Recently I’ve almost given up on Entrecard, it seems every other blog that appears in my inbox is just a load of rubbish, either filled up with ads and affiliate links, or the page is so long it chokes my Internet connection.
Is there a better way of using Entrecard? I’m thinking I should avoid my inbox, and use the campaign tab instead to find blogs in a niche I’m interested in, then only visit those.
I’d be more interested in commenting, and maybe I’d also be more interested in using Entrecard rather than just login every other day to approve ad spots on my blog.
The funny thing is that when I first started using Entrecard I got a lot of value out of it, until I realised how bad the traffic was, they visit, drop their card, and don’t bother doing anything else.
My stats tell me that Entrecard traffic has a very high bounce rate, but traffic from Google doesn’t, in fact search engine traffic is about the only thing bringing my pageviews up.
Well, where has the time disappeared to. Just last week I was celebrating Christmas with friends and tonight I’ll be seeing in the new year, having a quiet one this year, just the man and me and our three kittens.
The Christmas tree is still up of course, but we aren’t playing Christmas music anymore, we’re back to the kind of music we love the most, Andrea Bocelli, Sarah Brightman, George Michael.
The cats don’t realise anything special is happening tonight, it’s probably hoping too much for them to sense a difference, although they might sense our moods have changed.
It feels bitter sweet to see out 2008 and bring in 2009, on the other hand we believe 2009 is going to be a great year for us so we’re also excited.
So my dear readers, have a very Happy New Year and all the best of luck to you for 2009.
A new report suggests global warming may have been to blame for the complete collapse of the Roman Empire between 200 and 700AD. It seems dry weather was to blame, I assume crops failed leading to internal instability.
Researchers from The University of Wisconsin-Madison geology department took measurements from a stalagmite originally from Soreq Cave near Jerusalem. Using an advanced ion microprobe they were able to see detail about the amount of rainfall of the era.
I think this should be a serious wake up call to those of us living in the 21st century. Europe and the USA are facing new challenges and our western civilization is showing signs of decline whereas other older civilizations like India and China are now growing and could become dominant soon.
I’m not saying the fixing the environment and global warming is going to reverse the fortunes of the US and Europe, but it is interesting that a parallel can be drawn with the Roman Empire.
Tonight I did a double take while reading some of the threads on Blogcatalog, “My hubby hit a Moose tonight! Car is totaled…”, wow, that is bad luck.
I had some close calls with Wallabies when I was living in Australia, but I always managed to slow and swerve before actually hitting one, but to actually hit a Moose, that is bad luck.
Not sure what speed the driver was doing but a Moose is a big animal isn’t it? I don’t suppose the Moose survived and that is very sad, they are such majestic creatures.
I feel for the person whose car has been written off, the problem with animals on the road is that you really can’t avoid them sometimes, one second you’re driving, the next you’re careering all over the road trying to avoid something that wasn’t there a second before.
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January 7, 2009 7:50 pm | 
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