It's Time for The 2011 BadGalsRadio Black History Blog Carnival

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Each Week the Blog Carnival Page for that week will magically be posted here with links directly to the blog posts that are featured that week. If you'd like to submit a blog post to the carnival just use our widget in the sidebar - or send your submission by email to us at :MLK@badgals-radio.com

This year we have expanded our categories to include:

• Black Art
• Black Archeology
• Black Folks
• Black Food
• Black Social Networks
• Black History
• Black Women
• Black Men
• Black Places
• Black Music
• Black Artisans
• Black Educators
• Blacks in Sports
• Blacks in Government
• Blacks in Medicine
• Blacks in Law
• Blacks in Media
• Black Current Events

In Case you're a blogging newbee check out this short video on Blog Carnival and how to submit your blog to a blog carnival

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Peace,

It's Thriller Friday - Don't Feed the Vampire Widgets ANYMORE

Really Now.. why would you feed a vampire anyway ?

"Let Me Rock Your Underworld.."  Said Wanda to the Vampire

yes this is Jim Carrey with Jamie Foxx on In Living Color. Funnny.
it's priceless and it gets the point across better than a Glenn Beck Chart, Have Mercy !

We just wanted to let you in on the new plan,
"Don't Feed the Vampire Widgets Babies "

Most Importantly - choose who and where to leave your clicks carefully. Do Not Buy ADS on Sites that Do Not Return Visits with a real visit of more than 30 secs; Leave occasional Comments or Interact with you on some level - They Are The UNDEAD.. you know it already when you hit that page

Please Stop Feeding The Dead Widgets,

They are Killing YOUR Blog and Entrevalue

This simple action if practiced widely within the community, will force entrecard to re-evaluate their taxes and policies. Because less traffic means less payments to them. Whoooo HA!  who wants to pay to advertise when clicks bottom out ?  Now didn't you just see Wanda whip out that Type O and A Blood, then that coffin ? Think Back, Remember that letter you received last week ? Uhh Huh.

If You are Thinking of Leaving Entrecard - Before You Remove Your Widget
Please stop by EntrePOD blog and read the simple solution to our entreproblem.

Trust Me, You are already holding a Full House, now Lets Play Cards !

As Is Tradition - this is Fitness Friday on A BadGalSays

Today we have a Dual Purpose for Your Heart. we wanted to get you to Shake It Up for Just a Few Minutes - Remember Your Heart and Shake It Real Good !



This Very Popular Cebu Prisoners Thriller Video was especially selected to remind you to send your prayers and support to the many who have lost lives, and are suffering from the Tsunami in the Ring of Fire. Help Us To Bless Our Family and Our Friends in the Storm,

Our Thoughs and Our Prayers are With You All,

Thirsty ? Have a Cappuccino and Tell Us, What Makes It Work For You

So How Does one get The Push from RedGage to Blogspot ?

We got  a comment from Reeni - the Cinnamon Girl yesterday asking how does it work ?

So Here You Go Reeni - it's simple when you blog on your blogspot blog, you create a post that we all want to see, and know about.  to enhance your position in the search engines, if you create more linkage to that post; instantly  you begin the process of  "pushing the post ranking up". it happens when you add more links to the post. it's just that simple.

Since this is Thirsty Thursday - we're offering a great recipe for Delicious Hot Indian Blog Shots.
here's the recipe so you can make your own version of the uber delicious warm drink pictured above.

Here's what I'm doing and it's already producing results

1. Create a Post on Your Blogspot or Blog
2. Create a New Post on your RedGage Dashboard, about that post
3. Link the Two Posts to Each Other in Links within the Blogs themselves.

Here's a Working Example of how it works. just click this link and you'll see one of my qualifying links. then click this link and you'll see another of the links. notice that these are linked back to this page, as well as to the other posts. the cross linking creates a buzz in the spider realm.

when Google spiders your post, it sees the additional links, which add weight to your post. then when google spiders the additional links it also adds weight. oooooo, delicious.  we discovered this by reading a post from a fellow blogger over on Hubpages, where we started this whole oddysey.

Our Hubpages opened a whole new door to blogging for bucks. we don't enjoy writing about windows, vacation packages, fancy cars or other stuff. we just enjoy writing and getting paid for doing it. mostly we write about restaurants we've visited; software we've bought; or places we've actually been.

Isn't that one of the reasons most of us write today ? Because We Enjoy It and maybe for a little extra to put into that pot at the end of the day. if it isn't and you're just blogging for fun or comradery, then that's also a part of this marvelous formula. the community of bloggers is so large these days that if you don't explore the many blogging networks, you may find yourself missing some great push.

