StumbleUpon 101
StumbleUpon is a very addictive social networking website which is all about discovery, sharing, and "peer recommendation" of websites. The central behind this is that you are randomly served up web pages according to one of a number of user selected criteria such as pages on a particular area of interest or those of your friends. As of Feb 2008, the most popular social bookmarking site according to Alexa was StumbleUpon (with 31%), and following were Del.icio.us with 21% and Digg with 19%.
Here's a step-by-step guide to help you get started on using StumbleUpon.
Step #1: What's StumbleUpon all about?
StumbleUpon according to Wikipedia
StumbleUpon is an Internet community that allows its users to discover and rate Web pages, photos, and videos. It is a personalized recommendation engine which uses peer and social-networking principles.
Web pages are presented when the user clicks the "Stumble!" button on the browser's toolbar. StumbleUpon chooses which Web page to display based on the user's ratings of previous pages, ratings by his/her friends, and by the ratings of users with similar interests. Users can rate or choose not to rate any Web page with a thumbs up or thumbs down, and clicking the Stumble button resembles "channel-surfing" the Web. There is also one-click blogging built in as well.
Toolbar versions exist for Firefox, Mozilla Application Suite and Internet Explorer, but also works with some independent Mozilla-based browsers.
eBay acquired StumbleUpon in May 2007 for $75,000,000.
Step #2: Go to StumbleUpon and Sign up for an account
This is where it all begins
The first thing you need to do is to go to the official StumbleUpon website (http://www.stumbleupon.com) and sign up for an account. Step #3: Download the SU Toolbar
Sorry, this is mandatory
The next thing you will need to do is to download the StumbleUpon toolbar. Sorry, if you really want to participate in this social bookmarking community, you WILL NEED to download the toolbar. The toolbar enables you to vote and comment on each stumble that you make, as well as do other cool stuff. Step #4: Select which category of sites you would like to stumble upon
What do you like to see?
Step #5: Start your Stumbling !
Here we go
To start your Stumbling and discover new sites, click the Stumble! button at the leftmost part of the StumbleUpon Toolbar. Step #6: Watch a video on how its done
Here's a video to show you how
How to Stumble Upon the Internet
How to use Stumble the StumbleUpon toolbar to rediscover the Internet and make it fun and worthwhile.
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Step #7: Take a look at these tips and guides about StumbleUpon
Read these very interesting articles found on the internet about StumbleUpon
Fetching RSS feed... please stand bySome tips on using StumbleUpon
How To Use Stumbleupon Properly To Get Long Term Traffic
This video demonstrates the exact steps for getting the maximum amount on long term traffic from Stumbleupon.com
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Step #8: Take a look at my StumbleUpon stream
Just what am I stumbling upon on the internet?
This is the real time digital stream of my Stumbles. Enjoy following my StumbleUpon bookmarks!
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byStep #9: Read books on Online Social Bookmarking
Interviews with the Founders
Peeking into the minds of the founders of StumbleUpon
- An interview with Garret Camp, the Chief Architect
- This interview took place in 2006. Garrett describes StumbleUpon as a "personalized content discovery" service and outlines how it has grown to the million plus users it has today.
- Another 2006 Interview with Garret Camp
- Garret reveals how he started StumbleUpon in 2001 in Canada.
The StumbleUpon Addict's Confession Board
Tell us the truth, you do spend half your life on StumbleUpon right?
Share with us your experiences on StumbleUpon and how its eaten up all your available free time. Do you now have 500 fans, 200 reviews? Let us know.
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