Comments on: The Power of StumbleUpon… http://websitedesigncork.com/blog/social-media/the-power-of-stumbleupon Frank Prendergast's web design thoughts, comments and tips. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:02:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Frank Prendergast http://websitedesigncork.com/blog/social-media/the-power-of-stumbleupon/comment-page-1#comment-66 Frank Prendergast Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:58:23 +0000 http://websitedesigncork.com/blog/?p=32#comment-66 Thanks! I'll check out your plugin... I had a quick look and it seems like an interesting approach - have you seen increased votes as a result of using it yourself? Thanks! I’ll check out your plugin… I had a quick look and it seems like an interesting approach – have you seen increased votes as a result of using it yourself?

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]]> By: Frank Prendergast http://websitedesigncork.com/blog/social-media/the-power-of-stumbleupon/comment-page-1#comment-49 Frank Prendergast Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:07:55 +0000 http://websitedesigncork.com/blog/?p=32#comment-49 Hi Caroline, Thanks for stopping by - the low bounce rate is actually a good thing and means that Stumblers are looking at more than just the entry page... which is interesting, because like you I would have thought there would be a high percentage of users just flipping through loads of sites... hence my wondering if they were following links from 'friends' on StumbleUpon rather than simply using the stumble toolbar... Hi Caroline,
Thanks for stopping by – the low bounce rate is actually a good thing and means that Stumblers are looking at more than just the entry page… which is interesting, because like you I would have thought there would be a high percentage of users just flipping through loads of sites… hence my wondering if they were following links from ‘friends’ on StumbleUpon rather than simply using the stumble toolbar…

]]> By: Caroline Middlebrook http://websitedesigncork.com/blog/social-media/the-power-of-stumbleupon/comment-page-1#comment-35 Caroline Middlebrook Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:03:54 +0000 http://websitedesigncork.com/blog/?p=32#comment-35 StumbleUpon is indeed a fantastic source of traffic however the reason for that low bounce rate is the nature of the stumbler. Very often people use that toolbar like a remote control on the TV with their finger hovered over the Stumble button ready to click through to the next site. The key is to grab the users attention very quickly! I'm developing a free course about StumbleUpon at the moment and this is one of the topics I have talked about in depth. Click my name to check it out :-) StumbleUpon is indeed a fantastic source of traffic however the reason for that low bounce rate is the nature of the stumbler. Very often people use that toolbar like a remote control on the TV with their finger hovered over the Stumble button ready to click through to the next site.

The key is to grab the users attention very quickly! I’m developing a free course about StumbleUpon at the moment and this is one of the topics I have talked about in depth. Click my name to check it out :-)

]]> By: Frank Prendergast http://websitedesigncork.com/blog/social-media/the-power-of-stumbleupon/comment-page-1#comment-33 Frank Prendergast Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:02:34 +0000 http://websitedesigncork.com/blog/?p=32#comment-33 Thanks! :) You're spot on about only promoting your own site, I think any community is a bit wary of someone like that - much the same as people begin to shun the person at a party who won't shut up about themselves! As for SEO, well it's always been a contentious issue... thanks for the warning though. Ah, if only we could rid all online communities of the trolls... Thanks! :)

You’re spot on about only promoting your own site, I think any community is a bit wary of someone like that – much the same as people begin to shun the person at a party who won’t shut up about themselves!

As for SEO, well it’s always been a contentious issue… thanks for the warning though. Ah, if only we could rid all online communities of the trolls…

]]> By: SEO UK http://websitedesigncork.com/blog/social-media/the-power-of-stumbleupon/comment-page-1#comment-32 SEO UK Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:04:46 +0000 http://websitedesigncork.com/blog/?p=32#comment-32 Nice article and congrats on the site. :) StumbleUpon is indeed a great source of traffic to a website. However it is largely unfocused and brings an untargetted audience. There is also a rather rabid community of trolls over there, whose sole purpose is to abuse anybody that so much as mentions SEO, or they think are only there to promote their own site. Tread carefully, my friend. Nice article and congrats on the site. :)
StumbleUpon is indeed a great source of traffic to a website. However it is largely unfocused and brings an untargetted audience.
There is also a rather rabid community of trolls over there, whose sole purpose is to abuse anybody that so much as mentions SEO, or they think are only there to promote their own site. Tread carefully, my friend.

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