Comments on: Entrecard link love – week 10

By: Marie Claire Cooper

Marie Claire Cooper — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:37:09 +0000

Thanks for the link love.

By: Nancy (aka money coach)

Nancy (aka money coach) — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:43:47 +0000

Tx for such a full response, Mariam. I’ll keep mulling it over. My blog is part for the sake of itself, and also partly for business (ie. prospective clients get to know me a little, I get some press etc) and at the end of the day, I’m looking for Canadian clients (although I’ve had two from the states who honest-to-god *insisted* on working with me). So since I’m really interested in some measure of profile in Canada, Entrecard might not be beneficial. But I’ll keep considering it – I’m seeing it pop up more and more. cheers – n

By: moneyrelations

moneyrelations — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:51:45 +0000

Hi Arohan and Drew,

You’re welcome, guys.

Hey Nancy.

I need to check my Technorati ranking Entrecard is a good experience but you get what you put in just like other blog building practices – you need to comment, participate in forums, etc. I guess it’s no different than anything else. Just common sense. But it gives bloggers a regular routine when you “reciprocate” card dropping – you drop your card on my widget, I’ll return the favor for you. It’s just proper etiquette.

So yes, it might forge new relationships and such – as well as boosting Alexa ranking as a side effect (if that’s important to you). Technorati depends on backlinks I think (never really looked into it). I just offered to be a contest sponsor so I got backlinks as a result.

I don’t know how useful backlinks are for a blog not search engine optimized for anything

Oh yeah, and another aspect is that you get to advertise on other blogs. I’m really not quite sure how useful this is in getting non-Entrecard traffic though.

Overall, my experience with Entrecard is a positive one. It just takes time to develop those relationships and find a new audience though – something I don’t even know if I’m all that concerned for, for this blog. It’s all an experiment for me to find out what works or not for other niche projects.

By: Nancy (aka money coach)

Nancy (aka money coach) — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:46:42 +0000

Hey, Mariam, now that you’re a few months (?) into it, I’d be interested in a follow-up post on your experience with Entrecard. I noticed that you have a significantly higher technorati authority than me, presumably in part because of the link love you get back from your fellow Entrecard participants. (I’m not as bitter as that sounded!) How convinced are you still, that this is worthwhile for you compared to other blog building practices?

By: Drew

Drew — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:53:23 +0000

Thanks very much for the link love. I appreciate it.