Stumble Upon is my god
I know I’m probably behind the curve on this one, but if you use Firefox, you have got to try out the Stumble Upon toolbar. I have discovered more cooler websites in less time, and been more inspired by them, than by any other one source. Remember the browser war? This may singlehandedly tip the scales in favour of Firefox - it’s that good. This thing is going to infect people. Checkout the random, coolstuff it sent me to tonight.
What it does is use the power of a number of incredibly bored web surfers, and recommend sites according to what you already told them you like. So if you like the In Over Your Head podcast, you’ll probably like what its other fans enjoy as well. And if not, you can make it aware of your preferences with a single click.
Another great thing about it, from the point of view of the website, is that it sends people your way with literally no work. I daresay it may be more powerful in the long term than boingboing in the number of referrals it is sending to my site this month.
Anyway, do yourself a favour and try this thing out. And when you do, don’t forget to tell them you like In Over Your Head!
Pssssst, are you new here? You might want to pick up my RSS feed, it'll let you know when I put up new stuff. Thanks!
Filed by Julien at 10:46 pm under random
dude, this is like Pandora for websites!
Holy shit, this is the coolest thing ever. Well, second only to Julien Smith, that is.
[…] The amount of posts I have seen in the past week talking about the power of Stumble Upon is shocking. Last year, I talked about how Stumble Upon was sending traffic to my site like crazy. Now, everyone is realizing how the power of a crowd of bored internet users can send your site unbelievable amounts of traffic. […]
It works with internet explorer also
I’m an official Stumble addict. I’ve been stumbling for 1 1/2 years and am loving it more and more. The best part about it is the quality websites you discover and THAT even improves with time and the number of sites you rate. Besides that, you end up meeting like-minded people who share your interests. And just in case you become addicted there is even a Stumble Group, Stumbler’s annonymous.
Stop in and say hi, I’m at http://auntieem.stumbleupon.com/.
I have only been stumbling for a little over a month… and I’m definitely addicted! Not only can it send tons of traffic to your site, if you try it, you may just fall in love with it! I have discovered so many new business contacts, people with similar interests, awesome new sites, tips and tricks on everything about the web, and some awesome new friends!!
http://alicia27.stumbleupon.com/