ReapMoneyOnline EntreCard account deleted.
Thursday, 23 October 2008
Whew! ReapMoneyOnline is back online. 
Last time we checked before going to bed, RMO was chugging along slowly but surely. Twelve hours later, it went off the track for the umpteenth time with another internal server error. Don’t we just hate it when these things happen?
It seems that EntreCard has noticed RMO’s brief absence too because we received an email with the following content:
Your account ‘ReapMoneyOnline’ on entrecard.com has been deleted. The administrator gave the following reason:
Rule 10: http://entrecard.com/docs/doku.php?id=blog_quality_standards.
Please contact deleted [at] entrecard.com if you have any questions regarding this action.
Please include the following:
User ID: 3396
So, EntreCarders who click on RMO’s EC card are getting the “blog deleted” notice. For easy reference, Rule No. 10 of the EntreCard Blog Quality Standards states: URLs must be valid: Sites with URLs that do not work or are wrongly typed will be deleted.
Technically, ReapMoneyOnline’s URL did work while it was down because people who visited this blog got an “Internal Server Error” page. That means the URL, and site, do exist but there’s something seriously wrong with server-side stuff. A non-working URL usually comes up with a 404 or “page not found” error. Although, lately, we’ve noticed an OpenDNS page for non-working URLs.
But that is not our main concern. If any EntreCard admin says RMO has violated any of the rules, they should know, wouldn’t they? We understand how hard it is to oversee and manage thousands of blogs and if they say that RMO is not up to the EntreCard Blog Quality Standards, even if only temporarily, then its fine with us.
Our main concern, or concerns, are: (1) The EntreCard credits we’ve been saving for the launching of 1 or 2 blogs we plan to link with RMO’s account and (2) our other blog linked to RMO’s account which was up and running all this time. This is the first time RMO’s account was deleted, and hopefully the last, so we’re not really sure what happens with the credits. We also cannot access our other blog when RMO’s account was deleted.
Anyway, we’ve already sent a request for reinstatement and the following suggestions:
- A grace period before deleting the accounts of blogs with server errors. Normally, we take action ASAP when our sites go down but the issues usually can’t be resolved in a matter of hours, especially since we have to communicate with server technicians on a different time zone.
- Suspend blogs with server issues instead of deleting the account. This way, we can still access other blogs linked to the said account. Like we wrote in our email, life is already stressful enough without us worrying EC will delete RMO’s account whenever one of our blogs takes a dive.
Do other loyal EntreCarders have a similar experience? We have recently clicked on a lot of EC cards with “blog deleted” notices, including ones that have recently advertised on RMO.
UPDATE:
A day after we submitted our request for reinstating RMO’s deleted account, we were able to access the it again. We now have answers to our previous questions.
1. All ads bought on RMO thru EntreCard were automatically canceled. This is one less thing to worry about.
2. Except for the running and lined-up ads, everything else remained the same, including the amount of EntreCard credits. Again, we emphasize that the EntreCard credits we have before and after the deletion remained the same.
No. 1 — October 23rd, 2008 at 11:28 pm
Hi.
I noticed your blog was missing.
Today, I´m trying to drop on your blog but the widget shows the message “No such user”. I tried to reload the blog a few times but the message is the same.
I agree, blogs shouldn´t be deleted when they´re down for server reasons.
All the best.
Mizés last blog post..Attribute in links, Images or Banners
No. 2 — October 24th, 2008 at 1:54 am
Yesterday my website hit the monthly bandwidth limit and my page is showing the 509 Bandwidth limit exceeded. I was also scare that my blog will get deleted so I posted in the forum and seek for help.
One advice I got from that is, next time if we have a server down issue, we may go to the “Advert settings” in our dashboard and untick the “Allow Entrecard users to apply for advertising on your widget” This way, our blog won’t show up on the campaign section and we won’t get penalty if our Entrecard widget is not available.
I also recommend a grace period before deleting a blog. Maybe just “pause”/hold the account and give the owner some time to react. If the problem cannot be resolve in like (let’s say) 3 days, then the blog will be deleted.
