StumbleUpon Traffic Beats Google
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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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That’s impressive Terry. I knew it worked great, but not like that.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.