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StumbleUpon Traffic to Magazine and Content Sites Down 27%

Adam Sherk

The news of layoffs at StumbleUpon reminded me that in compiling some year-end social media referral data I’d noticed that a number of sites had experienced declines in StumbleUpon traffic. Many of the sites were also included in the comparisons I did last year on Pinterest traffic and Pinterest links.

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How to Use StumbleUpon to Drive Traffic and Marketing Infographic

Your Escape From 9 to 5

There are way too many social media sites and you may not be using the best ones or get the maximum exposure. StumbleUpon is often an underutilized source for traffic; it does not boast the same user volume like the big boys – Facebook and Twitter. What is StumbleUpon? A Social Bookmarking Site – Similar to Delicious.

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Traffic From StumbleUpon Has Dropped 53% Since July

The Realtime Report

The share of traffic coming to publisher sites from StumbleUpon has dropped 53% since last July, according to new data from social plug-in provider Shareaholic. With this drop, Twitter now tops StumbleUpon’s share of traffic by a small margin of.22%.

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7 Surefire Ways StumbleUpon Can Make You A Better Blogger

SocMed Sean

For a while now, I have been hearing stories about how other bloggers are getting great traffic results from StumbleUpon. I admit it, though, I’m a bit late in the game to gleaning the true value of StumbleUpon. 6) Find new resources – As the StumbleUpon engine learns, it’s going to send new resources your way.

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StumbleUpon Etiquette Guide and Best Practices

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Brief Overview of StumbleUpon Since everyone is mostly raving about Twitter and Facebook as of late, I’m going to briefly define StumbleUpon and explain how it works. This description of StumbleUpon has been taken from the book: StumbleUpon [is] a social content discovery engine with bookmarking features.

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How StumbleUpon Is Changing

Small Business Mavericks

StumbleUpon has been around for a long time. What StumbleUpon is trying to do is stay current, and relevant. I think StumbleUpon is aware of that. You may want to change your site’s design from time to time to keep up with current web development standards and practices. This is a little bit exciting.

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StumbleUpon Channels: Which Media Brands Are Doing Well?

Adam Sherk

It has been a couple months since StumbleUpon rolled out its Channel pages for all members so I thought I’d check in and see how media brands are doing. Evergreen content tends to perform better on StumbleUpon than hard news, which is why Channels are a particularly good opportunity for breaking news sites. Breaking News.