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StumbleUpon is now banning sites that are using the social media site to increase exposure. This means no more giving your own blog or site a thumbs up, thinking you are are just saying "Hey come check this out!"
No contacting your friends on Stumble, either, asking them to give you a thumbs up. Nope, that’s way too egregious. Now you must be found by random people who are so impressed by your site or blog they’re moved to give you a thumbs up.
Well, take heart, there’s an easy enough way around this issue, although it will cost you money (surprise). Just pay Stumbleupon for advertising your site at $.05 per click, at whatever daily rate you choose. If you can’t give yourself a free stumble, you can pay $100 and get a couple thousand random stumbles.
I tried the StumbleUpon advertising several months ago for one of my sites. I spent $20 over a 5 day period, and got mostly thumbs up, when visitors bothered to vote (most didn’t). Those paid visitors averaged about 2 nanoseconds each on my site, so I can’t call it quality traffic, just traffic.
If you’re looking for numbers, that’s pretty inexpensive, but if you’re looking for quality visitors who are interested in what you have on your site, it’s not worth a plugged nickel.
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