If you've checked the Entrecard blog you've noticed a couple of new things:
1. They are cashing out credits.
My thoughts: I'm glad to see this, but when will EC be able to give us full credits for ads purchased on our site? I thought the cash-out would elliminate "credit inflation" and allow all credits paid to go to members.
2. Only EC blogs are allowed to be paid advertisers.
My thoughts: I really liked this move. Not only does it award loyal EC members, but it seems it would help with click-through-rate on ads: I'm more likely to check out an ad if I know I can earn a click point.
But I've noticed something else: it seems the credit value of my blogs have gone down lately. In other words, people just aren't willing to "pay" as much to advertise--even on my fitness blog, which gets about 1,000 hits a day. Anyone else notice this, or is just me?