How to Use StumbleUpon to Increase Web Traffic
Posted on March 17, 2008 by
Rosanne Lim 
Promotion, Social Media 
4 Comments
What is StumbleUpon?
StumbleUpon is very much similar to social bookmarking sites such as Del.ico.us and Digg but it has a slight difference. This is because while other social bookmarking sites tend to send thousands, if not millions, of visitors your way in a span of several days if your story made the front page; StumbleUpon provides a lower amount of traffic in a more consistent rate. Using StumbleUpon is a good way to drive traffic to your site is a great way to build a loyal base of readers.
How to Use StumbleUpon
Basically, StumbleUpon works when a user downloads a toolbar that allows them to rate a particular website as thumbs up or thumbs down. To receive traffic from StumbleUpon, you must first submit one of your webpage. Then, you should browse your own website and select the thumps up symbol to be able to add it in StumbleUpon.
Increasing Traffic
You can increase your traffic using simple techniques in StumbleUpon. Some of the strategies you can try out include:
· Adding more friends. Having more friends will allow your site to be exposed to a greater number of users who will see the newly added pages on your site.
· Submit new pages. When you create new blog posts, for example, you should submit this URL to StumbleUpon using their toolbar. This technique will increase the number of pages you have in the database so the likelihood of users “stumbling” on your webpage is also improved.
· Categorizing pages property and adding multiple tags. These two techniques will allow you to attract relevant traffic to your site.
· Rate websites. Get involved in the community because it can definitely help your site appear to StumbleUpon users who share the same interest as you. This will increase the likelihood that they will rate your site with thumbs up as well.
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Might wanna be careful with self submission on SU. I managed to get my account flagged for that (even though I did it very few times compared to many stumblers). Now thumbs-ups from my account for my URL don’t do anything, but I can still thumbs-up other sites.
I like StumbleUpon and I do self-submit. It would suck if they limited my activity, not that I do a whole lot but…
I lost my Digg account after about the first week I was signed up. I never had iffy content at all so that isn’t why. They of course don’t respond to email requests asking why they banned my account.
The only thing I did on Digg is to digg my own posts and I think it was less than 10 diggs.
Self-submitting is fine but do it “once in a blue moon” (in other words, space it out).
also, be sure to stumble other stumblers’ submissions if they’re good.
That should do the trick!
StumbleUpon is great, sometimes I’ve got tons of traffic from them.