Comments on: Could Stumbleupon Help To Revolutionize Online Search?

By: Jeff Flowers

Jeff Flowers — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:16:56 +0000

StumbleUpon is BY-FAR my favorite social media site. It’s easier. It’s more user-friendly. It’s not as “cut-throat” as sites like Digg & Reddit. Plus, the traffic continues to roll in, even months after something has been submitted.

BUT, I don’t think it will ever revolutionize online search. Google has that under control.

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By: Chris Crum

Chris Crum — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:54:29 +0000

I'm not sure that StumbleUpon will revolutionize search, but I think it has revolutionized finding. It is not so great for finding exactly what you're looking for, but it's great (even better than Google sometimes) for finding things that are incredibly useful that you wouldn't have thought to search for. It's a remarkable discovery tool. Chris Crums last blog post..Another Social Network for Small Businesses is Born

By: Simon Slade

Simon Slade — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:00:19 +0000

I remember the first time I ever saw StumbleUpon, a colleague forwarded it to me back in the days before the toolbar existed. Anyways, I think socially-powered search results is a very interesting idea… but I don’t see how the engines could pull it off without being heavily gamed. It would be too tempting.

By: locjan

locjan — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:44:46 +0000

i dont know in the future if they can but i think google still the best. simple, easy, lite, and powerfull. grin and page the owner of google can bring their dream into reallity maybe stumbleupon can do the same.

By: John

John — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:14:14 +0000

Thanks Vishal, del.icio.us is very close to what I was looking for. Perhaps if I put “start Pages” in the SU search box it might come up. Thanks for the tip!

By: VIshal

VIshal — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:52:24 +0000

@john – was it http://del.icio.us ?
thats a social bookmarking web tool?
otherwise it could’ve been one of the web2.0 “start pages” like netvibes

By: JD Rucker

JD Rucker — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:20:40 +0000

SU has the potential because of a search engine's wealth of data to really make a difference. They COULD do a lot of things. We'll see if eBay has the foward thinking necessary to make it happen. JD Ruckers last blog post..Body Mods

By: Marc

Marc — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:20:30 +0000

StumbleUpon is the funnest site i have ever seen, Ebay better not screw it up.

Those idiots couldnt even leverage Skype properly, lol

Currently it does factor into my clicks on search results pages, but as more and more spammers start abusing it…

By: R.O.

R.O. — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:59:25 +0000

I think StumbleUpon is a great site, but don't jump the gun buddy. One of the main bugs I have found is that sometimes it won't allow you to thumbs up content for some reason. I stopped using StumbleUpon for a few weeks because it wouldn't let me add news articles that I need. Also, the StumbleUpon top users are pretty obnoxious. They swoop by your page and leave nasty remarks or ask you for advice and then neglect you as soon as they get what they want. It is basically a network of scavengers looking for free information and advice from other people. You can dominate it quite easily unlike Digg where you at least have to be a socially respected top guy. StumbleUpon is the easiest social media website to spam and control which is why it is so attractive to users who can't get enough Diggs. R.O.s last blog post..Hayate no Gotoku ハヤテのごとく!

By: Luis Pereira

Luis Pereira — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:59:11 +0000

Check out http://www.stumpedia.com. It’s truly a human-powered search engine and relies on human-indexing from start to finish. There are no automated bots or crawlers indexing pages.

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Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:46:28 +0000

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By: John

John — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:07:19 +0000

Searching is such a pain for me. I’ve been looking for a web site that I used to go to awhile back and I can’t find it. Maybe someone can help me. The site was like a home page where I could put all my favorites web page links I visit each day. There would even be a logo to click on. It was a great time-saver for us “old folks”! I don’t what word to use to search or ‘stumble-upon’. Please help!

By: Internet Marketing Joy

Internet Marketing Joy — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:57:26 +0000

I have to admit that I really love using SU..especially if I stumble with new pages and sites that are on my interests..^^

By: Jaan Kanellis

Jaan Kanellis — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:02:01 +0000

"But you’ll see that there are now Stumbleupon factors in the search index. There are thumbs up, indicating a positive reaction from a Stumbleupon user, a speech bubble (indicating there are reviews available to read), the name of the Stumbleupon user that recommended the page and the category that the website appeared in Stumbleupon." This is only because they have the toolbar installed. Normal visitors are not seeing these Stumble thumbs up. Jaan Kanelliss last blog post..SEO Classes To Begin At UC San Diego

By: vishywashi

vishywashi — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:40:47 +0000

Well technically speaking one can “game” the Stumbleupon system or even influence it. Read this post to see how its BEING done already… http://www.successonline.in/how-to-use-stumbleupon-to-get-loads-of-traffic

By: Koka

Koka — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:09:26 +0000

I love StumbleUpon. I never get bored online anymore since I can always be directed to a site that is of some interest. The SU community is also wonderful. I wish they would up the friends limit over 200 but other than that I think the people and the service make my searches online much more enjoyable and allow for discussions outside of the individual websites. Kokas last blog post..10 facts of Indiana Jones:

By: no

no — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:46:44 +0000

Stumbleupon must be the worst way to find information or online stores, etc. People on the internet are terrible at determining fact. As for those on stumbleupon, they are the worst – completely incapable, and will thumb up everything that includes “herbal,” “natural,” “lulz,” “green,” or “science,” without a child’s inclination to question the statements. Scams and spam flow through the system with acclaim; some 95% of the users will thumb it up and review positively. Don’t believe me? Look up a known scam on stumbleupon – for example, a homeopathic cures site. You’ll be lucky to see 1 in 20 (5%) recognize the fraud.

By: blink4blog

blink4blog — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:43:50 +0000

Well, if it does the surfers are the pigeon of Google, saving computing time and wasting human time. blink4blogs last blog post..National Broadband Plan (NBP) has been DEFACED