subject: How To Generate Website Traffic With Stumbleupon [print this page] How To Generate Website Traffic With Stumbleupon
Many sites might send you a ton of visitors but the quality of traffic may be quite lacking and only offering those "one hit wonders." If you are looking to increase your website traffic with one of the many social bookmarking sites, you need to choose one that will actually benefit you.Stumbleupon is one of the most effective bookmarking sites to use to obtain quality website traffic. They also have a low bounce rate which means that most people finding their way to your site from them, are staying on your site longer, visiting various pages and subscribing to RSS feeds.Their toolbar is very easy to use after you have signed up at their website. They have a "stumble" button that takes you to a site, matching an interest that you selected and then you can rate the site with a thumbs up or thumbs down rating.Visit RegularlyYou want to be a part of the community at Stumbleupon before you just start promoting on it to increase your website traffic. You should take the time making friends on the site. When you start submitting interesting services, products, blogs etc from your website, check out their websites on Stumbleupon and rate them, they will do the same for you.Create Your ProfileTake a few minutes and build your profile on Stumbleupon. If they feel like you are part of their community and not just someone looking to increase their website traffic others are more likely to check out your recommendation of things. Fill in the information about yourself and interests on your profile page and take the time to upload an avatar. Another business owner with similar interests may want to trade links and banners with you for advertising purposes just of this little extra information.FriendsThe importance of building up your friends list on Stumbleupon cannot be stressed enough. Only when enough people give it a thumb up your submitted website will become popular. Your friends list is ultimately going to increase your website traffic because they will rate your site with a thumbs up, just as you have done for them. This results in your page becoming more popular and attracting more viewers.Write about Stumbleupon or link to it if you happen to have a blog. You can even have a link to it on your website. The more friends you have that give you a thumb up rating you, the more visitors you will see increasing your website traffic by others recommending you.
