Comments on: Why You Shouldn’t Stumble Yourself

By: Kris

Kris — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:17:42 +0000

Unfortunately, this also happens when someone else submits your content regularly. A big fan of your site, for instance. Even though I still get a lot of votes, StumbleUpon completely stopped promoting my site, since the last 7 or 8 posts were all submitted by the same person - someone who is not affiliated to me. That means I have to ask a big fan to please stop liking me, which is kind of weird. It also means that if you want to sabotage a website (because it is a competitor for instance) all you have to do is submit every post it publishes.

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By: Slices

Slices — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:13:07 +0000

Hum… Masturbation is not a Crime!?

Serious tho, I think it would be better for everyone if website authors could just act honestly and submit their own stories.

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By: James Duthie

James Duthie — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:36:45 +0000

@Jay - I regularly Stumble the content of a number of blogs that I read daily and derive great value from. And while not certain, I suspect the same process of dimishing returns applies. The more you Stumble a site, the less effect it has over time. I believe this applies whether it’s your own site, or someone else’s.

By: Marketing

Marketing — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:05:08 +0000

It’s all very complicated. Talent and content and exposure usually does the trick..

By: robojiannis

robojiannis — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:53:40 +0000

I don’t think there is a difference Jay. But I also don’t find a reason to constantly submit someone else’s content…

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:56:05 +0000

Wait, so what’s the difference in submitting your own content compared to repeatedly submitting someone elses content everyday?

Jay
DatMoney.com

By: Catfish

Catfish — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:41:07 +0000

Well written. I think the value in this article is the last sentence:

Are you analyzing the submissions and submitters to improve your work and your network?

Great job.

By: Matthew Peters

Matthew Peters — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:03:33 +0000

I think Kimota’s Example is particularly relevant here. There does seem to be a “point of no return” within the stumble algorithm. Here at PandemicBlog, we have absolutely noticed it. We stumbled our own posts quite a bit in the beginning because we felt we had to. Now, with this post as an example, we have been thumbed-up by 25 people and have 6 reviews, but we have only seen about 100 visits from Stumble. This is sooooo much lower than what we are used to. I want to write an article comparing that to traffic in the past. You will all be able to see it shortly.