The Back and Forth of Entrecard’s Ever Evolving Drop Policies
Vague Wording of Policies Leads to Confusion for some Users
As some of you may know from reading my previous article entitled Great EntreCard Power Dropping Tips and Information, entrecard has a large community of users who engage in “Power Dropping” to quickly acquire Entrecard credits to promote their blogs online.
As of last night EntreCard sent out an email to users informing them that they were cracking down on this type of activity. In the email EntreCard management states
“Quick drop pages devalue our network as a whole, by motivating members to drop on the same, quick loading pages, en masse to gain credits quickly and efficiently.”
At the same time EntreCard has recently launched a service that allows users to purchase credits directly from entrcard.com, which in turn allows users to circumvent the entire dropping process altogether.
After reviewing the “Entrecard Official Ebook” that users are provided with at the time of registration, I found a specific reference in regards to practices which are considered to be “breaking the rules”. In this section they state:
“be warned. If you attempt to automate your drops in any way, you will find yourself having lost all your credits.”
The issue here is that power droppers have not automated their drops. They actively drop their cards by visiting a list of fast loading sites that they have created. In most cases this has required the power dropper to visit a vast number of sites to compile an effective list.
So in many cases power droppers have visited more blogs than your average user who may only drop a handful of entrecards per day.
Once users have removed their “Power Drop” pages I would assume power droppers will compile lists of fast loading blogs with minimal content or widgets to produce the same effect that was created by quick drop pages which only featured a widget.
At this point will EntreCard specify the amount of content that is required on a page to host the EC widget? Will the Widget require a set amount of time being spent on a page before the drop is accepted? At what point can we draw a line defining what a legitimate drop is and what devalues the network.
It will be interesting to see what changes are required from users in the following months to build the EntreCard network as the developers see fit. With all the policy changes that have been taking place in the past month users need to keep their ear to the ground to make sure they do not get penalized due to the short notice provided to users about changes.
May Month in Review – Pseudorant Articles
Pseudorant Month in Review – Tutorials, Articles, and Rants!
Hey everyone! Welcome to the Pseudorant Month in Review. I am doing the Month in Review article because this is the first full month of articles Pseudorant has written on our domain.
A lot of interesting things have happened this month. We have learned a lot of new things about computers and linux. We acquired a new author for the blog. We got setup on numerous social networks, and setup our RSS feed on FeedBurner.
In fact so much has been going on that it seemed fitting to do a review post that links to all the articles we have published this month. If you have been checking out the blog regularly we appreciate the continued support. If you are new to the blog “Welcome!” and we hope you have found something of interest.
As we continue to build the blog and improve the site we would really appreciate feedback from our readers on any changes, improvements or additions they would like to see on the site. We are very interested to hear people’s thoughts so please do not hesitate to email, comment, or slide ransom notes under the door. (Although the last method is least preferred.)
I hope you continue to enjoy our Pseudorants. Joe and I will continue to do out best to provide interesting and worthwhile content. Thanks for checking us out!
May – Month in Review!
Blogs
05-05-2008 - What Makes Content Valuable or Interesting?
05-19-2008 - The Blogs First New Author!
05-26-2008 - Pseudorant on Twitter’s Micro-Blogging Social Network
05-30-2008 - Pseudorant on FeedBurner! - Help us Burn our RSS Feed!
Internet
05-02-2008 - Why Google Alerts are So Useful!
05-04-2008 - What is Web 2.0? Web 2.0 is coming!
05-13-2008 - Content Management Systems – Joomla
05-22-2008 - Remove the Welcome to the Frontpage in Joomla
Linux
05-08-2008 - What Version of Linux is Right for Me?
05-09-2008 - Kubuntu Linux Successfully Installed
05-11-2008 - Video Tutorial - Installing Kubuntu Linux on a Laptop
05-16-2008 - How to Install Windows on Linux
05-17-2008 - How to Install Programs in Kubuntu Linux
05-20-2008 - How to Install Apache, MySQL, and PHP on your Linux Box
05-21-2008 - How to Install Firefox in Linux using Apt-Get
05-29-2008 - AddAsPodcast Bug for Amarok on Kubuntu
Money
05-24-2008 - Practical Ways to Make Money Online by Selling on eBay
05-25-2008 - How to Make Money Online with FREE Gift Cards
Rants
05-03-2008 - Grand Theft Auto IV is the Root of All Evil!
05-07-2008 - Microsoft is the Debil! Linux Here I Come!
05-10-2008 - Windows Movie Maker Hates My Samsung SC-DX10
05-15-2008 - More Reasons Why I Hate Microsoft
05-28-2008 - Too Many Business Requirements from End Users
Video
05-01-2008 - The Count Censored – Sesame Street – Viral Video
05-06-2008 - Today’s Moment of Zen – The Hardest Level in Mario
05-12-2008 - Watch Family Guy Episodes Online
05-18-2008 - Watch Movies Online & Streaming TV Shows on Your PC
05-23-2008 - Disturbing Video of the Week – Schwar-chan
05-27-2008 - VLC Media Player – Play Videos without Codecs
Pseudorant on Twitter’s Micro-Blogging Social Network
Twitter - The Web 2.0 Micro-Blogging Website
Pseudorant is now part of Twitter. For those who are unfamiliar with Twitter, it is a micro-blogging social network website. Micro-Blogging is similar to blogging, but it is much more brief in what is posted. That means that users on Twitter are only able to post short updates of 140 characters or less.
These brief updates are known as “Tweets”, or posts that allow users in your social network to stay informed on what you are up to. The idea started as a way for friends and family to let each other know what was going on in everyone’s lives.
The micro-blogging phenomenon has become so popular on Twitter, that users have formed large networks of people they have never even met, and use the website in ways very similar to a chat room.
Users not only post updates, but shoot comments back and forth through their posts to respond to what other people are doing. (In addition to contacting users directly with PMs.) This way everyone can stay involved in what is going on.
Twitter is another great example of Web 2.0 in action. I was amazed to see the potential of the site. After signing up the other night my OCD got the best of me when setting up my following list. ^o^
So if anyone reading the blog is on Twitter feel free to put a follow on us. (paul@pseudorant.com) I am slowly exploring various social networks out there to understand how they work and to meet some new people.
As always thanks for checking out the site! We definitely appreciate all the support!
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