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How to Gain Traffic To Your Website By Using Stumble Upon

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Summary: A lot of internet marketers and bloggers say that you want to bookmark your articles, webpages or blog posts to get you more visibility. Social Bookmarking sites work very similar to bookmarking your own webpages except that you do it in a community where people can see your stuff. While it's not instant traffic, it can get your pages noticed over and over. Stumble-Upon is unique in that people actually "stumble" onto your sites and articles based on your topic.

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Difficulty: Moderately Easy
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  1. Step 1

    Once you've created an account with Stumble Upon, be sure to set up your profile and picture. Stumblers who like what you have may want to be your friend.

  2. Step 2

    Just add the URL of the article, page or blog post of a blog when you decide to post a new site. You don't need to bookmark the entire website. If Stumblers see what they like, they'll dig around some more on your website, blog or article profile.

  3. Step 3

    Be sure to add the appropriate category to get the most relevant visibility to your website. Stumblers don't want to see something they didn't ask to see.

  4. Step 4

    Annotate if the site is adult or not. This allows people not interested in seeing adult sites to not encounter them.

  5. Step 5

    Add a little review or summary comment about the post, article or web page. Let people know what they're about to read. Try to keep it appropriate and accurate.

  6. Step 6

    Make sure you put the right tags in it as well. Browse Stumble Upon's tags to see which ones are popular and hot. If you find a category remotely close to your niche topic, add it to make it easier for Stumblers to find you.

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jenng said

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on 10/25/2009 Great article on How to Gain Traffic To Your Website By Using Stumble Upon 5*

jenng said

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on 10/25/2009 Great article on How to Gain Traffic To Your Website By Using Stumble Upon 5*

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on 9/3/2009 This is a really wonderful article and video.Can vouch for this as I am an avid stumbler..Gave you 5 STARS :)

mattsaboy said

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on 8/22/2009 Great video 5 stars and a recommendation.

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on 8/17/2009 I learned how to gain traffic to my website AND how to gain traffic to my videos by being an energetic presenter. This will be my first "Favorite" on eHow!

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