My StumbleUpon Analysis - A Poor 500% Traffic Increase

By JamieHarrop 341 days ago from http://www.jamieharrop.com

Compared to an average Sunday, I had a 500% increase in traffic to my blog. How? You ask. StumbleUpon, I answer. Was it good? No, it sucked! As I watched the traffic come in using my WordPress Live plugin, I was excited to see thick and fast action... then I saw what was really happening. Here is the story of a first date with StumbleUpon that didn't quite go to plan.

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written by freesecrets 341 days ago

Great analysis, but I'm always a sucker for stats :D

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written by JamieHarrop 340 days ago

Stats are always fun. It was one of only a few stat-based blog posts I have wrote. Maybe it's time I started doing more of them. :)

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written by Grizzly 341 days ago

That's a pretty thorough review of stumbleupon traffic - definitely makes one reconsider just how effective some of these social networks really are. Sure you get traffic but where is the benefit? Great post Jamie - I will be looking deeper into my own stats now as there is little sense expending precious time on systems that don't give you the results you think you were getting.

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written by JamieHarrop 340 days ago

Amen to that, Grizzly. Quality over quantity is key when it comes to social media, it seems. Finding the quantity is easy. Quality, on the other hand, doesn't appear to be as simple.

Thanks for reading, Grizzly. :-)

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written by TheNewJew 340 days ago

Jamie,

That post was fun to read. I'll definitely be visiting your blog again.

I too am a fan of the "Google Analytics Sex Drive Statistics Logger." :)

Maya

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written by JamieHarrop 340 days ago

I was wondering when somebody would make reference to the First Date analogy. :-)

Thanks Maya!

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