StumbleUpon
StumbleUpon is like channel surfing on the web, learn how to grab some eyeballs in this section.
StumbleUpon: The Antithesis of Google?
Written by Muhammad Saleem on October 8, 2007 | 45 comments
With over 3.5 million registered users (up from 600,000 two years ago), StumbleUpon has left the techie niche and has become mainstream. But unlike Google which makes its billions from helping you find what you're looking for, StumbleUpon helps you discover content that you may not be looking for but will probably find interesting.
StumbleUpon: Exposure That Lasts
Written by Muhammad Saleem on August 31, 2007 | 11 comments
After looking at my statistics after numerous posts from my site were submitted and promoted on StumbleUpon, I saw a huge difference between traffic from the more mainstream socially driven sites (i.e. Digg and Netscape) and that from StumbleUpon, in a very positive way.
What You Can Learn From The StumbleUpon Top 50
Written by Muhammad Saleem on August 29, 2007 | 6 comments
Any socially driven site is only as good as its top users. In line with the Pareto principle, most of the content that is moderated and is successful (or unsuccessful) on social sites is the result of a select few users. With that in mind, let's take a look at the top users on StumbleUpon and what we can learn about them and from them.
The Unappreciated StumbleUpon Effect
Written by Muhammad Saleem on August 2, 2007 | 15 comments
Content producers, service providers, and marketers alike, crave the Digg effect, the Slashdot effect, and so on, but you rarely ever hear about the power of StumbleUpon (and it is quite powerful).
How Google Will Save StumbleUpon
Written by Muhammad Saleem on July 15, 2007 | 4 comments
In March I wrote an article talking about how time-sensitive content doesn't work on StumbleUpon and how it was a huge drawback of using the service. Today I learned that Google is creating a new META tag that will help similar problems.
Subvert and Profit Expands to StumbleUpon
Written by Steve Searer on July 13, 2007 | 483 comments
Subvert and Profit, the site which pays social media website users for their votes, has announced it will expand its services to StumbleUpon on July 16th. While some people believed S&P would go down in fiery flames, there have been a couple of interviews with the site's owner that paint a much different picture.
Google's Dice is Useless, What I Learned in 20 Clicks
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 28, 2007 | 12 comments
Not long after the news spread that StumbleUpon was to be acquired by eBay, Google announced what many considered to be a direct competitor to StumbleUpon. Today I learned once again that this is far from the truth.
StumbleUpon Launches StumbleThru
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 20, 2007 | 3 comments
StumbleUpon has released a new feature dubbed StumbleThru, described by the site as simply "A brand new way to explore personalized content within fast-growing sites!" In actuallity, the feature is much closer to a mechanism of viewing content only from sites that are considered 'high trust' or 'pre-approved' based on ratings received from the masses.
Google's Dice: It's a Gamble
Written by MG Siegler on April 19, 2007 | 11 comments
About a month and a half ago, Google Operating System noted that a previous iteration (from 2001) of the Google Toolbar had an intriguing functionality that at the time no one thought much of: voting a site up or down (via smiley face or frowning face). I noted the obvious, that this functionality was identical to StumbleUpon's thumbs-up or thumbs-down vote, but also that it was odd that Google would lack the foresight to see the social implications (or potential) of this feature (not only as used by StumbleUpon but it was also similar in many ways to Digg with the up or down vote for a site).
eBay and StumbleUpon Unite to Take on Multi-Billion Dollar Social Shopping Industry
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 18, 2007 | 4 comments
If Michael Arrington and Om Malik are to be believed, StumbleUpon has just been acquired by eBay, possibly for around $40 million to $45 million. Here's a look at what eBay stands to gain from this acquisition.
StumbleUpon drops audience rank feature
Written by Cameron Olthuis on April 17, 2007 | 9 comments
Joe Whyte pinged me this morning to tell me that StumbleUpon has removed the audience rank feature. For those of you who don't know, the audience rank was a way to tell how many people stumble upon your favorite sites.
LeapTag, StumbleUpon, or Both?
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 17, 2007 | 2 comments
If you read Mike Arrignton's review of LeapTag you were probably left wondering, should you use LeapTag, StumbleUpon, or a combination of the two?
Using StumbleUpon for Determining Opinion
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 9, 2007 | 2 comments
Not only is StumbleUpon a great content discovery engine and source of traffic, but it is also a good way to determine what your audience thinks of your content/service.
Time to Join StumbleUpon
Written by Muhammad Saleem on April 3, 2007 | 8 comments
A redesigned StumbleUpon homepage takes the service a few steps closer to 'traditional' social bookmarking and socially driven news and content sites. At the same time, the redesign provides a great opportunity for hesitant users who were previously confused or put off by the service to join its ranks.
I Wouldn't Submit That to StumbleUpon
Written by Muhammad Saleem on March 4, 2007 | 6 comments
I have been using StumbleUpon for a few weeks and have realized some important considerations that you should take into account when submitting content to the service.
Learning to StumbleUpon - Rush Hour Episode 3
Written by Cameron Olthuis on February 21, 2007 | 17 comments
This week we focused on StumbleUpon, everything from what StumbleUpon is to tips on using it to drive targeted traffic to your site. Learn why you should become an active member in the StumbleUpon community and how to get the most out of StumbleUpon and the traffic that it can bring.
StumbleUpon Launches StumbleVideo
Written by Neil Patel on December 14, 2006 | 1 comment
StumbleUpon's social browsing application has been such a big success in the past couple years they decided expand. They just launched StumbleVideo which recommends videos based on what others voted as thumbs up and thumbs down.
Traffic comparison of StumbleUpon, digg and del.icio.us
Written by Neil Patel on October 2, 2006 | 5 comments
During the second week of September I wrote a post called My 50 favorite design resources that got traffic as a result of StumbleUpon, digg and del.icio.us. The article received 11350 visitors from StumbleUpon, 8879 from digg and 2715 from del.icio.us. As a result here are my observations regarding the visitors and overall traffic:
How to get StumbledUpon
Written by Neil Patel on September 26, 2006 | 14 comments
StumbleUpon is a popular social site that over 1 million people use. It is not as popular as digg or del.icio.us, but it drove 17,209 visitors in the last 25 days to this blog. That makes it a valuable traffic source, so lets see how StumbleUpon works and how you can use it to get traffic to your website.