Wysterys last blog post..Godaddy .com domain name for $2.19
No. 3 — October 24th, 2008 at 5:45 am
You know I have gained a lot of new readers via EC. and for that I am grateful.
But, I am also a wee bit irritated by their latest demands and terms.
I almost feel as if they are running my blog some times and not me.
For example: I always used to have my music player on autoplay.
Many times I matched a song as close as possible to the post of the day.
Now I have my music player but it has to be turned off.
I do realize that many people don’t want to listen to music on sites and that’s their prerogative.
But when a forum starts dictating too much then one really has to wonder if it’s worth it or not.
After all, without us they wouldn’t exist at all.
I think they should realize that we are their customers and it is them who needs us more than we need them.
I was a popular blog before them…I’m sure I would survive without them again.
I hope you get it all sorted out. Because this was not a proper action for them to take in my opinion.
At the very least they should contact their customers with a warning instead of just deleting them and then letting you know.
Shinades last blog post..PhotoHunt Family
No. 4 — October 24th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
My blog was deleted from Entrecard once because I had posted a press release concerning a new drug being approved to help CIDP patients because it wasn’t original content. My blog was reinstated fairly quickly after I removed the press release.
If I remember correctly, I still had all of my credits when my blog was reinstated. All of the ads I purchased or had purchased from me were removed, though.
kithlyaras last blog post..Living with CIDP – Strength and Weakness
No. 5 — October 24th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
last month my account was deleted too, but it is said that because I never update my posts. Guess I be unlucky coz my friend never updates his post, but still he survive from EC
No. 6 — October 24th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Good job I did not delete you from my bookmarks. Glad you are up and running again.
Marks last blog post..Credit Crunch Jokes !
No. 7 — October 24th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
glad, I read this post and comments:) i never really care much about entrecard at first coz I don’t quiet get it…then, it helped my traffic but it was just a lot of work too!
oh, that would be a bummer to be deleted right away without warning:(
A Grateful Hearts last blog post..We’re Moving on Monday!
No. 8 — October 25th, 2008 at 7:07 am
Good to see you back into the Entrecard system. Suprisingly, there are a bunch of sites in my category that are not functional or have EntreCard removed. I wonder if they will get deleted ?
Tatanyas last blog post..Wu-Yi Tea Weight Loss Solution Scam Ripoff Review
No. 9 — October 27th, 2008 at 8:59 am
I can’t believe they’d delete your entire account, along with your credits. That’s ridiculous.
No. 10 — October 29th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Hello all!
@ Mize
Thanks for “dropping” by.
We’re glad fellow ECarders don’t cose the tab at once when a site doesn’t load.
@ Wystery
Thanks for the tip. We’ll try to do the same next time.
@ Shinade
Thanks for that lift. Actually we toyed with the idea after it the account was deleted.
We’ve been particularly busy the past month and we’re looking at a hectic schedule until January so we’re afraid RMO is going to slip under EC’s blog standards.
On server issues alone, we can’t promise to rush things up every time RMO will go down and it’s going to bring the other blogs with it.
But EC is simply a young enterprise run by a young team. We really hope they can push EC into maturity in one piece and, hopefully, soon.
@ kithlyara
Hey, thanks for the info. Our credits were intact too. We were unaware we can’t show press releases. Now we have to watch that too.
@ Jingga
However, they may have everything on autopilot now by checking the dates of RSS feeds (the one that appear on our blog profile).
@ Mark
Ha! Ha! Thanks for keeping RMO there.
@ A Grateful Heart
Yeah, it’s a lot of work but it’s also a lot of real traffic. What we most like about EntreCard are bloggers like you folks here, taking the time to comment and cheer up a fellow Entrecarder.
@ Tatanya
Thanks. Those blog smight have been deleted. Click on the bar if it says “user not found” or something similar, it’ll take you to a “blog deleted” notice.
@ Dawn
No, no, they only deleted the account but our credits remained intact. That’s what we learned after they reinstated the account. Thanks.
No. 11 — March 12th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
Very nice information. Thanks for this. By the way, did you create this layout yourself?