Stumbleupon

[pschriel]

I am looking for some stumbleupon users, interested in personal development, who I can add to my SU friend list.

Would like to exchange links, and if possible thumb up and review our blog posts (but only if we find the articles good enough to thumb it up or review as do not want to ruin the system here). Will personally not thump up everything people send me, only if I think it is worth it.

If you are interested, my SU username is: pschriel

[David Cain]

You might as well add me. My name is GentleArt.

[ssandra]

Mine is ssandra001. I´ll add the two off you as well.
My blogs you can find in my signature (just my blogs, my company website is a whole lot less interesting...)

David, I already know your blog, and really like it.

[chrisrushton]

mine is chris-rushton. not all of my stuff is about personal development but there is a general positive vibe to what I'm talking about.

[Abitofzen]

This is a truly powerful way to build traffic.

I've already added all of you as friends.

I read some articles, I enjoyed them, and I stumbled.

my SU name is lemortedeben

Hopefully we can get some more intersted parties here

keep smiling,

Ben

[chrisrushton]

what do people find is the best widget for stumbledupon? i've been trying to get a really clear one but the best i have so far is the sharethis button at the bottom, which isn't all that clear.

[pschriel]

I use addtoany and have a couple of icons selected next to the addtoany button. As you I have tried to find a better one, but not really found it.

[Abitofzen]

I've used Share This, and Onlywire...

And I've had virtually no results with either

A lot of these buttons are great for tech blogs, because their audience is tech savvy and probably very familiar with digg, stumbleupon, twitter, etc.

I'm still trying to find the best way to find or create readers who are into personal development, meditation, spirituality, and are familiar with using social bookmarking.

keep smiling,

Ben

[pschriel]

Yes, it can be difficult sometimes. I don't think personal development is that popular. And beside that, I think most people just read and then move on.
Although with Stumbleupon, one stumble (and review, this is important too) can make a huge difference. I had one of my pages stumbled and got 20+ extra page views out of that. Although I get the impression, SU user quickly move on as well.

However, now I use SU, whenever I see a good page,I make sure I stumble and review.

[Abitofzen]

Originally Posted by pschriel

Yes, it can be difficult sometimes. I don't think personal development is that popular. And beside that, I think most people just read and then move on.
Although with Stumbleupon, one stumble (and review, this is important too) can make a huge difference. I had one of my pages stumbled and got 20+ extra page views out of that. Although I get the impression, SU user quickly move on as well.

However, now I use SU, whenever I see a good page,I make sure I stumble and review.

I'm very glad you've mentioned this, because mostly I've just been giving the thumbs up on SU... I haven't done too many reviews.

I'll have to add reviews into my routine!

keep smiling,

Ben

[pschriel]

Thanks you all for responding (I stumbled some of your posts which I liked). And by now you should have received a friend request throught SU. If you have not received it please let me know.

[chrisrushton]

i didn't realize that reviews made a difference. i'll definitely start reviewing the pages i like now.

my traffic has increased noticeably since we started doing this. from averaging less than 20 page views a day to around 40. profit has also gone up too

[Gene]

My Stumbleupon user name is davaomoon. I look forward to seeing you there.

[Gazzali]

Originally Posted by pschriel

I am looking for some stumbleupon users, interested in personal development, who I can add to my SU friend list.

Would like to exchange links, and if possible thumb up and review our blog posts (but only if we find the articles good enough to thumb it up or review as do not want to ruin the system here). Will personally not thump up everything people send me, only if I think it is worth it.

If you are interested, my SU username is: pschriel

Would you be able to stumble my site Proenrichment

I will do vice versa

[chrisrushton]

Originally Posted by Gazzali

Would you be able to stumble my site Proenrichment

I will do vice versa

consider yourself stumbled

[pschriel]

Gene,

I've tried to add you as a friend in SU, but for some reason davaomoon cannot be found by the system.

[pschriel]

Gazzali,

What a very good post you have on how Singapore became what it is today.

[marito]

Hey guys! I've added all of you. I write about dating & relationships, but I do have some personal development material too. Like how to be a good speaker, how to become charismatic, etc...

Please add me back! Username is: maritou .

I've stumbled your sites and hope you can stumble me back too! Take care!

[Gazzali]

Originally Posted by pschriel

Gazzali,

What a very good post you have on how Singapore became what it is today.

Thanks pschriel...

[Gazzali]

Originally Posted by marito

Hey guys! I've added all of you. I write about dating & relationships, but I do have some personal development material too. Like how to be a good speaker, how to become charismatic, etc...

Please add me back! Username is: maritou .

I've stumbled your sites and hope you can stumble me back too! Take care!

thanks maritou..

[Gene]

Originally Posted by pschriel

Gene,

I've tried to add you as a friend in SU, but for some reason davaomoon cannot be found by the system.

Try Davomoon, sorry about the typo. It is the correct user name and is active.

[Declan JJ Lestat]

Originally Posted by pschriel

I am looking for some stumbleupon users, interested in personal development, who I can add to my SU friend list.

Would like to exchange links, and if possible thumb up and review our blog posts (but only if we find the articles good enough to thumb it up or review as do not want to ruin the system here). Will personally not thump up everything people send me, only if I think it is worth it.

If you are interested, my SU username is: pschriel

Count me in, I'll check out your stuff later. Nice one, sir!

[coolbgdog]

I'm going to add you all to my stumbleupon list too.
My SU username: Coolbgdog

[AlwaysLearning]

Please add me to the list! SU account name is 'weresilkier', here's the link for your convenience: weresilkier's favorite web sites - StumbleUpon. My blog is Glowing Face Man.

[borntosucceed]

Please add myself as well. You find me as borntosucceed. I'll start adding everyone in this thread. And as per above, I am happy to thumb up when I like the post. Please return the favour.

The link to our life coaching website is below, where we have a dedicated section with artidcles.

Thanks

[chemmy1]

I 've an account with stumpleupon too but I don't seem to understand I can benefit from it. Anyway My username is chemmy1.

[chemmy1]

Hi Guys, I've added everybody on this thread on stumbleupon. Please I would like to know the comprehensive benefits of doing this and of that review sfuff.

Thank You.

[Declan JJ Lestat]

Oh yeah, I'm tattooedmadman.

[chrisrushton]

Originally Posted by chemmy1

Hi Guys, I've added everybody on this thread on stumbleupon. Please I would like to know the comprehensive benefits of doing this and of that review sfuff.

Thank You.

How I understand it is that more thumbs up and especially reviews increases the rating of the site. Since these sites don't publish their algorithms, I can only speculate that an increased rating increases the chance of a website being "stumbled" upon when the stumble button is hit. Higher probability = more hits = more traffic = more traffic = more traffic = ultimately more profit for people monetizing

[ssandra]

From their website i believe it goes something like this:

I stumble upon a website I like (website A) I give them a thumbs up.

My friend (1) is stumbling in the same categorie as website A and is more likely to receive website A over website B because a friend likes this as well.

Now website A has two tumbs up.

Now person 3, who is in no way related to me or person 1 is stumbling. He happens to tumb up several websites that I and person 1 have thumbed up as well.

He is now more likely to see website A when he stumbles.

Guessing here,

When a website is so good that people actually want to review it, instead of factor 1 in sumbling, it gets a 1,5. And maybe the more reviews, the higher the factor?