More Traffic With Traffic Jam
I’ve received an email from blogrush announcing the released of TrafficJam. I’m not using blogrush on this blog before. In case you didn’t know javascript doesn’t work on wordpress.com, and that’s my blog provider before I moved to my own host. Anyway, I’ve used blogrush to my other blog and eventually decided to delete my blog from blogrush and removed the widget from my blog. Take note, I’ve deleted my blog but not cancelled my account.
Many bloggers have post their disappointments with blogrush and I’ve read some of them. They have posted them when blogrush “cleaned” their community few months ago. Actually, I am among the bloggers that my widget still worked on my blog and I am proud with that. But the thing is, I had the widget on my blog for almost 1 1/2 month and can’t see any traffic coming from blogrush. I was really disappointed but I took off the widget “NOT” for that reason. I took it off because of the slow loading time when the widget was on my blog. Did you notice your blog’s loading time with or without the widget?
Mobile eBooks Etc is giving blogrush another try just because of Traffic Jam. I have added my blogs again to blogrush and use the widget hoping that TrafficJam would work. Let me share a part of their email.
Want your posts to appear on TrafficJam.com? If you have the BlogRush widget installed on your blog it will happen automatically when any of your posts ’score’ well with TJ’s algorithm.
A big ‘key’ for scoring well, which is the same key to get traffic from BlogRush, is to learn to write powerful, yet specific blog post TITLES. Poke around TJ and notice the titles. Almost all of them are very SPECIFIC.
For example, rather than having a post say, “Today Was A Really Bad Day” it’s more effective if it says, “Why I Almost Smacked My Boss Today” or “Ever Split Your Pants At Work?” etc. etc.
TJ’s Algorithm? I still don’t know how it works but looking forward to a much better traffic with Traffic Jam.
Update (Nov. 13, 2008): I removed the links, Blogrush and TrafficJam was closed.
My Entrecard Do Follow Principle
Do we really have to use a button to let others know that we do follow if they drop their card on our blog? I don’t think so… as long as we practice the principle on a regular basis, a fruitful result will always follow in the long run. Having a “You Drop, I Follow” button on your site is a wise thing to do, but you can also make your own button or titled your widget as “You Drop, I Follow” just like what I did on my site.
Always remember that we are avoiding the high bounce rate just like the “hotshots” are talking about. Don’t do unto others what you don’t want others do unto you.” Don’t just drop just because you want to return the favor. See the profile… Check the drop rank… Check the blog’s category… Then check on the blog before dropping your card. You might find an article that interests you wherein you might also want to comment. The basic idea here is not to follow only, but to develop a good relationship to the co-members of entrecard… to make a better blogosphere. You might also found a perfect site to advertise that will drive an appropriate traffic on your blog.
Who doesn’t need entrecard credits? Maybe the blogosphere’s hotshots. LOL! But most of the bloggers need the credits in able to place adverts to other blogs. Of course, but there are contests that you’ll miss if you don’t browse the site before dropping your card.
You Drop, I Follow Experiment
My personal blog and this blog is practicing the “You Drop, I Follow” rule for entrecard dropping. As I’ve blog hopping last night, I’ve seen many blogs practicing the same rule. Dropping entrecard is not that easy, it takes time. Using Firefox made it easier than using IE7. Anyway, based on my observation, I’ve dropped 100 cards and did received a return drop of 15% or almost 15 drops to this blog. Its not worth it since I’m recently doing it here (this blog). Actually, my personal blog is receiving more return drops since I’ve started practicing it.
How to know them? They have the ”You Drop, I Follow” button below their entrecard widget. Although I don’t have that button, I’ve named my widget as “You Drop, I Follow”.
I’ll be posting the list of blogs using the same rule soon. I browse Pinoy EC list, and found out that there are not more than 5 including this blog and my personal blog are using the rule from over 150+ Filipino Entrecard users. I guess, filipino are still not aware or maybe they are busy preparing for the Valentine’s Day. hehehe…
Phishing eMail?
I’ve received a reply from Paypal after I’ve reported a phishing email I’ve received this morning. The reply is as follows:
Thanks for taking an active role by reporting suspicious-looking emails. The email you forwarded to us is a phishing email, and our security team is working to disable it.
What is a phishing email? Phishing emails attempt to steal your identity and will often ask you to reveal your password or other personal or financial information. PayPal will never ask for your password over the phone or in an email and will always address you by your first and last name.
I’ve tried the phishing challenge below, try to answer (true or false) and see if you can spot pishing.
- Phishing is a form of fraud designed specifically to steal your identity.
- You can be sure that an email is valid based on the sender’s email address.
- We may occasionally ask you for your full name and password in a PayPal email.
- A PayPal email will never contain attachments or software.
- Clicking on a link in an email is the most reliable way to get to your PayPal account.
Actually, I’ve almost believe that email except for the email add. Beware: PayPal.com Customer Service” service@##.##.##.###. If you received a possible phishing email, forward the entire email to spoof@paypal.com.
I've Joined Project Wonderful
Did you noticed the project wonderful widget at the left side of my sidebar? I’ve signed up last week. I first seen them at Entrecard admin panel. That time, there are 6 slots and 4 slots are still available and it was free for $0.00. What? Free advertising? At Entrecard admin panel? That’s cool!
So, I’ve immediately signed up but received my “confirmation” email two days ago. I don’t know why it took that long. Well, who cares, as long as I have my own widget on my site, it doesn’t matter. hehehe…
Well, I hope that it will work on my site since I’ve changed my domain this month and still working on with my traffic. Gosh! More traffic means better income from project wonderful. There’s no such thing as free advertising but project wonderful made it possible. Duh!
Should I concentrate on $0.00 bid blog? Read more…
