Comments on: My StumbleUpon About Face

By: Matthew C. Keegan

Matthew C. Keegan — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:23:50 +0000

@April April, I think our time in social media can be best used elsewhere. It seems Facebook and Twitter offer better connection possibilities as well as LinkedIn. Even since my "about face" I haven't used SU to the extent that I have in the past. As you mentioned, the time factor looms large.

By: April

April — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:44:49 +0000

I have pretty much given up on SU. I used to use it a lot to get traffic to my sites but it was useless for making money. I haven't logged in for many months now. I'm probably more productive too because I'm not wasting time stumbling stuff. .-= April´s last blog ..Making Money On WordWolf Part 3: Link Building =-.

By: LD Jackson

LD Jackson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:00:48 +0000

@Matthew C. Keegan Well, I am not much of a computer whiz myself. The only things I know are what I have taught myself. As for browsers, you should give Opera 10 a try. You would be amazed at what is under the hood of this program. .-= LD Jackson´s last blog ..Who knew what about Nidal Malik Hasan? =-.

By: Matthew C. Keegan

Matthew C. Keegan — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:51:59 +0000

Computer whiz? Not hardly! Still, FF is not without problems. When it first came out it was fine, but now it is prone to loading pages slowly and freezing up on occasion. I mix in Google Chrome, but I still avoid Internet Explorer!

By: Matthew C. Keegan

Matthew C. Keegan — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:50:28 +0000

Traffic, mainly Alicia. By using StumbleUpon (SU) your pages can get noticed by hundreds of people, bringing a flood of visitors to your site. Among the articles I've written about SU over the years are the following which detail my and others experiences: StumbleUpon: A Whole Lot Of Fun! Have I Been Sending Stumble Thunder Your Way? One Year Later, Still Stumblelicious!

By: Alicia Mergo

Alicia Mergo — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:38:11 +0000

What is so unique about SumbleUpon services? I do not fully understand why having account there is so important? Or maybe I missed something that you said ?

By: Dominique

Dominique — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:29:33 +0000

Wow. I haven't had any problem with Firefox. I love it. But then I am not a computer whiz like you and Larry! LOL .-= Dominique´s last blog ..Fort Hood: DEADLY consequences of Political Correctness =-.

By: Matthew C. Keegan

Matthew C. Keegan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:54:31 +0000

Dominique, I like your plan. The SU toolbar can be a pain…I was getting hit too, but then I figured out that the same handful of folks were sending to me many stumbles. Okay, one or two here or there is fine. But not every day!

I need to check out addthis as I have discovered that your tweets include this function. Sounds like it can be tremendously useful, but I must admit that Firefox has been a problem of late, thus my hesitancy right now.

By: Dominique

Dominique — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:10:50 +0000

Good for you Matt! I recently deleted my stumbleupon toolbar. It was driving me crazy to see anywhere from 100 and over of stumbles awaiting my perusal and then the lengthy process of going thru them one by one. Instead, I download Firefox’s addthis add on. I love it. I go through my email and check out the stumbles there and then if I want to stumble something I do it through the addthis button. What I really like is the simplicity of it. I can do everything with one button, tweet, stumble, digg, whatever.

Anyway, this has given me a lot more control which I need right now. Trying to nail down a writing schedule that works for me.
.-= Dominique´s last blog ..McConnell and Fort Hood Tribute… =-.

By: Matthew C. Keegan

Matthew C. Keegan — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:21:59 +0000

@LD Jackson Larry, I'm new to Su.pr so I'm not well versed in how it works. But, I seem some similarities between it & Bit.ly, therefore I'll be comparing to the two to see how well they work.