How did I get over 200 visitors from StumbleUpon?

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    I just checked Google Analytics and found out that I got over 200 visitors in the past couple of days from StumbleUpon for my SiteStartups blog. I've never received one visitor in my life from StumbleUpon so can somebody please explain to me how this happened. I tried searching for my website on StumbleUpon and couldn't find it.
     
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    willyboy104 Active Member

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    It will be the fact that someone probably stumbled your website somehow, or reviewed an article that you had written...
     
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    michael.aulia Active Member

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    Check the URL/content where you got the traffic from Stumble Upon.
    Then paste your url on: http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/...........[YOUR POST URL]..........

    You'll then see who stumbled your post :)
     
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    Hi..i was also shocked when checked my traffic stats in google analytics because it was the first time when i got 60 people from the referral source and that source was Stumbleupon.com, but i didn't understand how that has happened!
     
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    Someone simply was browsing your site.. found it interesting and stumbled the page.
     
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  6. gregdavidson

    gregdavidson Well-Known Member

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    Whenever I would stumble my own page nothing would happen. So basically your website only shows up on their site when "sombody else" stumbles it?
     
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    I think they have some sort of detection going on. IP detection or something? Or maybe based on accounts? I also got some traffic from them but not that much.
     
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    shabbirbhimani Well-Known Member

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    I tend to get around 2k but when I search the site it only shows the Tag cloud.
     
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    magda Notable Member

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    People on here forget - the purpose of stumbleupon is NOT so that webmasters can promote their own sites - it's so people can bookmark and share sites they like. That's why they try and cut down on spam.
    And all stumblers are not equal - a 'vote' from a stumbler with lots of 'fans' counts for more than if you submit it yourself. (unless you've got lots of fans, obviously)
     
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    Yeah following of what Magda said, if a stumbler is seen to be an active stumbler then a vote from them would be worth more than someone with a brand new account.
     
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    Following success on stumbleupon on your site, make sure 100% that you have a stumbleupon link for all of your future pages.

    If using software like wordpress, download and install a social networking widget and install it.

    However, word of advice. Try not to put on too many links for each blog. Perhaps settle on four or five (digg, stumble, facebook, delicious)

    Good luck
     
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