Don’t Search… Just Stumble!!! A new promising way to discover
Thanks to StumbleUpon.com for bringing in lot of visitors to my blog site in the recent past; which made me write this post 🙂
In recent weeks, I have been watching a steady increase in the number of referrers being sent from the site StumbleUpon. Moreover I got similar referral hits on my other site ExpertsHeaven.com. Initially I was under the assumption that StumbleUpon is some kind of SPAM site and sucking my bandwidth (Even I was thinking to ban the site IP :(). Lucky I didn’t do so since I really learned what StumbleUpon is…!! Hence I though to write about StumbleUpon, so that webmasters and other can be kept informed about the traffic 🙂 and usage as well!!
According to WikiPedia,
StumbleUpon is a commercial web discovery service which integrates peer and social networking principles with one-click blogging. StumbleUpon is a social book marking site that adhere Web 2.0 StumbleUpon helps you discover and share great websites
StumbleUpon uses the ratings from the users to form collaborative opinions on website quality. When you stumble, you will only see pages which friends and like-minded stumblers have liked. Unlike search engines or static directories, this allows for a true “democracy of the web” – all members have a say (or) as to whether a page should be passed on. These ratings connect you to more like-minded members who then show you better pages (a kind of social networking)
StumbleUpon is a Canadian start-up that recently re-located to San Francisco. It was started by Garrett Camp, Geoff Smith, and Justin LaFrance, who bootstrapped the company for much of its early life. You must the read the Interview with Justin LaFrance of StumbleUpon.
Just don’t wait try out the StumbleUpon tool bar which is compatible with both IE and Firefox. Membership is free, and the database is accessed through a no-spyware tool-bar you add to your Firefox or IE browser. You take 2 minutes to join the free network, and then you tell it what your personal interests and start Stumbling!!!
Happy Stumbling!!!
Thanks for a useful post, I have had a look at the site. I think my Adsense site would do well. I can’t quite see how the users recommend sites to others. I will have to be patient I guess. Best wishes John
Best Wishes :)) Hope your getting hitz as well>!!!
dey naaye..kalakkara.da.nalla irukku da…. ellam use fulla irukku… categoriseda potta innum usefulla irukkum da..
Thanks dude!!! yeah… currently blogger does not support Category!!! I’m seeing if i can switch to WordPress!!! anyway thanks for the suggestion
All I can say is that I am glad that I stumbled upon your post. I hope to stumble again and again. Thank you.
One more to add up in Stumbleway!!! 🙂 thanks hiren for the visit 🙂