Tell Us, What Makes It Work For You  ?

We Found a Great Alternative to Entrecard - No Dropping And You Make Money

What to Do, What to Do ?

that's the question many Entrecarders are asking themselves today.
We searched and delved into the social networking scene to locate
another alternative; with a more enticing twist - They Pay You for Your Content

I recently joined RedGage, a website where you can host and share all of your content in one place. But, the most exciting part is RedGage is a website that pays you for the content you create.


You can see my profile at: http://www.redgage.com/ausetkmt

I thought you might like to check it out!

You can join by signing up here: http://www.redgage.com/?refby=ausetkmt

This is a Great Alternative to Entrecard - No Dropping And You Make Money for Your Content.

Hope To See You Visit Me on Redgage Soon,

OOOHH WU-TANG ! Are My EC's NO GOOD For YOU Grasshopper ?

No This Post is NOT About the WU, But About the WOOOOOOOO,,

Earlier today when returning drops to my visitors, I began to notice a disturbing trend -

EC Widgets Basically HIDDEN or On the Bottom of Pages.

What's Up With That Folks ?

I decided to rethink my drop policy and make myself a part of the solution not the problem - I'm taking personal responsibility; and thats' what I feel we can each do if we feel personally about this issue.

FYI - If I drop my hard earned ec's into an ad on your site, you can bet it's not going to be on a widget below the fold.

Uh Uhhhhhh NO MORE

I also decided to send a few notes to those who dropped on me and who's widgets were in a place on the page that made me wonder

"why they even bothered to put the widget on their page"

- some of those I wrote will probably send me back some nasty reply - which I expect; but honestly I tried to find a way to word my note to them that wouldn't be SO Offensive.

So If You Got one of my notes, think about what the note said before you fire off an angry response about the issue; And Above All - PLEASE think of those who are dropping ec's to put their ad on your blog, ONE Drop Per EC, NO MORE Two Ec's Per Drop. your goodthing is over now..

We Are The Folks Who Support YOU, NOT Who Tear You Down

this is my note :

Hello Fellow ER Blogger:
I returnd your drop today, and I wondered if you considered what it means to your entrecard advertisers to see their hard earned ec's basically on the BOTTOM ON YOUR PAGE ..

maybe you could consider that before droppin on my blog again -

Thanks !

~RE

OOOHH WU-TANG ! Are My EC's NO GOOD For YOU Grasshopper ?

Okay I've Got my Fire Retardant Granny Panties on - So Fire Away,



here's a lil WU Tang to remind you of how it used to be Back IN The Day of TWO EC's, Yeah It Was All So Simple Thennnnn..

How To Be a Real Smart Carder - Clean Up and Use That "Friends Feed"

Lets Finally Get Over the Temptation.. and Become SmartCarders

Some favorites of the author

today we offer our weekly PSA in a post to help you get more use out of your Entrecard.

This is our All Powerful Friends Feed. you get in in the Newsfeeds Tab on your dashboard.

http://entrecard.com/feeds/news/TG2KYY929M/rss2.0


Going Here Means basically You take your time and look at the posts.
no toolbar and no bs - just the posts that have been Recently Updated, VOILA ! 


We read on a certain blog recently in the comments that if we
didn't bitch we'd have nothing to say. wow - powerful words indeed.

But we're not Thirsty, or Hongry. we're phat enough that we
don't need to go Buyin Hits and PR; Begging for comments 
or drops; let alone Donations.   so what we planned for our response
post is this - A PSA On Being a SmartCarder

Lets Learn How To Use Entrecard Like SmartCarders.
Uh Huh - that's not bitching or complaining - or pointing
the finger at anyone else, as we've been accused of doing.

First off the reason you want to consider this approach is
"Entrecard is supposed to be a Bloggers Social Network" - Not A Job.

Uh Huh - sorry we can't help but toss stones at them thirsty teams out there; who boast such high drop figures daily, but rarely make a Real substantive post. Sorry but IN My Opinion - posting pics of your kid,
your house and your car are not only dangerous, but outright asking for trouble. 

Recently those of us who read, saw the headlines about the break-ins that happened because folks twitted about being away from home. Please, think about your personal security and the crime rate; if not how many fools are out there waiting to kidnap your adorable blogging star subject. common sense ain't common, mom always said. today we are seconding that as fact.

Sorry - but there should be a link that connects when a blog appears in front of you - if you see politics, or
adult subject matter, that's not your thing ? why not move on -

We Are Here for The Reality of Politics and Entertainment. 

many of these blogs are serial droppers (clickfiends).
We've learned from watching them come up in our Inbox Day
After Day. We've stopped JUST dropping back on them;
but they still continue to drop on us for some reason...

