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PinkSassi

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Feb 15, 2008 11:12 AM ET    Quote  Report Abuse
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In recent months Entrecard has exploded onto the scene for Blog Advertising (http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/01/10/interview-with-entrecards-graham-langdon/).  While I question the effectiveness of their system for the end user, the owners of the site are getting a lot of traffic and I imagine ad revenue. 
 
But I think they can be outdone.  Why are they advertising static cards?  Why not make these cards into Flash Animation...something that grabs the attention of readers?  While most blog users may not be able to design their own cards with flash, why not offer a dozen or so templates that work with whatever text is present to create Flash Animation business cards.
 
Am I missing something?
 
If I had the knowledge I`d try and outdo them myself, but I don`t nor do I have the time to learn.  So I hope someone within StartupNation.com  can outdo this site! 


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EricCorl

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Mar 14, 2008 8:38 PM ET    Quote  Report Abuse
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The one issue I could see would be the complications of flash for search engine optimization and a bloggers hesitancy to use it.


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SalemH

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Apr 22, 2008 4:30 PM ET    Quote  Report Abuse
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The one issue I could see would be the complications of flash for search engine optimization and a bloggers hesitancy to use it.



This could definately be an issue, but reading the article it sounds more like the networking / integrativeness of using the blogosphere which has captured the market (quoted):

So far, Entrecard has been quite effective at sending traffic to members’ blogs.
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  • Over 2,000 free ads are now placed daily through Entrecard.
  • Since launching, our members have exchanged over half a million cards with each other.
  • As of writing this, Entrecard proudly offers free advertising on 1700 unique blogs.
  • We’re now consistently ranking under under 2000 on Alexa (I hate to use the ‘”A” word) daily.
  • In the last 30 days, we’ve done over a million page views on our website.


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this versus the pure aesthetics of Flash animations seems to be the success...

One thought.  Its a cool idea though, we do a good amount of Flash design, but using it on our website causes traffic / google spider problems. 


Improving on Entrecard could definitely have merits though.

Good luck


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