Somehow it seems Entrecard Does Not Want OUR Drops – so with that said, we’re going to begin the exit process. we hope that you understand why we’ll be pulling TWO of Our Blogs OUT Of Entrecard Before Christmas.
The Consistent Loss of drops and credits does not add up. neither does the lost time. the problem happens over and over. randomly during the week we get these penalties and loose the drop day as well.
is this a new power move within the Entrecard Enforcement Strategy when you decide to monitor your paid ads ?
Ahhhhh YES ! Now We Know why this happened – we went into our dashboard and managed the invisible load of ads there were blocking the EC Paid Ads from showing on our widget. Think Back EC Bloggers, Did You Get an Announcement of Any Additional Ads Being Put onto Your Widget, or that you could Preview Them ?
When We Opened the Dashboard to look at the ads, There were 8 paid ads. you are only allowed to block 4 of them. that means if you are paying for ads with EC’s; you will be paying for very minimal visibility. At most you’ll get 1/5 of your ec paid impressions; because they are merged with the CASH ADS, NOW.
go test it for yourself and then you can see that this is not a game, nor is this a hoax. Entrecard has put up to 8 additional cards on your widget without your knowledge or the consideration of those who pay for EC Ads with EC’s Instead of Cash.
That’s What Made the Decision for Us Today – 9 ads on our widgets when we should have only been splitting the widget with two others
at first we missed it, but when we went back and noticed that we had such a glut of paid ads, blocking the EC Drop Paid Ad; we made the change and blocked out all except the required Four Ads.
In Case You Haven’t Noticed, some of the same ads were already preventing your EC Paid ads from being shown on widgets that were queued. to test it we refreshed the page up to 6 times to finally see Our EC Paid Ad, Last.
That Sucks
FYI This is a WHOLE NEW PENALTY FLAG
Check out the chart below copied directly from Entrecard’s Book
This Flag Does Not Appear Anywhere, in this list – but it cost us Again,
11/26 22:51 |
Entrepod |
Scripted drop penalty |
- |
495 |
11/27 0:08 |
Recycled Frockery |
Scripted drop penalty |
- |
60 |
This is the First of these Penalties – from Two Weeks Ago -
11/19 18:12 |
A Bad Gal Says |
Scripted drop penalty |
- |
585 |
we have alot of credits to spend on ads; and within the next month we’re going to be spending them and advertising even more than before – if we’re not removed before we can.
It seems like such a sorry strategy to block your biggest droppers from dropping, because they are technologically faster than you. simply put, we use a drop list and we have always used the same list.
the entrecard servers hate drop lists because they can’t track you when you skip their toolbar. that means you are a wild card to the system until you reach your dashboard, and reach 300 drops. the system will ignore your drops in the toolbar, and that pisses the servers and apparently the security server scripts off.
Being a Good Blogger means more than dropping, which is why you find our comments all over the place; our notes on peoples dashboards, and lots of interaction within our circle. we dont’ feel very confident with the rules in the present entrecard rulebook; since it seems to grow weekly, without notice or need. sort of like the new penalty flag’s.
Maybe it’s really time to look at what your time is worth, since apparently Entrecard doesn’t think it’s worth the time you spend clicking to Advertise.
Next Week we’ll be exploring Blogging Circles and Advertising Effectiveness; across our Three Blogs. some posts will help to clarify the situation, since it seems to become muddier all the time. Entrecard needs to mature and accept that Rules are Rules. Basically, if we have to live by them, then they shouldn’t change them daily, to support their point without consideration of their community.
That’s Just Too Much like Voodoo Jello to be good for anybody,
Check out the chart below copied directly from Entrecard’s Book
This New Penalty Flag Does Not Appear Anywhere, in this list – but it cost us Again,
| Message | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Get One, Please login | These messages are shown when Entrecard believes that you haven’t logged in. Please go to entrecard.com and log in. |
| Thanks! | This message is shown when you have successfully dropped a card. |
| Go! Go!, Alright!, Wicked!, Yeehah!, Awesome!, *WOW*! | These messages are equivalent to Thanks!, they are shown at various numbers of drops per day. |
| Invalid | This message is shown when you have failed a security check, this can happen by accident once in a while, however if this happens to you regularly you should contact support. |
| 300 per day | This message is what you get when you hit the 300 drops per day limit |
| 600 per IP | This message is what you get when the IP address you are accessing from has dropped 600 cards in a day |
| Own card! | This is what you get when you try and drop on your own card  |
| No Widget | This message indicates the Entrecard widget scanner does not believe this site has a widget. If you get this error while browsing, please send the URL of the site to phirate via PM. |
| No such user / Deleted | This message indicates the Entrecard account for this widget has been deleted |
| Cooldown X hrs | This message indicates that you have triggered security countermeasures. You will not be allowed to drop a card again until the cooldown period has finished (the counter will continue to update). If you have not done anything that should have gained the attention of the security system, please use the feedback form on your Dashboard and we will arrange a security reset. It is likely that you also received a Scripted Drop Penalty which removed credit from your account, this can be resolved as well. |
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12 Comments
I don't see much impact on my EC-based ads. When i tested the appearance of sponsored ads on my blog it's usually every seventh or eighth ad a sponsored ad. As other members visit my blog during this test it's not always obvious how many times sponsored ads appear in a row.