Here's An Open Question to the Click Fiends -  
(you know who you are)

Why is One EC So Important when there is obviously nothing of interest to you here ? my bouncerate is the real issue to me, but not to you. hmph...  

please read this clickfiends, and those who want to make
themselves contributors to our daily gift ec pot -
"We see it as a gift, And We Say A "Hearty Thanks" for supporting our entrecard advertising fundage.

fyi - you too may have an EC Gift Pot - it works like this, if you get drops that you do not return, they are still counted remember. the dropper gets a point and the droppee gets a point. Niiiiccceee..

Ahhhhh That Dirty Inbox and Temptress Toolbar..

yeah. those are the two real culprits. If you want to have a better focus on
who you really visit on Entrecard, take a trip to your own profile.

Being Good Carders - We went to the Entrecard book last nite to see if there was a page on it; Only to be shown NO Entrebook ANYLONGER.   uhhhh yeah..click and see for yourself.

So we decided that the easiest route is to go to Your Blogs Profile Page. Just click on the Entrecard E on your widget on your page. 

It will Instantly Transport You to Your Profile page.

on that page is the most important tool you have access to - 
Your Favorites.

Your Favorites are hand selected by you; as you are dropping.
First thing you should do is to take a look at how many Favorites
you have saved over your months on Entrecard. count them.

Early this morning I went through mine, and was totally amazed at the blogs
that I like and favorited. some of them, I've visited once or twice - and I've
never seen them again. could there be some housekeeping needed ? oh yes indeed..

First I clicked the link at the end of my favorites column 

I was magically transported to the page which shows my Favorite Carders.
a huge list of approximately 400 cards opened. yes 400 - far too many to viist regularly.

upon closer inspection, I found that many of them were removed from entrecard
or even dead. I also noticed many marked clearly no widget; or ads disabled.
Our sister blog Recycled Frockery disabled ads for a few months during our redesign

deliberations; only to finally return and take ads again a few weeks ago.

the blogs which I wanted to take a peek at that - were mostly blogs that
I hadn't seen in a long time.  I clicked on the cards and loaded them in multiple tabs; exactly as the tool bar would. -
This is done by using the control key while I clicked the card.

As they loaded I got to see their profiles and to see our relationship played out..

many had no feed - so hence no blog

If i liked it, I clicked the url to visit to verify if the blog
was a keeper or a tosser. when the blog loaded I could
almost make an immediate decision. many were dead,
moved or just so old that there was no point in keeping
them on my favs any longer. I clicked that remove from favs
link on their profile page, instantly removing the card and the
feed from my friends list - poof. easy instant housekeeping.

How Did It Feel - Ooooohhhhhh let me tell you..

many of the blogs I visited this morning actually were just no widget,
but still great blogs. some of them like Junk Drawer were still listed - even without a widget. I let them stay because they are locked into that feed;
and I can still read them, regardless of if they are Active in Entrecard
or Have A Widget - get it now ?

the blogs who have no widget, may have left entrecard,
but their feeds are still available to me on my friends feed.
that makes it oh so great.

so I did the housekeeping judiciously - removing dead blogs,
and others that I know I have no real interest in. somehow I
felt bad removing some which still drop on me; even though I rarely drop back.

that's the beauty of this housekeeping. you make the choices based on what you want.

Keep that friends feed clean. use it to drop from, instead of that volitile clickfarm called the Inbox.

we're stepping back into our respectable position of avoiding the Inbox Totally.

we're going to keep our friends feed as our primary point of drop origin;
knowing that we're keeping it clean and useful. that's what we need entrecard
to do for us. keep it clean and useful.

this is our PSA for the Week of August 5-12th, 2009.

Please feel free to post comments, and to discuss the methods I've outlined
to help keep dropping interesting; and be a smart carder.
this post was inspired by a question asked by My Friend Cher on AskCherlock.

Hope You All Put This To Good Use and Start Enjoying Being a Smart(entre)Carder Again,

Cheers,

Entrecard Has Massed OUT - Smilies Requested

Well Well Wellllll. Entrecard now has a staff - as we say in Jamaica "Dem Mass Out"


When we got the blog tonite, we noticed an immediate improvement. just the fact that we know what may or may-not be happening behind the scenes, makes us happier. There was a Professional air to blog, and the announcement of a New Director of Business Development. That means stuff is getting done.
She indicates that there is a plan being developed. Can You Imagine, Entrecard working with the rules in place, instead of changed to meet mood or needs of the previous owners.

