Entrecard Support, 3 Weeks and Counting.
Yes its that time again. Time for my monthly bitch session. This time it is Entrecard that gets its own post on my blog.
Regular readers may have noticed I no longer run Entrecard Ads on my blog but have replaced it with clixgalore which offers many free affiliate programs to promote.
Entrecard was, I thought a good way to promote your blog. In a nutshell you bought ads on other blogs by displaying ads on your blog using what they called EC credits. You could buy credits but most people just earned them by visiting other blogs and doing what is called a drop to show you had been there.
It was in effect bloggers helping bloggers. Then they decided to introduce paid ads. Now bear in mind that the advertisers were paying entrecard and not the blog owners. Blog owners could get paid based on their activity level in earning Entrecard credits.
The problem with that system is with a site like mine that gets a large percentage of search engine traffic everyone else was benefiting but me. There is a reason I don’t run paid ads on my blog, such as adsense or bidvertiser. That is because most of them would be advertising the very types of programs that I tell everyone to steer clear of.
No problem. I just go to my dashboard and turn off the paid ads. It worked fine for a while and then paid ads started randomly appearing on my blog again.
Well I like to think :) I am a reasonable person so I sent in a support ticket:
“Can you please tell me why this paid ad is appearing on my blog. I have set my account so as not to recieve paid ads and this particular site is in direct opposition to my blog. In fact it is the very type of site I warn my readers to beware of.http://adn.entrecard.com/click?spot=7141&ad=422&type=paid
http://www.productsupplycenter.com/web258478/
Just for the record. I have not allowed paid ads on my blog because I get alot of search engine traffic and other sources apart from entrecard and with your current system everyone benefits but me. regards
Phil Miranda “ .
That was on the 29th of May and I also sent a reminder on the 11th of June. The current status is open and awaiting staff response.Now for anyone who thinks I am being harsh bear in mind this. When I had no unpaid Entrecard blogs to advertise I once again found paid ads on my blog. This is unlikely to happen by accident or by a programing problem.
So to Entrecard’s Staff ? and founder Graham Langdon. Thanks for ignoring my support ticket, running paid ads on my blog, and turning what was a good idea into a money hungry grab for cash. Well done !
Ahh ! I feel much better now.
By the way Entrecard. Consider my support ticket closed.
And another thing. If you want to mention that there were problems with your support centre or your program then put it in an email and mail it to 3 weeks ago when I might have cared.
regards
Phil Miranda (Don’t get mad get even)
ps: It seems looking at their forum, I am not the only one having problems with support at Entrecard. It also appears that posting on their forum doesnt help. One poor bugger has 10 open tickets dating back to April 30. LOL

