StumbleUpon New Ways to Drive Traffic To Your Site
StumbleUpon is a social application that allows you to discover Web sites, people, videos, online communities, product information and more in a manner very much like channel-surfing, but for the Web.
How does StumbleUpon Work?
StumbleUpon recommends sites based on your personal preferences and the recommendations of friends and other websurfers like you. A simple 2-level rating system allows you the opportunity to pass on or give your opinion on any webpage with a single “thumbs up” or “thumbs down”. The community rating system enables StumbleUpon to make better recommendations as you stumble along, providing an increasing level of relevance over time. These ratings also connect people sharing unique combinations of interests. Stumblers can share their favorite web sites and interact with other users to further improve their web surfing experience.
How do you become a Stumbler?
All you need to do is simply download the free StumbleUpon Toolbar. As part of the installation process, you choose which topics you are most interested in. Done.
Why is StumbleUpon cool?
Since StumbleUpon technology functions in an entirely different way from search engines, which gravitate to the large, established, and highly-optimized sites, it is a fun, relaxing way to discover entirely new sites that might never be found on Google.
Since I became a Stumbler, I’ve stumbled upon websites showing low-impact Hobbit-like woodland homes, a real-time map of global carbon emissions, Sam’s mailbox picture collection, Greenpeace’s map of the gigantic North Pacific trash vortex, the incomprehensibly abstract dontclick.it experiment, and the Free Hugs Campaign, which, corny as it seems, both made me laugh and moved me to tears.
Oh my God…StumbleUpon is addictive.
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About Lorna Li
I specialize in search engine marketing - paid search, search engine optimization (SEO) and Web 2.0 marketing - that is using the social web to create community, generate buzz, and maximize web presence around ideas, products and services. I am an expert in social SEO - the art of leveraging the social web to increase your web rankings. I can help you with buzz marketing and online reputation management. And I know a great deal about blogging.
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July 22nd, 2007 at 4:47 am
Nice blog!
Yes, SU can send a lot of traffic. It’s not always the best targeted traffic… people just stumble by for a quick look, but all traffic is good traffic…!
-Brett
January 14th, 2008 at 2:08 am
[...] information and more in a manner very much like channel-surfing, but for the Web. You can use StumbleUpon as a social media marketing tool for free – join a Stumble group for maximum impact – or as an advertiser. Other Stumblers vote your [...]
April 6th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
I couldnt understand how StumbleUpon is working, it was a pain.