Stymbleupon. WTF!!!???

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by Paul5151, Dec 14, 2007.

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    Some days ago, I've put my blog to stumbleupon.com site. Also, I have rated some sites and added some friends. One day after that I've started receiving very much traffic from that site, today I received even ~650(and it's note the end of the day yet). So, is the stumblepon an amazing advertising tool, or there is a problem with my counter and google analytics :D :D ?
    I though that advertising is a bit more difficult :D
     
    Paul5151, Dec 14, 2007 IP
  2. Lethal7

    Lethal7 Active Member

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    it will get you bulk traffic, but it will die down in the next few days.
     
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  3. norfstar

    norfstar Peon

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    Stumbleupon might send 650 people to your blog, but it will probably be only a small fraction that actually read it - most will stumble onto another site within a few seconds.
     
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  4. Paul5151

    Paul5151 Peon

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    Oh!!! Now I remembered about that stumble button :D I though that people can access your site only from the stumbleupon's website :) Everything is clear now :D Thanks for replies :)
     
    Paul5151, Dec 14, 2007 IP
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    babyboy808 Well-Known Member

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    Exactly what everyone else is saying, Stumpleupon traffic is pure crap
     
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  6. Qryztufre

    Qryztufre Prominent Member

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    I thought this thread would be something cool about what stYmbleupon is doing... but blah, traffic from them would likely be low quality as well.
     
    Qryztufre, Dec 14, 2007 IP
  7. Stas

    Stas Peon

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    I have had success in the past with StumbleUpon for a blog. I think that social bookmarking tools should be used as a component of an overall strategy. Content is still king and monetizing that content relies heavily on contextually relevant advertising.

    If you get some new users because of a stumble, that's great. The goal is converting those users into regular visitors. Stumble can't help you with that; it's all about your site then.
     
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    magda Notable Member

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    Also - stumbleupon 'hits' get inflated because of the prefetch feature

    http://help.group.stumbleupon.com/forum/48030/

    Depending on what you're using for your stats and how it counts uniques, I reckon you can easily cut that figure in half.

    That being said - if it's free traffic, and just a few people actualy look at your site, it's better than a poke in the eye with a sharpened stick. :)
     
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  9. dman_2007

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    I agree if you didn't have to work much for it then it is better than having nothing, otherwise you'd well advised to look at other better targeted sources of traffic
     
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    ozziedave Member

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    Yeah the same thing happened to me with visitors a fair while ago - I got 200 in 20 minutes then ... not much. Stumbleupon would have some chance of working for you if you have a GREAT homepage and you get the visitor away from that rotten button.
     
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    The point is to retain 10% of that traffic somehow. I haven't had much luck retaining Stumble's traffic at any site.
     
    2pencil, Dec 14, 2007 IP
  12. WilsonA

    WilsonA Active Member

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    Su traffic is a waste of time for me I just do it for the backlinks to my
    site even though they have nofollow it still helps my sites ranking in the
    serps
     
    WilsonA, Dec 14, 2007 IP