Comments on: Stumbleupon: My Experiment To Increase Website Traffic Using Stumbleupon.com http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/stumbleupon-my-experiment-to-increase-website-traffic-using-stumbleuponcom/ Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 15 May 2010 18:18:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jill Olkoski http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/stumbleupon-my-experiment-to-increase-website-traffic-using-stumbleuponcom/comment-page-1/#comment-5092 Jill Olkoski Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:06:02 +0000 http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/stumbleupon-my-experiment-to-increase-website-traffic-using-stumbleuponcom/#comment-5092 Hi CR, A 4 week old website is a very, very young website. I'd think that looking at your traffic stats would give you some clues - but traffic from Google images (unless you're selling images) is not really useful traffic for a website about losing weight and living longer. Also, I've seen sometimes that Google gives good rankings initially and then they fall lower to their actual position. So be patient and focus on adding relevant, useful, unique content to your blog. Hi CR,
A 4 week old website is a very, very young website. I’d think that looking at your traffic stats would give you some clues – but traffic from Google images (unless you’re selling images) is not really useful traffic for a website about losing weight and living longer. Also, I’ve seen sometimes that Google gives good rankings initially and then they fall lower to their actual position. So be patient and focus on adding relevant, useful, unique content to your blog.

]]> By: CR http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/stumbleupon-my-experiment-to-increase-website-traffic-using-stumbleuponcom/comment-page-1/#comment-5091 CR Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:03:06 +0000 http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/stumbleupon-my-experiment-to-increase-website-traffic-using-stumbleuponcom/#comment-5091 I really like this article, I have a website full of short concise information about living longer and losing weight. I started it 4 weeks ago and got up to 100 visitors a day based on google image referrals. For no Apparent reason, the traffic just died off. I am still stymied. I am constructing a blog and a little confused about SEO on a Blog, but anything is better then the 10 hits I received yesterday. Thanks for the tip. I really like this article, I have a website full of short concise information about living longer and losing weight. I started it 4 weeks ago and got up to 100 visitors a day based on google image referrals.

For no Apparent reason, the traffic just died off. I am still stymied.

I am constructing a blog and a little confused about SEO on a Blog, but anything is better then the 10 hits I received yesterday. Thanks for the tip.

]]> By: Worldofhiglet http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/stumbleupon-my-experiment-to-increase-website-traffic-using-stumbleuponcom/comment-page-1/#comment-1697 Worldofhiglet Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:20:58 +0000 http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/stumbleupon-my-experiment-to-increase-website-traffic-using-stumbleuponcom/#comment-1697 Hi Jill, Thanks for you quick and useful reply! I sort of thought that but as a relative newcomer to all this 'social whatnot' (!) software I value the opinion of someone who obviously has a great deal of experience. Great site, by the way, so much information! I'm off to visit DMOZ now after reading your article 'How to get visitor traffic....'. Hi Jill,

Thanks for you quick and useful reply! I sort of thought that but as a relative newcomer to all this ‘social whatnot’ (!) software I value the opinion of someone who obviously has a great deal of experience. Great site, by the way, so much information! I’m off to visit DMOZ now after reading your article ‘How to get visitor traffic….’.

]]> By: Jill Olkoski http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/stumbleupon-my-experiment-to-increase-website-traffic-using-stumbleuponcom/comment-page-1/#comment-1695 Jill Olkoski Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:08:32 +0000 http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/stumbleupon-my-experiment-to-increase-website-traffic-using-stumbleuponcom/#comment-1695 Hi Worldofhiglet, I believe the verb is "stumbling" :-) In my opinion, I don't think it's "cheating" to rate your own site, and in fact, I believe that's how many of the ratings get initially thrown into the StumbleUpon mix. I don't think you need to claim it as your site, I'd just try to give an honest summary - as honest as you can be given it's your entry. Hi Worldofhiglet,
I believe the verb is “stumbling” :-)
In my opinion, I don’t think it’s “cheating” to rate your own site, and in fact, I believe that’s how many of the ratings get initially thrown into the StumbleUpon mix. I don’t think you need to claim it as your site, I’d just try to give an honest summary – as honest as you can be given it’s your entry.

]]> By: Worldofhiglet http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/stumbleupon-my-experiment-to-increase-website-traffic-using-stumbleuponcom/comment-page-1/#comment-1694 Worldofhiglet Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:57:01 +0000 http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/stumbleupon-my-experiment-to-increase-website-traffic-using-stumbleuponcom/#comment-1694 Hi, A really interesting article, thanks for sharing your StumbleUpon experience, and yes, I found this article to be interesting enough to check out other posts! I've just downloaded StumbleUpon with the idea that I want to find interesting sites and encourage people to visit my blog. But I have a question for you - when StumblingUpon (is that the right word?!) and rating your own site what do you put in the blurb? Do you say it's your site or just describe it as you would any other site? If you don't say it's your site would it be considered cheating? I'm really interested in your thoughts about this. Hi,
A really interesting article, thanks for sharing your StumbleUpon experience, and yes, I found this article to be interesting enough to check out other posts! I’ve just downloaded StumbleUpon with the idea that I want to find interesting sites and encourage people to visit my blog.

But I have a question for you – when StumblingUpon (is that the right word?!) and rating your own site what do you put in the blurb? Do you say it’s your site or just describe it as you would any other site? If you don’t say it’s your site would it be considered cheating? I’m really interested in your thoughts about this.

]]> By: Joe http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/stumbleupon-my-experiment-to-increase-website-traffic-using-stumbleuponcom/comment-page-1/#comment-698 Joe Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:00:08 +0000 http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/stumbleupon-my-experiment-to-increase-website-traffic-using-stumbleuponcom/#comment-698 Thank you, I found stumble through a google search, as I also found your article from a "rate stumbleupon.com" google search. I wasn't sure I wanted to download the toolbar, but after your article I think it wouldn't hurt to check it out . Thank you, I found stumble through a google search, as I also found your article from a “rate stumbleupon.com” google search. I wasn’t sure I wanted to download the toolbar, but after your article I think it wouldn’t hurt to check it out .

]]> By: Kate http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/stumbleupon-my-experiment-to-increase-website-traffic-using-stumbleuponcom/comment-page-1/#comment-453 Kate Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:40:00 +0000 http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/stumbleupon-my-experiment-to-increase-website-traffic-using-stumbleuponcom/#comment-453 Love your site, Very imformative! K Love your site,

Very imformative!
K

]]> By: Linda Martin-Peoples http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/stumbleupon-my-experiment-to-increase-website-traffic-using-stumbleuponcom/comment-page-1/#comment-352 Linda Martin-Peoples Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:51:20 +0000 http://aldebaranwebdesign.com/blog/stumbleupon-my-experiment-to-increase-website-traffic-using-stumbleuponcom/#comment-352 Excellent article...lots of food for thought here. Thanks for it! ~Linda~ Excellent article…lots of food for thought here.
Thanks for it!
~Linda~

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