A Couple of the most important changes were announced tonight. I belive they will have an immediate impact on the entrecard economy, and the morale or it's many members. I'm looking forward to seeing the categories finally cleaned up of dead blogs; and a real count put in place. This would allow for proper credit of popularity. that would be like a cherry ontop of the cake.

maybe if they finally get around to it, they'll also look at a system to allow user ratings and utilize that data to better assess the quality of a blog, instead of the ridiculous points system that is presently in place.  trust me, no blog should be in top place if they don't update at least every 7 days. how could they be current if they didn't. Blogs that get lots of comments should also be recognized for their popularity. this would I believe help to cut the problem we all see in bounce rate. You would read to be able to rate and then get the points;
extra points for leaving a rating and a comment. that's what blogs rely on. Comments and Return Visits.

Mostly the interaction with visitors is what we want, and what makes a blog's true popularity measurable. there must be some way to recognize the blogs that set trends as well, and that serve special populations. We do think that their first initiatives are spectacular; as they read with clarity; what Graham ignored vehemently.

The elimination of paid ads and the cashout programs are totally correct for a new startup. this is basically a new start up, because the owners are taking a barely functioning social network / virtual advertising company - and attempting to revive it;

to the delight of the users

We Wish Cindy Ung - Director of Business Development; and the new owners nothing but good will and fairness in their changeover process. it takes alot of grit to build a company from the ground. Graham had a vision, and maybe Andrew can make it a reality. We Sure Hope So.

So Did you hear about the changes to Entrecard, and how do you feel about them ?

HEY LEAVE US A SMILE And Tell Us Please, as we're lonely without your comments :.(

here's the note we received tonite,

Goodbye, Paid Ads

Posted: 22 Jul 2009 08:18 AM PDT

Dear Entrecard Members,

My name is Cindy and I am the new Director of Business Development for Entrecard. I will be representing the Entrecard team in future posts and will be relaying information about new Entrecard changes and updates to users. I am excited to be working for Entrecard and look forward to reading your opinions and comments about Entrecard services.

We are making great progress with the transition and have come up with several ways to refine needed Entrecard services. I would like to inform you about two important changes.

Effective immediately, we will no longer accept applications for “paid ads” on your widget space. Based on user comments and blog posts, users have not been happy with the “paid ads” that was implemented a few months ago. Although a good portion of the revenue (75%) is given back to the users through the “credit cashout program,” we have found that most users would prefer not to have “paid ads” on their widgets at all. As a result, we have decided to eliminate “paid ads” on your widget. We are no longer accepting new “paid ads” and any ads currently in the system will continue to run until they are completed.

Second, we have received many user requests to redeem credits for cash through the “credit cashout program.” Some users have been paid while many users have not. Since we are ending the “paid ads” program, we are also eliminating the “credit cashout program.” As promised, we will continue to pay as many users as we can with the remaining funds from the “paid ads” system. Within the next 3 days, we will distribute the remaining funds from the “paid ads” to users on a first-come, first-serve basis. Once these funds run out, we will reissue credits back to those users who applied for the cashout program but did not receive money. An email notification will be sent out to our users.

We understand that eliminating the “credit cashout program” may upset some users. However, Entrecard is actively developing ways for Entrecard users to use, sell and trade their credits. This is on the top of our priority list.

Once again, we feel that ending the “paid ads” and “cashout” program will benefit Entrecard and its users in the long run. We understand what your concerns are and we intend to address them. Thank you for being a valued member. Stay tuned for updates.

Cindy Ung
Director of Business Development
Entrecard

Hallelujah, Hallelujah - this blog is OUT of GAS !

can you join me in a collective Hallelujah !

I have finally made a concrete positive decision on how to deal with Entrecard. it took just one comment to make that happen; and voila today it happens.

this is the comment left on the previous post, which was all about the ec drop and roll problem.

Anonymous said...

I can't believe you think of this as "racism"....FYI, dropping by is "normal".....and dropping EC is normal.That's what you get for being an EC member. Entrecard really promotes traffic but produces high bounce rate---meaning, droppers just drop cards and spend 3 seconds in ur blog, never read and never comment. So what? That's the way it works. If you don't want this, you might as well get out of EC .
Another thing is , no one is obligated to leave a comment nor read a blog post. You can never force anyone who drops by at your blog to spend his time reading. If he does not care, so what?
You , as a blogger, should have the responsibility to improve your content and devise ways to make anyone drop by ---not just drop by but read your content and leave comment.
There is no blogging rule that exists in this world that says "everyone who drops by should leave a comment".
Bloggers have different purposes why they blog. So if one just wants to make money, he may never care to read ur blog. If he just wants reciprocal traffic, he may never leave a comment. If he wants commenters, he may comment in other blogs to encourage commenting on his blog.
As I've said, there are no blogging rules. Each one to his own.
But I tell you, if you just want everybody who drops by at your blog ---either get out of EC or either strive hard to encourage commenting.
Just like me, if I drop an EC on a blog and the blog post caught my attention, I would read . If I have something to say, I comment. If not, I don't. If I don't have the time to comment I don't. I only comment on blog posts that interest me, relevant to me or something where I am interested to comment on. If not , then I don't.
So don't feel upset about it. It's just the way it is. If you don't like the way it is, then don't blog.

