StumbleUpon Traffic Beats Google
It’s a very close call, but for the second successive month Stumble Upon is my main traffic resource.
It’s beats Google by only a handful of visitors, but beginning November it was all the way down on my traffic resource list.
Just for the record, Windows Live is third.
The Stumble Upon traffic surge started one month ago when I published How To Use Stumble Upon To Your Advantage.
That was when I seriously started to use this service to give it a try after reading the articles mentioned in that post.
At the end of the month, Stumble Upon already was on top. I thought that may be a coincidence, but it’s been my main traffic resource since. And all I did was follow the the advice.
I’m kind of cautious when it comes to network building, because there’s something artificial about it.
You tend to build a network of people that you really do not know very well or not at all. The only goal is to extend that network just for the sake of it, but it actually has little or no use.
I strongly believe that the true networks that really work are very personal. And such a network exists outside of the walled space a social network is.
That’s why I started to contact some people after visiting their sites that I found at Stumble Upon and send them a nice message or a little review.
You see, clicking the Stumble button only gives a vote, adding a little review gives it a more personal touch showing your (hopefully honest) opinion. I never stumble pages I don’t like. I want to keep my reputation in good standing.
And that’s exactly what Stumblers like. In return, they’re more willing to do the same for you. It creates the traffic that you want.
I’m not the only one who’s pleased with the extra StumbleUpon traffic.
Here are some other interesting posts:
Social Networks: Why StumbleUpon Rules Them All
How To Ensure A Quality StumbleUpon Experience
The 1-Page StumbleUpon Blog Traffic Power Guide
Where does Stumbleupon traffic come from - explained
The Stumbleupon stampede - one amazing night of traffic
The Secret to Massive Digg/StumbleUpon Traffic Without Spamming
Can StumbleUpon Bring Traffic?
Here’s my StumbleUpon page again.
Add me as a friend after reviewing my site (leave some valuable comments) and build a personal network.
One that delivers!
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December 18th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
More people with a website should learn to Stumble. A recent client had stumble traffic that totaled over 2k uniques in a four hour period with an average time on site of over 2 minutes and a bounce rate of less than 40%. Stumble traffic is worth the effort.
December 18th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
That’s impressive Terry. I knew it worked great, but not like that.
December 30th, 2007 at 6:40 am
StumbleUpon is indeed the fastest traffic generator for our site too. Ranked #1 in our referring site and within 2 months, it generates hundreds of visitors every day.
January 25th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
We have just broken into the stumble upon venue, and are seeing results with clients as well…
March 11th, 2008 at 7:39 am
I believe you make a really good point about joining a network, don’t just join to say you joined. There is a lot of valuable information for you and a lot of smart people that you can get help from, so really participate and contact prople.
March 25th, 2008 at 9:25 am
Hi, I discovered the same StumbleUpon effect for Nubloo.com. A couple of posts did very well on it and brought us thousands of new visitors each day for weeks. The StumbleUpon peak was over 5k uniques in 24 hours.
Nice site btw, I’m adding you on SU
March 27th, 2008 at 5:27 am
I have received huge effect from stumbleUpon for many new sites of mine! I also have use a free services to achieve my stumbleupon effect: stumbleudon.com. Is really effective, I guarantee it. If you need invitation, just send me an email and I hit you one.
April 8th, 2008 at 10:07 am
Nice post. I agree to some extent - but I think it ultimately depends on the traffic you got from stumble. I know that I like most of the things that I see on stumble.
April 25th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
StumbleUpon does send me a considerable traffic to my blog, but so far the amount never reached equally to the traffic sent by Google. Thus, what did you do with your stumble technique that could gained such achievement?
April 26th, 2008 at 5:08 am
This is a form of networking that I am going to have to look into. It would seem to produce more focused relevant traffic which can only be a good thing.
May 15th, 2008 at 5:52 am
I have a great Experience with Stumble Upon!
Lot of new readers and Contibution Juice On my site!
May 17th, 2008 at 10:28 am
That’s interesting… my StumbleUpon traffic is nigh upon zilch. However my search engine traffic has never been better, but I suppose you can’t get them all.
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:36 pm
I have not use StumbleUpon before, but after read the post on “How To Use Stumble Upon To Your Advantage” I think it what to give a trial, I hope to get it as you did.
Moreover, Google is my best search engine in teams of traffic, but I am looking for other source of traffic to my sites. I hope social networking sites can do it.
May 24th, 2008 at 4:31 am
I have yet to take the journey into the promised land of stumbleupon but I have just been hearing way too much about it to turn my back on it any longer and keep using the excuse of information overload to stop me from checking it out.
I have even heard of people who are swapping their Google homepages for that of stumbleupon. The reasoning behind it is that it is a better source of information than Google as it’s been screened by other people first.
May 26th, 2008 at 9:28 am
I have tried Stumble Upon, and witnessed the potential of this social networking site as a traffic booster for sites. Still, I also realized it has little or even no positive effect on the blog’s earnings. How is it that there are some who brag about increasing their blog earnings because of Stumble Upon. Is it really possible?
May 28th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
I have been hearing so much about it, that i just started using it. It’s been 2 days so far and i haven’t seen much traffic change on my blog. I am looking forward to the outcome of this.
I’ll give it a week.
Cheers
June 6th, 2008 at 12:34 am
We’ve had some good experience with traffic generated through StumbleUpon, but in the long run Google referals always come out on top.
The biggest spike we’ve ever achieved came from getting on the digg top 10 list, which generated 80000 visits on a single day. This happened entirely organically, which is to say that digg.com users found our viral content to be genuinely interesting.
Consider this article: A strong, provocative headline, and content that people are genuinely interested in. Once you’ve seeded it, if your content is good you can sit back and watch the traffic mount up.
June 7th, 2008 at 9:49 am
I can say something about Stumbleupon traffic : Don’t get 10 friends to stumble your articles every time you post one, either. The site has filters for this kind of thing, and you’ll find yourself dinged or banned.
June 12th, 2008 at 2:56 am
I’m still fairly new to the whole stumbleupon thing but I noticed an increase in traffic when stumbling an interesting link. I still need to work on submitting in a way to maximize the exposure, like adding tags that effectively target the audience I’m aiming for. I will continue using it as it’s an effective way to get your info to interested readers free of charge. Social bookmarking has really helped my marketing efforts in a relatively short time. I also find that search engines will find the links that are promoted on these types of sites much more quickly. This probably has to do with the popularity of the sites and the ever changing unique content which keeps the spiders busy gathering all the new links.
June 12th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Wow, I’m sure you have built some good consistent visitors with Stumble, considering your niche. For my site it’s really difficult to convert those visitors into customers… aside from that, I don’t get nearly as much traffic from it because of the niche and the few people that actually give it the thumbs up.