ProBlogger enjoyed significant traffic from bookmarking site StumbleUpon, until the site declared ProBlogger unwelcome at its domain; thanks to social media, that changed fast.
StumbleUpon & Discovery: It’s What’s For Dinner
Long ago a little old lady asked, “Where’s the beef?” These days, Hollywood writers have a beef with the studios, and people turned to the web to discover entertainment in greater numbers.
How Stumbleupon’s Beating Google, Yahoo & MSN
Stumbleupon is one of may favorite social media sites, Not only can it drive traffic that matches or often exceeds that of Digg, stumbleupon users are much less critical/confrontation/judgmental than the typical Digg user.
StumbleUpon Releases SearchReviews
StumbleUpon has launched SearchReviews, a new feature that allows you to discover interesting content anywhere you search.
Claiming Your StumbleUpon Blog through Technorati
Here’s an interesting tip that you probably haven’t thought of yet. In fact, this will increase the number of links to your StumbleUpon blog, and will automatically increase the “link juice” to every page that you add, review, or “Stumble” using the StumbleUpon service.
New eBay-StumbleUpon Takeover Rumors Surface
The rumors of a deal between eBay and StumbleUpon may soon become facts – the latest report indicates that the two companies are in “advanced talks.” And this news comes straight to you from “people familiar with the matter.”
eBay’s Stumbleupon Acquisition Ridiculous?
The GetANewBrowser blog says that Stumbleupon’s acquisition by eBay is ridiculous.
I don’t think so. Everytime I’m on Stumbleupon I get more traffic than I’ve gotten from any other Internet site or blog other than Digg (and I’ve been on quite a few of the world’s top Web sites, including home page of BBC). There are a LOT of people using Stumbleupon and that audience is among the most engaged of all Web sites out there.
Rumor: StumbleUpon To Be Acquired By eBay
Reports surfacing about a possible eBay/StumbleUpon deal have created quite a buzz throughout the blogosphere over the last 24 hours. Forsaking the significance that such a deal could have in the silently mounting animosity between Google and eBay, the rumored details of acquisition weave an interesting tale in and of themselves.
Headlines on the acquisition front have, by in large, been dominated by Google over the last six months, starting with the company’s highly publicized and now much scrutinized purchase of YouTube.
StumbleUpon Deletes Audience Rank Feature
StumbleUpon has ticked some of their users off recently by removing their audience rank feature.
SEO expert Joe Whyte wrote this on his blog about the sites actions. "It looks like Stumble Upon has taken a page out of the book of digg and started removing factors that allow you to gauge your rank and profile power within stumble upon."
Digg and StumbleUpon Engage Community
It seems not a day goes by that a new “Digg-clone” pops-up on the radar and everyone chastises them for copying the popular voting model.