Thread: Stumble! - Good traffic or bad?

So I decided to do an experiment with my newest site to see whether or not
Stumble traffic has anything worthy of noting. I've taking a screen-shot of
traffic stats for today.



I keep reading every where they social networking can bring in huge amounts of traffic - but is this traffic worth it or just a waste of your server resources?????

Tomorrow, I'll post a Day 2 Screenshot.

Originally Posted by classact

I keep reading every where they social networking can bring in huge amounts of traffic - but is this traffic worth it or just a waste of your server resources?????

It's tough to say, some could just be stumbling and leaving but some could be genuinely searching stumble for topics of interest and clicking your link.

Originally Posted by classact

Tomorrow, I'll post a Day 2 Screenshot.

Why don't you post the second or the following days stats?..

Originally Posted by zeus

Why don't you post the second or the following days stats?..

Sorry all - been busy with another project.

Ok.. so the first stats were posted but I had resubmitted the site (stupid I know because it kind of hurts this experiment) with a new SEF URL for the site.

So I'll post those stats here for your viewing in this experiment:


The following day shows just how much a dramatic drop in traffic is:


As you can see from these stats - Unless you're posting a new URL each and
every single day to stumble to keep your traffic way up there - the traffic boost you're getting is not re-occurring.

Do you think this method of trying to boost traffic to your site is worth it?

I've had better results with stumble, it kept about 400-600 visits a day for about a week when I submitted my site (and paid for a number of stumbles+comments).

The traffic didn't convert to profit though, and most bounced straight away. So it was pretty pointless.

Stumble upon really very popular social networking. But our aim should be in the 1st or 2nd page in the google. Social networkings and bookmarkings are the additional source to increase traffic. But that's good result for you. You have got lots of traffic from the other sources.

Depending on what your trying to accomplish - Stumble traffic can be GREAT - here's an example:

A software company that I was working for last year created software that would locate your laptop via a secure server every time someone used it to get online - This product could then help the Authorities catch laptop thief's!

We had a Link Bait article written about this... then used stumble traffic @ a $25 a day budget (which is STILL only .05 per click) = AWESOME....

So were we trying to sell software? Not really... we sold some because of the article and the advertising... but that WAS NOT our goal...

Crazy huh, not really link bait is meant to bring you IBL's (In Bound Links)

Since we only spent 8 days in the advertising area (for a grand total of $200 + the cost of my link bait article - mid $xxx.xx) we ended up at the end of our two week test w/ a few hundred new In Bound Links!

Keep in mind... all of those links are gained the CORRECT WAY! (according to Google) and how much would it cost to BUY 200+ links?

So to answer the original question... yeah Stumble is GREAT if you use it the right way

db

It can depend on the type of site but usually it is a temporary surge of traffic that may not be the best for converting but hey its free right and they say any publicity is good publicity.

well as for my experience I can say that it is the best traffic.

It`s one of those things as far as I`m concerned that it doesn`t do any harm in having. I get a small amount of hits from it, but difficult to say what the quality of those hits is, though I suspect it`s not all that good.

I always experience a spike for a single day, and then its gone again. I haven't figured any way to change this.

I think for me it is good. the limited sample size I have though might not be conclusive either way but I do know that my 2 biggest days were due to stumble action!

what I really need to do though is convert that traffic into regular visitors...much like everyone else is trying to do

Stumbling is SO quick and easy to do that it's almost silly not to do it.

And some people seem to have more "stumble power" than others and some content seems to bring in more stumble traffic than others.....

I have several things that I stumble regularly. Some stuff will bring in dozens of hits, some of it brings in hundreds of hits...

Useless & non-converting traffic is all we get as tsdesigns said.

I stumble only new sites or pages just to get them indexed quickly

yes, stumble is really good. I even saw (don'r remember where) the results of the poll and Stumble was #1. Even higher that Digg or Delicious...
I think this is the answer - it works...

I am using stumble upon and I can say that it is giving me some traffic with my blogs and also youtube videos.

Could be good traffic but when I stumble! and they take me to a Stumbled page, I usually just exit out without looking at the page... so maybe not bad but POINTLESS.

Originally Posted by technohive

I am using stumble upon and I can say that it is giving me some traffic with my blogs and also youtube videos.

well viral marketing is very effective way in getting traffic nowadays..

Visitors from stumbleupon never click on adsense and never buy anything, bad traffic!

