We Are Getting Stumbled!

1594 days ago

This blog is certainly getting a much need boost in the traffic department these few days. Wuhahahaha! All thanks to Stumbleupon. Stumbleupon is a social networking site, a bit like Digg,...

This blog is certainly getting a much need boost in the traffic department these few days. Wuhahahaha! All thanks to Stumbleupon. Stumbleupon is a social networking site, a bit like Digg, but you will need to install their toolbar (for Internet Explorer and Firefox) first. What you do is find a site or a webpage which you like and then you stumble it. Basically it means you bookmark and allow others to “discover” which sites you have stumbled and they can visit as well. Of course you can rate the site, write a review on the site and so on. However, the best part of Stumbleupon is that you can “channel surf“, something which I am very guilty of doing. Nothing beats a boring day than to click on the Stumble! icon and see what site it brings to you. I have “stumbled” to a lot of great sites, some of which is pretty pretty interesting. You should give it a try. Just download their toolbar (it’s very small in size, free and comes with no spyware or virus!) and sign up for an account. After which you are on your way to discovering great new sites, many of which you normally won’t find without any help.

The best part of Stumbleupon is if you are stumbled, your traffic doesn’t come in huge waves! Usually if this happens, like in Digg, it could simply crash your webserver or use up all your bandwidth, thus down goes your little website and everything on it. One example is to go to Digg and try browsing some of the top sites they have there. You will surely find that several sites could not be reached. But Stumbleupon, unlike Digg, the traffic comes consistently but you won’t be overwhelmed by the huge traffic. I got a very good review for one of my articles and I get consistently good traffic from Stumbleupon. Pretty cool huh? And please keep the traffic coming, we can take it.

So all hail Stumbleupon! My favourite social networking site! It’s just too bad that it requires a toolbar installed on your browser. A lot of people are now afraid of installing toolbars, due to the fact that a lot of toolbars contains spywares. But I am pretty sure that Stumbleupon toolbar doesn’t have any spyware (that sends personal information). I am a bit surprised that a lot of people (probably die-hard fans) spend a few hours everyday stumbling, it has become a hobby for a lot of them. Anyway I hope you guys will join me soon.