecard do it by writing to it’s tech dept. Seems with this and all the tech problems here, it is definitely a shakey ,uncertain advertising strategy!

I would have loved to have her soap! (Copper CAuldron’s) I did get a couple of things though or rather ordered them for ec’s so hopefullly I receive them and will not be stiffed like i have so many times on the net in general. I am willing to do ‘barter’ with any crafty artistic people here as i know there are many ‘Etsyans on blogspot, and entrecard. In exchange they could have an item of mine on the market place or on my blog or web site ‘Artzstuf’, link on blog, for one of theirs!!. My art is Green, wearable healing, recyclable,gemstone metal jewelry,photography and water color and acrylic prints of my original paintings. It ties nicely into my blog as is on health and my art is healthy! Is good to do art anyway, for your mind! Also want to say visit ‘Blockhead radio’ as is a steal when it comes to FREE advertising as you can call in and plug your store, service or product. Is a WIN,win situation for all ECarders and Ecard I think. not being offered by it’s competition like on recent 125×125 ads we see running that seem easier than the ‘dropping’ or Easy hits4u,LInkreferral,Blogupp or the ’spot’ and ‘project wonderful’ ads. Just my opinion and experience, mind you! -Ann

Excellent post! I’ve been a member of Entrecard since the beginning, and I have say, I’ve always been delighted with the increase in my sites traffic, in addition to the warm and supportive friends I’ve met along the way.

However, since I became a member, I met with a few unfortunate setbacks, which at times, slowed the progress of A Nice Place In The Sun, as well as our internet presence.

Therefore, at the risk of sounding too sentimental, I was comforted to be a member of Entrecard during those periods, because along with my dear friends, Entrecard helped us keep an online presence until I recuperated.

Hence again, I’m grateful for the opportunity to offer my thanks to the creators, staff, and members of Entrecard. Because despite being an innovative, creative, and exciting site, Entrecard keeps going the extra distance, reminding readers and members, that good websites are written for people.

Yours truly,

Ann Clemmons

A Nice Place In The Sun

It’s really great to see such a improvement in traffic. You have done really great job, and after so much work involved into bringing quality and new features to members, it is normal and rewarding to see such a results. Congrats!