I recently “stumbled” the following article that I thought you needed to read. We hear a lot about what we
should do to make StumbleUpon work best for us. What I haven’t seen is a breakdown of the inner workings of the service that can drive tons of traffic to our sites if utilized correctly.
One thing I found interesting is that SU apparently counts it as kind of thumbs down when you land on a page and just stumble again without voting. I thought that only happened when you clicked to do a review of a site and closed the window without doing the review.
It’s a quick and informative read. Have a look at it here:
Don’t forget to check out Caroline Middlebrook’s new e-course, StumbleRush.
Best,
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Alfred Saforo cracked the Algorithm on his blog.
1. A stumble from the same person/IP address, for the same website over and over , will trigger a flag and traffic to this site will reduce significantly up to 90% with time.
2. Stumble exchanges are increasingly ineffective over time, unless the exchanges are one sided and one party is not getting any back in return.
3. One or two isolated stumbles by two or three isolated unused/unpopular stumble accounts will result in little or no traffic.
4. To become popular, a web page once stumbled should receive several Stumbles from well known or good Stumblers within a short space of time . Normally less than 24 hours.
5. Placing your web page/ site in the wrong category using keywords will get you the wrong sort of traffic and will eventually kill of your traffic as multiple users begin to thumb you down.
6. Some keywords carry more traffic than others.
7. The more stumble reviews you get, the more the traffic that will be directed towards your page.
8. A thumb down with a review is of more value than than a thumb up with no review.
9. Stumblers love pictures, they don't hang around long enough for text.
10. After receiving a flood of traffic from Stumbleupon, when your traffic goes down or “stumble's” go to Stumbleupon and buy some traffic. It will kick start your campaign. trust me.
Thanks for the excellent addition to my blog. Some of these things I had heard before and others are completely new to me.
Do you have a breakdown of which categories are hotter than others?
Thanks for the excellent addition to my blog. Some of these things I had heard before and others are completely new to me.
Do you have a breakdown of which categories are hotter than others?