StumbleUpon is a platform that specializes in social sharing as a service. The infographic in this article delineates underlying causes and reasons for StumbleUpon's

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Paid Discovery campaigns on StumbleUpon have progressed up to a higher range of intellect because the platform added something new to its system called “interest optimization”. The new feature offers practically a turn-key method for advertisers to reach appropriate audiences.

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StumbleUpon users are likely unhappy about the company’s decision to shut down some features of the service on October 24. The company reports that they are shutting down groups, photo and HTML blogging, and the ability to select themes. The reason behind the decision is to simplify the service and make it easier for a broader audience to use.


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Tweet Should you start spending time on StumbleUpon now that reports claim it represents more than 50% of the social media traffic and has passed Facebook to the #1 spot? Not really. Let's take a second to understand if StumbleUpon can really send you more traffic, what kind of traffic and I'll also give you [...]

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Nothing tugs on our heartstrings quite like a romantic social media marriage proposal, whether it’s an epic viral video proposal, a Twitter marriage proposal or any other showcase of love on the social web.  In the latest record of a social media proposal, 25-year old Tyrel from Wyoming asked his girlfriend Marquita to marry him through none other than StumbleUpon!


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Facebook might seem like a social media behemoth, but according to StatCounter StumbleUpon made up 47.11 percent of all social traffic in the U.S. as of July 2011.


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It was an odd thing, really. A couple of weeks ago, StumbleUpon released a feature that we didn't know they didn't have. We didn't really want it, but we tried it because, well, trying things on social media sites is what we do. After thorough testing, we give 2 thumbs up to the StumbleUpon Explore [...]

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Tweet Should you start spending time on StumbleUpon now that reports claim it represents more than 50% of the social media traffic and has passed Facebook to the #1 spot? Not really. Let's take a second to understand if StumbleUpon can really send you more traffic, what kind of traffic and I'll also give you [...]

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In social media, traffic is everything. While most use sites like Facebook and Twitter for socializing, there is a growing number of people who use them and other social sites for content and news discovery. StumbleUpon has been able to capitalize on this trend beautifully because of their affinity to bring us what we didn't [...]

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When it come to generating traffic for a website or blog, StumbleUpon is one of the best tools you can lean on. However, not every link you share on the site is guaranteed to send visitors pouring your way. With the simple click of the conveniently accessible thumbs down button, your content could easily find [...]

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StumbleUpon has revamped their iPad app. They added a new interface which makes it even more appealing and easier than ever to share your finds with your friends, as well as check out what they are currently interested in. As you can see in the picture on the left, you can start stumbling directly from ...

Read More: StumbleUpon Revamps Their iPad App

While StumbleUpon is still a popular website, there was a time when it was one of the key ways to try to make your web content more discoverable. StumbleUpon lets you discover web content within a wide variety of categories. Now, there's a free app for the iPhone and iPad that lets you "stumble" around within these categories. TechCrunch's MG Siegler says:The iPad Was Built For Something Like StumbleUpon, Now They Have A Worthy AppI take the flipside of the view. I believ [...]

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Tweet Welcome, and thanks for assisting to a new installment of my recently launched series “Social Friday”. Pretty cool stuff happening on the social media and blogging worlds, we continue to discuss Google + and you can see how the story develops emphasizing on 2 main aspects: how it's impossible for Google to compete with Facebook at [...]

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