Comments on: Stumble Upon ethics v/s SEO practices

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By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:08:04 +0000

I am glad I spent a little time to try and do this the right way. Your follow up to the first article is very informative and will probably help SU be a more robust site.

Thanks again.

By: uGuX

uGuX — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:51:10 +0000

I wouldn't worry about "How to be a top stumbler in less than a week" getting a mixed review. Controversy is just good linkbait.

By: Puneet

Puneet — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:18:36 +0000

"But from this episode I understood that Stumble Upon is not just a traffic generating machine, it is also a group of people who are looking out for quality content, and just want to see/rate more good sites. There is a quality factor involved and anything that will focus on numbers and not content is not welcome by the group."

i too think so frd .. its absolutely right with quality… i haven't experienced with lots of stumbles to my site but have read a lot on it like u also have written in here…

By: Frank C

Frank C — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 13:47:35 +0000

News flash! There are groups of stumblers who will team "thumbs down" any blog article that suggests using SU as a promotional tool, even in general terms. Soon SU will be like Digg where any post that doesn't meet the criteria of these groups is buried. Talk about gaming the system.

By: Mani Karthik

Mani Karthik — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:45:28 +0000

Yes Michael, it was very interesting to see things from the other perspective, it helped me find out my "mistake".

It was interesting to see that SU (or any service) is seen in two different ways by two people. Sometimes what we bloggers think is OK is not OK for somebody else.

I haven't stumbled my own article, if you took it that way That's sure is not a good idea according to me.

Cheers!

Mani

By: Michael Martine

Michael Martine — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:33:54 +0000

Mani, that's a great personal story we can all learn from. It's very true that many other people see any attempt to get links and build traffic through social media as "gaming" or "corrupting" the system — and in some cases, I would agree.

Although you can submit your own articles, for example, and it's not against the terms of service, and you could look at it as sharing… most people look at it as spamming. So it is better if someone else submits or stumbles your articles. And that's more likely to happen if you're creating great, noteworthy content. I think people want the stumbles without having to earn them.

I love that you contacted the person and you both really got to see things from the other's point of view. Now you both have a more expanded view of the world.