I’ve been exploring ways on how to improve my Alexa rank on my blogs. For one, I followed the popular advice to install the Alexa widget and the Alexa toolbar. The ranking improved, from a 2 million to 1.5 million in less than a week. I could not really say whether it was from the installation of the Alexa widget and toolbar, because I installed Entrecard code at the same time.

What is Entrecard?

Entrecard provides an innovative solution in getting traffic to one site. It prompts other bloggers to visit one’s blog and drop his or her personal Entrecard. The Entrecard is basically a 125 x 125 pixel graphic that acts like a personal business card. It is like an invitation to visit one’s site. But it is easy to abuse the system – I had to admit, I tried dropping up to the limit of Entrecards of up to 300 per day – and I find it difficult to read (and even leave a comment) on all of the 300 sites that I’ve visited. For many Entrecard is simply used to put in more traffic in the hopes of getting noticed. Since everyone in the Entrecard community speaks and promotes his or her blog, it can be quite difficult to gain a loyal follower of readers.


photo credit: vivekchugh (SXC)

Entrecard credits is gained mostly through dropping and receiving Entrecards. When enough credits are accumulated, it can be used to buy an advertisement on another site – which means one’s Entrecard graphic is prominently displayed to entice another site’s visitors to visit the blog. Some sites are cheap, and others are expensive.

Get More Quality Comments and Build Loyal Readers

Entrecard has recently launched a partnership with SezWho just last week. I registered with this new service and installed the required JavaScript code and I was on the go! Although I still needed to work out the code (it overlaps some of the text here), I had to arrange the location of the SezWho rating after the post for another time because I do not have a fast connection to easily revise this site. Nevertheless SezWho provides the facility for any reader to rate my posts as well as provide ratings for each individual comment.


photo credit: giselaroyo (SXC)

It looks like Entrecard had successfully motivated their Entrecard members to earn more Entrecard credits by leaving thoughtful comments on the sites that they visit. Two of my recent posts suddenly gained more comments after the installation of SezWho. To discourage the members from leaving two or three worded comments like “great post”, comments that are written by the members are left to the community to rate. Poorly rated comments and comments that seem to look like spam do not get any credit at all. To be fair, after the community gets to have their share of rating comments, Entrecard has devised their secret way to provide the proper credit for comment points!

Responsible Blogging

Entrecard is strongly promoting their vision to see their Entrecard members as the best commentators in the blogosphere. This would truly change the notion that Entrecard is a mere kickoff to oodles of traffic that will simply improve off one’s Alexa ranking and other indicators. I hope Entrecard finally succeeds in making more bloggers do their duty not only by writing posts but also by visiting others. Better traffic and loyal readership is gained by leaving well-thought out comments on other blogs – and not by simply dropping a card out.

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