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A Stumble Out of Nowhere

Published February 5, 2008 | By admin

I recently downloaded RapidReader to test out how fast I could read some PDF files lying around on my desktop. One of the files I happened to choose was Web Traffic Orgasm, a book by Dean Hunt about getting stories on the front page of Digg.

I don’t use Digg that much, yet, but this PDF does have some good details about getting any post ranked higher on any type of page ranking system. I mention all of this because I think I absorbed the book by osmosis. I didn’t set out to get one of my pages stumbled, didn’t use this book as a guideline, but somehow I used a few of its tips without thinking about it or I just stumbled upon something. Read more... (312 words, 2 images, estimated 1:15 mins reading time)

Posted in Social Media, Traffic | Tagged getting stumbled, stumbleupon, stumbleupon traffic | 17 Comments

Stumbleupon Not #2 in Social Bookmarking

Published September 26, 2007 | By admin

According to ReadWriteWeb, they didn’t even make it to #6. But, of course, bookmarking is so last year. Delicious is #1, of course. And Magnolia is #2. Just interesting.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged delicious, magnolia, stumbleupon | Leave a comment

Ebay now owns StumbleUpon

Published May 31, 2007 | By admin

$75 million was a cheap price tag compared to what has lately been paid for social websites. Not sure what this exactly means for either one, but Ebay’s stock went thorugh the roof, leaving we wishing I had some.

Posted in Business, Journal, Web 2.0 | Tagged Ebay, stumbleupon | 2 Comments

An Introduction to Social Media Strategy and Socially Driven Content

Published May 28, 2007 | By admin

An Introduction to Social Media Strategy and Socially Driven Content – eMoms at Home – Blogging and Internet Marketing for Home Based Entrepreneurs

This is a great article on getting traffic from social networks. Enough said. Read the rest there.

Posted in Blogging, Traffic, Web 2.0 | Tagged delicious, digg, netscape, social_media, social_networks, stumbleupon | 1 Comment

Yoono vs StumbleUpon

Published April 28, 2007 | By admin

For the person who wants to wander aimlessly through a bunch of sites generally related to his interests, StumbleUpon is great. Pick you topic and start Stumbling. Great way to expand your horizons on the variety of sites under a general topic. I consider it mainly an automated brainstorming session. Of use many times.

Of course, searching through Google or other “modern” search engines, the results you find can be so off compared to what you were actually looking for that you think you were Stumbling. Read more... (362 words, estimated 1:27 mins reading time)

Posted in Uncategorized, Web 2.0 | Tagged stumbleupon, yoono | 5 Comments

Getting the Social Thumbs Up

Published February 1, 2007 | By admin

Case Study: How a Headline Made the Difference Between 100 and 5000 Visits – Pick the Brain – Getting Smarter Every Day

The headline of the article does make a difference. John Wesley submitted the same article multiple times to several social networks. It bombed until he read a few things on writing headlines. He lists all the sources he used to pull of this accomplishement. Good Read.