So I joined Entrecard
Yesterday I signed up to entrecard. For anyone not familar with
Entrecard is an easy way to network with other blog owners;
The whole point of this system is that you place a widget somewhere on your blog whereby other bloggers on the network come along and “drop” you. This drop adds 1 credit to you and also the dropper receives 1 credit. As more and more bloggers come along and drop on you the more your blog is worth.
When I say worth I mean part of the widget is used to advertise other blogs. If somone wants to advertise on your widget then they would do it through the campaign section within the entrecard dashboard. The amount of credits is dictated by the amount of drops and the popularity of people wanting to advertise on your blog. For more information check out the entrecard blog.
When you signup you put yourself into a category your site matches. This way other blogs on the same level as you can apply to advertise and can read your blog. Another part of the signup is uploading an image that you can use on your entrecard. Currently I am using one of the basic ones but have found a nice little source of pre-made ones: http://www.romelo.com/2008/04/07/generic-cards-for-entrecard-members/
I’m hesitant to use them though as I am not sure if the images are from Romelo’s own collection or if these have been taken from somewhere else where permission is needed. I tried to post on his post but got an ajax error about not being able to post. I managed to comment on the page and kindly enough Melo posted a comment below confirming that the images can be used. Fantastic. If you click on the above link and get a 404 it’s due to Melo updating it with more templates to use, so check back at a later date.
One of the reasons I joined was to generate some traffic and to read some blogs that I would never normally read or find. Already I have discovered some interesting reads of which I plan on sharing my thoughts 
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Hi, I appreciate your comment. The images are FREE TO USE and can be used without permission from the photographer but to make sure I went back and re-read the restriction. Unfortunately, a line which I missed exist:
You may not use the Image * As part of a trademark, service mark or logo.
I’m not quite sure how it applies to Entrecard Cards though. Are the cards trademarks? Are they logos? I’m sure the cards are not logos. They are Ads but just to make sure I’ve temporarily unpublished the page. It will be back with new cards soon. 
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