Comments on: StumbleUpon is My Biggest Traffic Source, Without Even Trying

By: Chris Peterson

Chris Peterson — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:00:48 +0000

Yap! It plays important roles in between user and visitors. Also it provide huge traffic.

By: andrew

andrew — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:33:14 +0000

This is very great and interesting information. But I do not really know whether it works like that.

By: runseorun

runseorun — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:49:10 +0000

I’ll give it a try as well. Hope it works.

By: Stephen Baugh

Stephen Baugh — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:55:08 +0000

I think this is so true about stumbleupon. I however got into trouble and my account temporarily deactivated by them. Evidently it is against their Terms of Use to self submit. They track the number of times you promote a single site. They did reactivate after a little hand slap

Just a heads up.

What I have also found as mentioned by one of the comments above is that Stumbleupon is great for traffic, but I have had trouble keeping people. Not sure what that audience needs relative to that from other sources.

Cheers
Stephen

PS I just wrote a post on how to check who reviews you … you might find this useful.

http://www.stephenbaugh.com/blog/2008/09/how-to-see-who-reviewed-you-o n-stumbleupon/

By: Gyutae Park

Gyutae Park — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:46:46 +0000

Thanks for your feedback. SU definitely varies from niche to niche but I think there are plenty of opportunities for the industries you mentioned.

With a lot of networking and a proper strategy, you can stabilize your social media traffic. It won’t be as constant or as targeted as search traffic but the huge influxes can get you a lot of good quality readers that stay on your site.

By: James

James — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:04:44 +0000

When I first dived into Stumble Upon yes it was great 950 visitors on the first day 0 the next 5 then back 350 then nothing.

I have been posting to Stumble upon for quite some time with no love been given from anything. What could I be doing wrong when my organic search is ok for niche that I write for.

Is all sex and rock and roll in Stumble upon that gets the traffic as there seems to be no 60’s loving being shared for travel discussions and post..

Open to any comments or feedback, but I really think its donkey

Cheers – James littlenomads.com

By: Social Bookmarking

Social Bookmarking — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:10:00 +0000

yes, stumbe upon can send a lot of traffic but that traffic is completely useless. they dont convert to a single dime and have high bounce rate

By: Vlad Balan

Vlad Balan — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:51:45 +0000

I kinda gave up on SU, because it converts awful. It’s true that it’s easier to get traffic than other social news sites, but at least Digg and Reddit send considerably larger amounts of traffic and a lot more exposure.

By: Ed Taaffe

Ed Taaffe — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:29:05 +0000

I’m just inteested in promoting my own expertise trough my blog, so trffic is not the key so much as targeted qualified visitors. Do you think SU can stil work for me.

By: Yung Drew

Yung Drew — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:46:44 +0000

Yeah, I’d agree. It definitely doesn’t ‘convert’ as well. It does help out the Alexa ranking and looks good for overall stats. But if you write one flaming hot / UNIQUE post and submit it to SU – you’ve hit the jackpot…

StumbleUpon is the best. I’m convinced that Digg is a cult.