I saw that it happened once that three different sponsored ads appear in a row and afterward the EC based ad was visible for seven times.
This is nearly the same amount as before when we had only ads for EntreCard on our widgets.
Believe me, some will try it now but many will stop wasting their money for these sponsored ads sooner than EntreCard likes it. On my new blog post i wrote about the Facts of the new sponsored ads and like in the past i say it's clever from EntreCard to hide them behind the Dashboard menu (but if you read the blog and look at the BUZZ on your Dashboard, you see the link to "Manage your sponsored ads")
http://www.cornys-moneypage.blogspot.com
I don't see much impact on my EC-based ads. When i tested the appearance of sponsored ads on my blog it's usually every seventh or eighth ad a sponsored ad. As other members visit my blog during this test it's not always obvious how many times sponsored ads appear in a row.
I saw that it happened once that three different sponsored ads appear in a row and afterward the EC based ad was visible for seven times.
This is nearly the same amount as before when we had only ads for EntreCard on our widgets.
Believe me, some will try it now but many will stop wasting their money for these sponsored ads sooner than EntreCard likes it. On my new blog post i wrote about the Facts of the new sponsored ads and like in the past i say it's clever from EntreCard to hide them behind the Dashboard menu (but if you read the blog and look at the BUZZ on your Dashboard, you see the link to "Manage your sponsored ads")
http://www.cornys-moneypage.blogspot.com
Martin without a doubt many people will be pissed about the ads; as I am.
you may think that they will survive this, but truly my dear this sounds like
a very hollow thump to me.
Like Us, you know that hollow sound, means \”Nothing in the Middle\”
the difference is that with the previous owner and ads, we at least got the
second ec as compensation – now we get screwed and that's it.
I honestly don't think many folks will want to continue after realizing how
stacked the deck really is now.
yes dear things have changed, just watch your stats to see for yourself.
Best,
~RE
BadGalsRadio.com // Reality in a Foundation Sound
Well, I just looked at mine and it shows 10 but I was at least able to cancel out 5 of the more profane ones. This just really irks me as I do usually get a lot of visitors because of the service and I shouldn't have to pay to not have adverts on my blog when I didn't sign up for that part of the service to begin with. They are effin things up and I'm not sure how much longer I am going to deal with it.
Well thats all news to me! Thanks for all the info. I am going to check out my dashboard ads right now.
Well Welll Susan – we seem to have awoken alot of folks today.it's such a shame that we have to blog about the change, insteadof them telling us about it – so we know about it.we think it's time everybody knew about this – Don't You ?Best,~REBadGalsRadio.com // Reality in a Foundation Sound
Hey Blueeyes !I am so with you on this one girlfriend. they are mucking things up bad. can you imagine the folks who paid you with drops having to compete with 10 extra cards ?talk about stacking the deck – it's clear Entrecard is running a Fixed GameBest,~REBadGalsRadio.com // Reality in a Foundation Sound
I don't even know what to say anymore. I still think it is being run by the same person who was running it before – nothing has changed except for the steady decent into the worst run online community EVER!
I used to buy these ads when they started the first time – I also used to buy credits but I haven't bought anything from EC since they took away my credit when I'm dropped on (that's the one that really pissed me off)
Ec will NEVER get back to where it was – I remember getting over 600 hits a day for days at a time before all of this BS started.
It's a shame you're leaving EC but I sure understand why.
Since following EC banner links has dribbled off to almost nothing, I'm not sure how much effect it really has. See my post of a couple of days ago for another EC scam at justthrowmoney.blogspot.com
I spend so little time on EC and have such a small drop list these days that I think that I can keep up with these blogs without the help of my EC dashboard as a reminder. I don't know why I'm still using it, but I have a feeling that it won't be for much longer. Probably still some nostalgia because I did connect with some great bloggers in my early days using EC. Glad you're keeping track of all the slimy little trick that the EC gang is up to, and that you're willing to share your findings with us.
yes my friend, they are cheating.I did your experiment and you are spot on.they will regret destroying such a good thing.Best,~REBadGalsRadio.com // Reality in a Foundation Sound
Tina – they care little to nothing for the members.if they actually cared about the members they's stop cheating and stealing.this is like a bad marriage; it's really time for a divorce. Best,~REBadGalsRadio.com // Reality in a Foundation Sound
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