There is a lot of buzz around Entrecard and its benefits and its downfalls. A lot of people sign up to become part of a community, for interaction with other like minded bloggers, and to find new friends. Even more people sign up just to drive traffic to their blogs, and a lot of people question the quality of traffic they receive. I have read many bloggers complaining about the traffic, the waste of valuable advertising space, and the bounce rate they receive from Entrecard.
I just signed up for Entrecard three days ago, and I have been interacting with the community, monitoring how much I put into the service and how much it gives back, and examining the traffic I do receive from them. Overall it has been a fun and informative experience, and I have found a few new blogs that I really do enjoy.
The last two days I have received 15 hits each day from Entrecard, and the bounce rate has been 88.46%. I am sure many of these people are just coming to drop 
there card and receive more EC credits, but some of them are staying and looking around. As far as people complaining about the bounce rate, my opinion is that any traffic is good traffic, and I look at the bright side, 11.54% of the people are staying and looking around! My blog is also coming back from a period of hibernation, so right now the majority of my traffic is bounced, although it doesn’t have quite the bounce rate as Entrecard referrals have. As a comparison though, my bounce rate from Stumbleupon is near 90%.
In regards to the wasted ad space, for me I wanted to wait awhile before I monetized my blog, and the number of readers I have now are not sufficient to make monetization an issue. Instead of looking at it as ad space, I think people should look at it as a link to a community portal, a community the should actively belong to and try and participate in to make it better. Besides, if its that big of an issue, put the Entrecard at the bottom of your blog pages, we can always make the pager longer! ;)
Over all I am happy with the experience, and although I don’t think I will get a lot of traffic or readers from being a part of the program, I still like being part of the community, and the few readers I do get from Entrecard are worth having the badge on the side and being a part of something bigger!
