How To Social Bookmark With StumbleUpon

Do you still bookmark your favorite sites the old way? Are you making efforts to generate traffic for your site? Indeed, social bookmarking has paved the way for more interactive and fun bookmarking techniques, and an effective at the same time free promotion for online business people. If you consider yourself a full-blooded Web surfer and online business person, then you could not afford to be not a part of the social bookmarking community.

But, if you are not yet a part of any of the communities formed by hundreds of social bookmarking sites, then it is about time that you get to know one of the top social bookmarking sites: StumbleUpon.

StumbleUpon is owned by eBay, and it reports over 4.5 million members. A pretty large number, isn't it? Just perfect for meeting people who have the same interests and yours and having people come across your website or blog. How do you get these privileges? Be a Stumbler! All you have to do is to visit StumbleUpon and create your account. All you need is your user name and your password. Yes, you got it right - it's for free. Update your profile, which includes listing down your interests. Install a tool bar on your browser, and when you click the surf button in your browser tool bar, you are directed to the site that matches your interests. You may choose to social bookmark it, rate it with a thumbs up and recommend it with your friends, or you may choose to ignore it or rate it with a thumbs down.

Now, when you own a site or a blog, you can social bookmark it yourself, and it gets to be stumbled upon by other Stumblers. When they find it cool, interesting, or a good resource for research, they are allowed to tag it, and share it with their friends. And what does this mean? Regular visitors and an increased traffic for your site. Furthermore, your site should catch the attention at first try by providing good articles, attractive titles, and so on. This is mainly because Stumblers are in search for specific sites that are fun, interesting, and valuable. When they do not like your site during their first visit, then they would not consider visiting your site again. But if it does interest them, they would be willing to go beyond your site's homepage.

As a Stumbler, you would also have to participate in StumbleUpon's activities. Add more friends and rate and tag other bookmarks. The more friends you have, the more likely your site to be stumbled upon by many Stumblers. Also, your participation would increase your credibility as a social bookmarker. By becoming a Stumbler, you do not only get to meet other people, you also get to create traffic for your site.