StumbleUpon Traffic

By Vlad Zablotskyy July 9, 2007

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The more I use StumbleUpon the more I like it. Even before the time I was kicked out by Digg, I had a feeling that StumbleUpon can deliver substantial amount of traffic, better than Digg. Unfortunately only with one of my posts receiving over 10 diggs I did not have good data to compare the two. So to my delight Darren Rowes just recently wrote a post where he shared some detailed statistics about StumbleUpon vs Digg traffic- confirming my long held belief about StumbleUpon traffic .

I have noticed that the more fans I was gaining the stronger traffic I could send to the posts I “stumbled”. As of today I have only 43 fans over at StumbleUpon. I understand that the traffic from StumbleUpon should be credited to my friends. Never the less I did noticed that even on the occasions when I was the only “stumbler”, I would receive 200+ visitors within one hour.

Interesting thing about StumbleUpon traffic that as it continues, it comes what I would call in waves of traffic. Some times the second wave of traffic can bring you more traffic than initial “stumble”. The statistics I have are insignificant to those offered by Darren, go and read what the big gun is saying about StumbleUpon traffic.

20 Comments

By CFernandes, July 9, 2007 @ 10:17 pm

Hi,
Yes, StumbleUpon is great. I even started a StumbleUpon “group” in one of my blogs where I receive sites to be stumble from my readers and email them to other readers at random.
By CFernandes, July 9, 2007 @ 11:17 pm

Hi,
Yes, StumbleUpon is great. I even started a StumbleUpon “group” in one of my blogs where I receive sites to be stumble from my readers and email them to other readers at random.
By Meg, July 10, 2007 @ 1:32 am

Hi Vlad

You are very right about StumbleUpon coming in waves! I've known bloggers to suddenly get thousands of visitors (on very old posts) in a short space of time. I wish I understood what triggers the sudden spikes a bit better! For me it's been a very nice source of traffic.
By Meg, July 10, 2007 @ 2:32 am

Hi Vlad

You are very right about StumbleUpon coming in waves! I’ve known bloggers to suddenly get thousands of visitors (on very old posts) in a short space of time. I wish I understood what triggers the sudden spikes a bit better! For me it’s been a very nice source of traffic.
By Vlad, July 10, 2007 @ 8:06 am

Meg,

I agree it is hard to figure out why these waves happen. We know that when you hit front page on Digg you get “hit”. Some times I think we may not be prepared to the kind of traffic StumbleUpon can bring.
By Vlad, July 10, 2007 @ 9:06 am

Meg,

I agree it is hard to figure out why these waves happen. We know that when you hit front page on Digg you get “hit”. Some times I think we may not be prepared to the kind of traffic StumbleUpon can bring.
By jon, July 10, 2007 @ 9:24 am

I would suggest that users with young sites that have adsense on them be carefull of stumbling. In my experience, most stumblers don't click ads. The traffic boost with a low cpm could put you into smart-pricing jmho. jon
By Vlad, July 10, 2007 @ 9:31 am

Great observation Jon! Thanks! I hope my recent stumble did not cause any problems, but I don't recall any AdSense on your blog.
By jon, July 10, 2007 @ 9:45 am

That is exactly why there is no adsense on my blog any more. My cpm was very bad so I removed it to try and help my niche sites. Honestly, I'm not sure it has helped yet. About two weeks.
By jon, July 10, 2007 @ 10:24 am

I would suggest that users with young sites that have adsense on them be carefull of stumbling. In my experience, most stumblers don’t click ads. The traffic boost with a low cpm could put you into smart-pricing jmho. jon
By Vlad, July 10, 2007 @ 10:31 am

Great observation Jon! Thanks! I hope my recent stumble did not cause any problems, but I don’t recall any AdSense on your blog.
By jon, July 10, 2007 @ 10:45 am

That is exactly why there is no adsense on my blog any more. My cpm was very bad so I removed it to try and help my niche sites. Honestly, I’m not sure it has helped yet. About two weeks.
By Las Vegas Realtor, July 10, 2007 @ 11:04 am

I “bumped” this post. I just started using stumbleupon, so I'm hoping that it will start sending me some traffic as well. I think the industry the site is about may have a lot to do with whether or not a site gives you traffic. I love your screen name. Did you know that Vlad the Impaler's castle is up for sale? Only a measly 135 mil and its all yours….. Do you belong to any groups on Stumble?
By Vlad, July 10, 2007 @ 11:14 am

lol only 135 mil huh? that's all?

I belogn to bunch of different groups there, but to be honest my activity there does not go beyond a “stumble” here and there. I will give a stumble to your site now.
By Las Vegas Realtor, July 10, 2007 @ 12:04 pm

I “bumped” this post. I just started using stumbleupon, so I’m hoping that it will start sending me some traffic as well. I think the industry the site is about may have a lot to do with whether or not a site gives you traffic. I love your screen name. Did you know that Vlad the Impaler’s castle is up for sale? Only a measly 135 mil and its all yours….. Do you belong to any groups on Stumble?
By Vlad, July 10, 2007 @ 12:14 pm

lol only 135 mil huh? that’s all?

I belogn to bunch of different groups there, but to be honest my activity there does not go beyond a “stumble” here and there. I will give a stumble to your site now.
By cmanlong, July 10, 2007 @ 8:40 pm

i really haven't been using stumbleupon much but like you after reading darren's post and doing a bit more research really see this as a long term traffic source.

later all and have a profitable productive blogging day
By cmanlong, July 10, 2007 @ 9:40 pm

i really haven’t been using stumbleupon much but like you after reading darren’s post and doing a bit more research really see this as a long term traffic source.

later all and have a profitable productive blogging day
By Crummy Two Cents, July 11, 2007 @ 1:48 am

Ironically I didn't even really know about StumbleUpon until I stumbled upon this post. I took a look at it and it seems like an interesting service but honestly I'm not 100% sure about how effective it will be. I'll give it a try though and see how it goes. Thanks for pointing it out.
By Crummy Two Cents, July 11, 2007 @ 2:48 am

Ironically I didn’t even really know about StumbleUpon until I stumbled upon this post. I took a look at it and it seems like an interesting service but honestly I’m not 100% sure about how effective it will be. I’ll give it a try though and see how it goes. Thanks for pointing it out.