The dynamics of the blogosphere never cease to amaze me. Sometime last year, BlogRush and Entrecard were introduced for blog traffic generation. BlogRush started with a bang because most high profile bloggers continuously wrote posts about it while the EntreCard started slowly.
Now more than one year down the line, BlogRush is no more while EntreCard is going from strength to strength. NeoBluePanther suggests that EntreCard has been successful because it gave room to a blogger to take steps that would improve his chances of getting traffic while BlogRush didn’t i.e. it assumed that bloggers are interested in reading other blogs. Although EntreCard has so far been successful, it is still not the ultimate service.
A lot has been said about EntreCard’s high bounce rate. Furthermore, recently the buying/selling of EntreCard credits on ebay/forums has been banned. This is not a good development for a blogger who is more interested in earning credits for cash. In light of these observations, any new traffic generating service has the potential to make it big and even drive EntreCard down hill. One recent promising service that MIGHT achieve that is Adgitize.
Adgitize rewards a blogger with points based on the following criteria:1) the number of clicks on Adgitize ads on your blog, 2) the number of clicks you make on Adgitize ads on other members’ blogs, 3)number of visits on your blog, 4) the number of times you post new stuff on your blog. A member’s accumulated points are then converted to cash at the end of each month. The minimum payout through PayPal is only 10 dollars.
As you can see, Adgitize is more of a cash based system. Just like EntreCard, membership is free. If you need more details, a visit that side would be important. In the next three months, it will be intesting to see how this new service will evolve and how EntreCard will react to it. I am sure most EntreCard members will join the new service and run adverts from both of these sites simultaneously just as is the case with MyBlogLog and BlogCatalog widgets.
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I do not get it. Would this not lead to people clicking like mad men to get credits themselves?
How does that work?
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@Alex: If you can take a look at their FAQ,it will be great. But one thing that you must know is that people are already clicking like madmen at EntreCard and many other similar sites.
EntreCard sets the daily limit of EC drops at 300.And it is very easy to reach that limit in less than an hour.The other good or bad thing (depending on the angle from which you look at it) is that all the recent EC droppers’ sites are collected in your inbox such that it is very easy for you to follow them and drop an EC.As for Adgitize, I am not sure if they have such a system in place. If they don’t, it will be extremely difficult for a chain dropper or clicker to click as many ads.One thing that you may wish to know is that Adgitize will award points for 100 ad clicks only but you have the liberty to continue clicking beyond that limit.
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I’ve been an Entrecard user since September and an Adgitize user just 2 weeks ago. It is so quick to get points from Adgitize than Entrecard. The good thing about Adgitize is that they are giving you points when someone views your site even without clicking your Adgitize ad. of course, the points are more when someone views your site then clicks on your ad. Aside from that, Adgitize gives you points for every post you make. The good thing about Adgitize is that they have a limit in one day. And most of all, the points you acquired are converted into money. Whereas in Entrecard, it’s always just points which you cannot do anything with other than giving it away or using it to purchase ad spots. There’s no monetary value at all.
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Thanks for this – My Google PPC has dropped through the floor recently so I’m reading around on other monetization options. Your info is appreciated but I still need to do more research.
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It looks very interesting although they could have made more professional looking site. I will try them for sure, because i didn’t try EntreCard which is pretty successful. Thanks for sharing.
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Just came across your blog, you have some very interesting information on it! I wish that every blog I came across was as in depth as yours! Hopefully you keep posting such quality work!
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I recently dropped EC due to the high bounce rate and it really wasn’t providing the quality traffic I thought it would.
I have just signed up for this new service using your aff. ID and will give it a shot.
Thanks for the tip.
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I don’t think it has a chance to kill Entrecard. In order to do that it would need a directory. It’s too easy to get stuck in a loop while visiting sites where no new advertisements show up. This could happen on Entrecard too, but you have the directory to fall back on to re-seed your browsing session.
I’m also not sold (yet) on the $14/month cost. For $14 I could buy quite a few Adwords advertisements. I may spend the money just to check out how it performs, but I haven’t made that decision yet. I’ve only had it for a day or two, so I might be missing something, but from what I know of it there’s no way it will replace Entrecard.
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I just registered. Thanks for the tip!
@George
I agree with your comment on the site though.
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I would hate to say that Adgitize will be Entrecards killer since I believe that Entrecard was already on its way out. Many bloggers I know are fickle creatures who are always looking for the latest thing. So many companies come and go with their changing moods.
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I have used Entrecard for 3 months and do get quite a bit of traffic from it, but most are just ‘dropping’ and running. There are some real fanatic ‘droppers’ out there.
Thanks for the post as I will be looking into Adgitize.
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Hi Thanks I had to bookmark it will have money on paypal Monday Thanks looks cool and my blog is do follow also Peace
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I have not received much success with Entrecard so thanks with the suggestion. Will go into Adgitize
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Colleagues:I think it would not be a good idea to dump Entrecard in the case of those of you have not had success with it. It would also not be advisable to write off Adgitize from the word go. The best way forward is to register with both of them, install their widgets and see how things evolve.
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Just registered with my blog.
do you know how much we can earn with this affiliation program?
In one day i earn more than 800 points.
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@cakeitaly:You can find answers to your questions in the FAQ section of the Adgitize site.
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Hey ! this is very informative post. Thanks for sharing this detailed analysis. Keep it up Bro
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I discovered the network a little while ago as well (about 3 weeks now) and have been test running it and the results are…well promising. It won’t make you rich overnight but it is a nice little bonus for doing nothing. It is what Entrecard could have been and arguably should have been.
I had managed to grab an Interview with Ken Brown the founder ( http://thenexus.tk/adgitize-a-critical-look/ ) the updates etc that are pending will make this a more attractive solution for ‘automated’ income. Hopefully make this as you have said an ‘Entrecard Killer’
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Clement Nyirenda says:
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Good to hear your thoughts about Adgitize. I also liked interview that interview that you had with Ken Brown.I now have a better understanding of the origin and the philosophy behind Adgitize.
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Thank you for this very informative post.I am been using Entrecard for a few months. I’ve been seeing Adgitize at other sites and now I’ll be starting to explore Adgitize.
Thanks again!
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I am new to blogging so I never heard of entrecard or blogrush, much less Adgitize. But thanks for the tip. Anything that makes sharing blogs is OK in my blog book.
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I love Adgitize. I originally signed up for it because I was planning on leaving Entrecard, but I found that the two systems work really well together, so I stuck with them both. You can do your daily Adgi clicks as the same time a EC drops, and get points with both programs at the same time. Entrecard is getting weaker and weaker, but I’m really pleased with Adgitize so far.
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Clement Nyirenda says:
July 1st, 2009 at 12:54 pm
@Joy: I prefer Adgitize to Entrecard these days even though I am not getting much from either of them.
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