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20 Entrecard U drop I follow Blogs Investigated.
Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 02:49PM Today I am doing a bit of investigative blogging.
I suppose you have heard about the U drop I follow network that seems to be thriving on Entrecard. The whole idea is to assure anyone who drops a card on these blogs that their drop will most certainly be returned.
Today I set out to investigate how many of these blogs actually return a drop.
According to the site Udropifollow.com;
Dropping 300 Entrecards a day is a lot of work, and it really sucks when you only get one third to half that many back. By only dropping cards at sites on this list, you can be sure that your return will be substantially higher.
I set out to put this claim to the test I dropped my card on the following 20 random blogs today to see which of them would have returned my drop by this time tomorrow.
- Free Cool,funny,hilarious,jokes everyday!
- PipeB.com Web Hosting Blog
- Toronto Search Engine Optimization
- freelance flash design
- Christian Homeschool Blog
- Tech Review Guide Log
- Personal Finance Management Guide
- Technology knowledge sharing
- Michael Aulia's Tech Blog
- Blogging what catches my imagination!
- Comedy Video Blog
- A Quirky Look at Australia Online
- F.U.K. Breaking News
- Word of Mouth Marketing... For Small Business
- Yearblook - a contest to find the best blog posts of each day
- Entrecard Credit Store @ i-TONG.com
- Generic Cards For Entrecard Members
- Making Perfect Sense / Community on aging and healthcare
- Designer's Depot / Graphics, Arts & everything in between
- The Profitable Business Edge 2 / Internet Business Marketing Strategies by Joseph Ratliff
The initial out look is not very good. I have already uncovered issues with some of the blogs in this list.
- 3 has been reported as an attack site and is currently being blocked by Google.
- 17 doesn't even load
- 20 doesn't even have an Entrecard widget
So out of the 20 drops i can see there are already 3 that will not be returning my drops.
This U drop I follow network is the brain child of Lee Doyle. I doubt if lee even returns drops on his blog. I have dropped twice on him in the last 48hrs and he hasn't dropped on me once. Its not looking good.
Tomorrow i will reveal how many of these blogs actually return their drops and which ones just use the badge to get more drops but couldn't care less.
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Reader Comments (7)
I usually reciprocate all drops, except during weekends where I'm most away from my computer.
Also note that I'm not on the U Drop I follow movement anymore :)
I am drop addicted and sometimes go days back in drop-inbox to reciprocate. I don't need a badge for it. I stopped dropping on Lee because of his group and this lying.
Oops is Lee gonna close this thread?
I wanted to apologize for forgetting to replace my widget, I changed my theme, upgraded WP to 2.6, and forgot to put back my Entrecard code.
Oops.
Joseph Ratliff
Author of The Profitable Business Edge 2
Thanks for the drop. Google recently blocked me and I'm working with my hoist to find out why.
hi, thanks for adding my goelji.com in your list.
but, be sure my other blogs do also return the cards..
http://tech.goelji.com
http://video.goelji.com
http://entertainment.goelji.com
Hi,
I recently added entrcard. But I sill don't really understand how it works. One of my friends said it double her traffic. So from what your'e saying it's not legit?
Entrecard is 150% legit. Dont get me wrong on this. However it is the " u drop I Follow" movement/network within entrecard that is dodgy. this organisation promises you to drop their entrecard widget on you when you drop yours on them, and they dont.