Comments on: Why You Shouldn’t Stumble Yourself

By: A Problem with StumbleUpon? « Context Over Dogma

A Problem with StumbleUpon? « Context Over Dogma — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:53:37 +0000

[...] week, Jiannis wrote a great post called “Why You Shouldn’t Stumble Yourself” in which he brought up the seemingly little-known fact that the more you stumble pages within the [...]

By: Walking the Blog Marketing Walk « Context Over Dogma

Walking the Blog Marketing Walk « Context Over Dogma — Sat, 16 May 2009 16:51:03 +0000

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By: Walking the Blog Marketing Walk | PandemicBlog

Walking the Blog Marketing Walk | PandemicBlog — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:08:56 +0000

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By: Man Overboard

Man Overboard — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:41:32 +0000

The key here is to continuously expand your network. When someone thumbs up one of my posts, I send them a frined request along with a personal message thanking them for their good graces. This adds a fresh user to my network and he sees my future posts, and their frinds see them…

The key as you say, is to be social. I have found that since I began this practice, my traffic has spiked tremendously despite my continued self-submissions
~Man Overboard

By: horset » I?m an official contributor at the PandemicBlog

horset » I?m an official contributor at the PandemicBlog — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:04:12 +0000

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By: Kris

Kris — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:17:42 +0000

Unfortunately, this also happens when someone else submits your content regularly. A big fan of your site, for instance. Even though I still get a lot of votes, StumbleUpon completely stopped promoting my site, since the last 7 or 8 posts were all submitted by the same person – someone who is not affiliated to me. That means I have to ask a big fan to please stop liking me, which is kind of weird. It also means that if you want to sabotage a website (because it is a competitor for instance) all you have to do is submit every post it publishes.

By: Lessons on Blogging - Can You Build Real Traffic With StumbleUpon? | NOIRLECROI.COM

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:33:22 +0000

[...] reading the post, Why You Shouldn’t Stumble Yourself, on Pandemic Labs, I’ve finally come to a conclusion about whether or not you can really [...]

By: Slices

Slices — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:13:07 +0000

Hum… Masturbation is not a Crime!?

Serious tho, I think it would be better for everyone if website authors could just act honestly and submit their own stories.

By: Can You Stumble Someone To Death? | Rants and Raves of a Web Geek

Can You Stumble Someone To Death? | Rants and Raves of a Web Geek — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:23:52 +0000

[...] posts over at PandemicBlogs about the dangers of self Stumbling. Their initial post was about why you should not Stumble yourself, and their more recent post addressed the what they view as a problem with Stumble (the algorithm). [...]

By: James Duthie

James Duthie — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:36:45 +0000

@Jay – I regularly Stumble the content of a number of blogs that I read daily and derive great value from. And while not certain, I suspect the same process of dimishing returns applies. The more you Stumble a site, the less effect it has over time. I believe this applies whether it’s your own site, or someone else’s.