June 21, 2009 11:17 PM

Now First thing I noticed is that this writer begins his post with the accusation of racism. Hmmmm ? where did I read that before,

http://www.rolandmarcial.com/
My blogger Vhing had sent me a message about this Bad Guy writing harsh words and racist comments about my entrecard drops. I was fuming mad when I read your post. You just wrote insensible and irrational method as a blogger and maybe, you don't understand what is EC all about.

If you want a blog purely for your friends, then keep it private and remove your EC card badge in your blog for your peace of mind. This is because you hate people who just drop their cards and without leaving comments. That is a very silly, immature behaviour. In my opinion, I don't care people not leaving comments and there are reasons for that either they don't like the contents and have no time to leave a comment. But I returned a comment only if they left a message. But if not, it doesn't bother me at all and I will be thankful for their time in dropping a card or passing by.

I'm a top commenter to blogs that I like to comment and the contents that would interest me.

And also, you also left harsh comments to all Filipinos. You said you are not a PINAY (of course because pinay is a female term) and you love pinays (do you gf's?), I don't think so. You did the same to others. This is not all about blogging but you are downgrading us and racist.

(end of clipping)

So the solution is - NO MORE INBOX DROPS - I AM HENCEFORTH ONLY DROPPING FROM MY FAVORITES.

This false claim of Racism made me so mad, that i decided I had to seperate myself from people who would lie and play with my reputation in this silly and very immature manner. So if you missed anything, let me sum it up in a simple sentence - Droppers Have a Ball.

VHING F - YOU and ROLLY ARE NOT WELCOMED HERE - ANYMORE. YOU ARE BOTH SHIT STARTERS, AND LIARS. BITCHES BEGONE NEVER ONCE DID I SAY ANYTHNG BAD OR NEGATIVE ABOUT ANYONE PHILIPINO - I HAVE PHILIPINO RELATIVES, AND FRIENDS; SO I WOULDN'T DO IT - EVEN IF YOU LIE AND SAY I WOULD.

I Love My Visitors, The Folks Who Appreciate MY BLOG, and Realize that This is a TWO WAY Communication Vehicle; Not a place where people invent half truths to blow their own heads up.

Henceforth Friends, Neighbors and Visitors - This is a Pork Free / Gas Free Environment, It's Lean, Mean, and Green; NO GAS UP's Here Thank You.

Welcome to the New BadGals; where we don't give our Inbox a second look - ever.
also if you want to comment, you can no longer be annonymous - own your shit.

Why are ya Lookin at Black Jesus - Wellllll, read the post

Why are we showing you Black Jesus on a Thursday..

WELLLLLLL,, Cause WE Breakin Bread Witcha

today is the final day of the Entrecard widget ON BADGALS-RADIO.COM We're A RADIO STATION

Listen to BADGALSRADIO on any media player
Listen on Windows Media Player
Listen with RealPlayer
Listen on WinAmp

However since joining Entrecard we've sort of ceased behaving that way, and it's cost us most of our listeners.

Well on May 1st That's OVA BABY

The BadGals are Back Spinnin and Throwin that Plastic Round 24/7. if you want to read the blog we've made a provision for that too. you see we're moving the Blog to our old spot. back where it all started - years ago, On Blogspot.

Click this rather clever new banner designed for our new site by our friend Graphic Genius Paul Baines of the UK; and you'll be magically transported to the hottest new music blog on Entrecard - BadGalSays.

We know you don't like it when stuff shakes up your normal routine; and so we're trying to help you out, by asking the folks at Entrecard to change our URL to the correct spot - before this happens on Friday May 1 at Midnite.

If Any of the Entrecard Moderators reads this, can you check that message in the support queue about my move from MONDAY and Correct the URL. Thanks

Thanks and We Look Forward To Seeing You There. this site will remain here as a Blog but BadGals-Radio.com will be a RADIO STATION and NOT A BLOG Starting On SATURDAY.

Thanks For Your Visits, Comments, Drops and Your Kindness -
See Ya on The New Site - http://thesuss.blogspot.com/

Oh Yeah, WE Takin Serena's Panties with us,