Digital Musings

When I first started blogging, I knew that the best way to get exposure is through social media sites. As I started participating, I saw that my blog got exposure, appreciation and a steady flow of traffic. But there were days when I saw that there was a huge surge of non-stop traffic, and the source was none other than StumbleUpon (SU) . I also observed that on the days when my posts received a lot of Thumbs Up from SU, the number of feed subscribers increased and so did the comments. Thats made me realize that SU can be an excellent source of new readers and getting diverse exposure from a wide range of audience.

I also noted that being active on SU can give you an edge over others and get better results. Thats why I decided that either slowly or aggressively, I should try and get in the Top stumblers list. However the opinion varies here. Some say that being a Top Stumbler does not give you an edge over others and isn’t that big a deal, whereas on the other side, Top stumblers are respected and get more exposure and a chance to be a part of a wonderful and expanding community.

Getting into the Top Stumblers list is a tough task. There are stumblers who have stumbled about 130,434 pages been with SU since 2 years or even more. But on the other side there are guys who have stumbled 500 odd pages and have been with the site since 4 months only. So there is no ideal profile to get into the TOP stumblers list. This seems encouraging. Some interesting information about Top StumbleUpon users can be found on my friend Glen’s Blog here.

I am going to try and get into the Top stumblers list with good old manual labor, by stumbling maximum number of pages and trying to discover great websites on the way.

This is an experiment, really, to check if getting into a Top stumblers position really worth it and whether others should try it or not. I would dedicate a major chunk of my day to SU to make the most of it. In this way if I lose some time and energy in this and no results come out, my readers need not waste their time in this effort. However if I succeed in this quest, then this is something I would advocate loud and wide and would share tips to get into the StumbleUpon Top stumblers list and share with everyone what benefits one can derive by being active in that community.

The ideal strategy to make it big on SU is to maximize the number of pages you stumble. Also the other factors are:
1)Number of Friends one has.
2)The number of reviews received.
3)How active the person is in the community.

I am going to try hard to get the maximum number of pages, videos and photos to improve my SU profile. If you think this is something you might want to assist me with please help me by adding me as your friend or writing a review . This is not a stunt to get more friends or reviews. Comment only if I show results. I am letting you know my present stats below.

My SU page is BlogStumbler. You can check the latest stats there as well. I would update the stats when I make some significant progress. This is a test to check if being active in SU really pays off or not? The current stats are as under:

My StumbleUpon Stats on 19/11/2007:
Pages: 140
Videos: 5
Photos: 9
Fans: 10

I am going to maximize the number if websites first as that is the most influencing attribute on all Top Stumblers profile.
I will Update these stats after I make noticeable progress. This is a quest to know if absolute dedication to SU everyday for a few hours pays off or not! The challenge I would say is breaking the 10000 pages mark. Thats my 1st challenge and I aim to break it in the least time possible.

If it does work well for me, you can join me in my quest and if doesn’t it would be only me who wasted my time and in a way I would save several other peoples time in the process, which can be put to other productive use. Whether this effort is foolhardy or productive only time will tell.You can subscribe to the blogs feed as I would update the stats quite regularly and you could see how is the progressing.

Wish me Luck and advice me by commenting about what you think about this project!

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