Originally Posted by sfifabian

Visitors from stumbleupon never click on adsense and never buy anything, bad traffic!

if I got 99K stumblers, I bet at least one of them would adsense me. I might actually get my first goodgle check by 2014

Actually StumbleUpon adds bring a lot of traffic, but bounce rate is quite high: about 90% of the visitors just leave the site, and the average time on site is less than 20 seconds.

StumbleUpon is good for building your social networking profile and finding people in your field of interest. They just introduced the a feature you can see which stumbler's profile is close to yours and you can network with them.

In my opinion Social Media does not bring a lot of traffic in a short term.

Is there really such a thing as bad traffic? Bandwidth isn't expensive, so I'll take any free traffic I can get.

Anyone use the Firefox Stumble toolbar? I've got it installed and it's fun to click the button if you're bored, as you're almost sure to be entertained. I've rated enough sites that the service seems to have a pretty good idea what type of sites to show me.

Originally Posted by RyanFormspring

Anyone use the Firefox Stumble toolbar? I've got it installed and it's fun to click the button if you're bored, as you're almost sure to be entertained. I've rated enough sites that the service seems to have a pretty good idea what type of sites to show me.

I use it all the time, and I love it.... It's great for leaving a review on a site as well... Just highlight a key phrase on your page, click the thumbs up icon, and it automatically uses what you highlighted as your review. :love: it!!

well as for my experience I can say that it is the best traffic.

Originally Posted by coolbudy

well as for my experience I can say that it is the best traffic.

For me it far and away generates the most traffic but I have no idea if it is "the best".....beats not having any at all!! :3080:

I think they have begun clamping down on the alleged practice of stumbling your own sites and started freezing a lot of accounts.

Originally Posted by Menthol

I think they have begun clamping down on the alleged practice of stumbling your own sites and started freezing a lot of accounts.

I got my balls clamped by them! I submitted like 5 things from my site in like 2 or 3 months?? G-A-Y!! :3072:

Originally Posted by Menthol

I think they have begun clamping down on the alleged practice of stumbling your own sites and started freezing a lot of accounts.

Quite some time ago they limited my account to where I couldn't discover anything new. I could still stumble anything, but I couldn't submit new stuff. I just created a new account and started "discovering" with that one. After a few months they restored my original account. And I haven't had a problem yet. And how do they know which stuff is "yours"?? I discover lots of stuff on lots of different domains, some of which are mine and some are not. :3086:

^ that's what I meant too...could not submit

As long as it is only done in moderation i dont see what the problem is but like you say there is nothing to stop people opening another account.

The amusing thing was after limiting my account they sent me an email about advertising on there. :ermm:

Stumble traffic is not worthable to make money. Just you can show in stats that you have more unique visitors.

gives good results if stumbled with attractive titles like "future ipod designs are released"

I think with the right network of friends, and the proper structuring of the page you need to capture social media gurus can bring you tons of traffic and ultimately lead to your success because those stumbleupon links do actually help you on Google.

Tom

I consider it BAD, because it's not targeted traffic, the visitors just come on website and if they don't find something interesting they leave on another.

Originally Posted by eugen

I consider it BAD, because it's not targeted traffic, the visitors just come on website and if they don't find something interesting they leave on another.

while that may be true, it makes me feel good (if only for a short time) :3071:

Bad traffic is like bad press... There is no such thing!

Bad traffic is better than no traffic at all. And bad traffic can help to bring in good traffic.

Originally Posted by tsdesigns

I've had better results with stumble, it kept about 400-600 visits a day for about a week when I submitted my site (and paid for a number of stumbles+comments).

The traffic didn't convert to profit though, and most bounced straight away. So it was pretty pointless.

Where you did get those people to stumble and leave comments for your site?

Originally Posted by tsdesigns

I've had better results with stumble, it kept about 400-600 visits a day for about a week when I submitted my site (and paid for a number of stumbles+comments).

The traffic didn't convert to profit though, and most bounced straight away. So it was pretty pointless.

The same thing happened to me when I had one blog entry unexpectedly Stumbled. It was good traffic and exposure for my blog and business name. However, the Stumble traffic itself never converted to anything special despite the surge of traffic.

i tend to find people use Stumble! when they get board so the traffic dose not tend to do much most of they will neaver come back but a few will every know and then i see it as a wast of badwidth. it can be could if other users add your site there and you have pay per view ads lol

The social book marking site is the greatest way to traffic for a site. Digg.com, stumble upon.com del.icio.us, etc are currently the most used software application.