Adam Sherk

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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. Declines in StumbleUpon Traffic: 2012 vs. 2011. StumbleUpon Traffic Declines: Three-Year Trend. What Next for StumbleUpon?

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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.

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The Most Popular and Active News Brands on Instagram

Adam Sherk

Instagram may be a better fit for lifestyle publishers like the sites I covered in my posts on StumbleUpon traffic declines , Pinterest traffic gains and links from Pinterest. Diversified Twitter Strategies for News Sites. But today I thought I’d focus on news organizations.