Not only is StumbleUpon a great way to use up your free time, its also another essential tool for anyone with a website. In my last post I talked about Digg and how every blogger should use it, StumbleUpon is a great one for any level of website.

StumbleUpon falls in the social bookmarking category and again is a great widget to install on your blog. You can add an website to your Stumbleupon porfile and even write reviews for your own and others’ website. You can also stumble every page on your site, so for example I can stumble my homepage, profile and every blog post. Again, the goal is to create a viral effect, more stumbles mean you are more likely to show up on the stumble website or show up for a “random” stumble. That’s right, users can click the stumble button (if it is installed in their browser, or go to the StumbleUpon site) and automatically be taken to a website that matches their interests. What StumbleUpon sends you to is based on interests you’ve listed and other websites you’ve ranked.

Problogger talks about paid advertising through StumbleUpon. I personally don’t promote paying for online marketing, (why? when there are so many ways to do it for free!) however, if you are interested, check out his some of his posts. Also remember to find other people you network with who stumble, this always increases your ranking and traffic.

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Tags: Business, Social Bookmarking, StumbleUpon

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