Comments on: StumbleUpon Sucks - Or Does It?

By: kroq

kroq — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 10:17:20 +0000

@keke - trendy? LOL! Most people I know think I'm a geek for using it - how on Earth is it anywhere near as trendy as an i-anything?

@Jill - On my searches this post still comes up third, and that one first - but I think it varies from browser to browser.

@Mark - OK, two things. (1) This site has a long history of pissing some people off while pleasing others - sorry, but that's what happens with any controversial opinion, stance, attitude or goal. (2) A lot of people try to learn more about things by searching for the negative. I am proud to say I have had top search results for people searching for a particular scam site that rips them off - SEOing (Search Enging Optimizing) for a negative keyword string can be as help as SEOing for a positive one. In this case, the person who WAS ranked #1 for 'StumbleUpon Sucks' was misrepresenting the site, so I wanted folks to see this post - where I describe it positively/neutrally - but also not to cut them off from his negative post. Basically, I wanted them to see both sides of the issue - not just one. As such, I wrote a positive/neutral opinion of my own AND linked to his negative opinion - so people can decide for themselves!

By: mark knowles

mark knowles — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 10:51:20 +0000

Just as a matter of interest, why do you want to be number one at google for a phrase that is the OPPOSITE of what you think? I personally am sick to death of going to sites that DO NOT do as advertised. If you are wanting to piss people off, good job.

By: Jill

Jill — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:50:37 +0000

You’re ranked number on google for stumbleupon sucks now

congrats

By: keke

keke — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:11:37 +0000

StumbleUpon does suck~

It’s as trendy as an iPod/iPhone/some iMac crap

By: kroq

kroq — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:40:42 +0000

Soup: you do have to give it time, and pick your categories carefully. Some examples that might help

(1) If you’re into alternative comics about sponge-throwing ninjas, don’t expect the ‘comics’ category to service your needs. Try finding those sites you already like and Stumbling them, so the system knows what you’re interested in.

(2) Pick Stumble ‘friends’ who have similar specific interests - not just categories of interest.

(3) Stumble for a bit - give the system a sense of what you like and don’t like, so it knows what to feed you.

(4) Try Stumbling by a specific tag rather than just through all your categories. Into street art? Stumble with that keyword phrase and see what you get - you might be pleasantly surprised.

Personally, I’m into street art and guerilla marketing - there is no ‘meta-category’ for either of those. I had to find other Stumblers into that stuff and Stumble a few pages on my own.

By: Soup

Soup — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:01:04 +0000

Welp, I want to see websites about topics I’m interested in - but Stumbleupon doesn’t *actually* do that. I gave my topics, signed up… but there’s no connection between what I selected and the “popular” etc websites I’m pointed at. My whole reason for doing this was because I’m generally not into the Popular.
Yup. StumbleUpon Sucks.

By: kroq

kroq — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:17:42 +0000

You know, reading what TurboFool just wrote got me thinking. I use Digg and Reddit sometimes, but more and more stick to StumbleUpon. I think the attitudes on StumbleUpon are generally better, and I do learn a lot from using it - whereas much of what I see on Digg or Reddit are hyper-hyped stories and one-off humor. Don’t get me wrong, I love the funny pages too, but StumbleUpon really is somehow more timeless, and the people on there are just … friendlier, IMHO.

By: TurboFool

TurboFool — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:42:30 +0000

StumbleUpon has, quite literally, changed my life. The highly-targeted stumbling has provided me with endless topics within my interests and simultaneously expanded my interests. I’m stronger in my knowledge of topics I care about, and have learned about important matters I would never have known about without it. As well, it’s an amazing source of endless entertainment.

StumbleUpon most certainly does not suck, and I’ll be adding this page to my SU blog to hopefully further boost it in Google’s rankings.

By: Matt Keegan

Matt Keegan — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:55:08 +0000

Keep up the good work! How dare *anyone* criticize are beloved SU — what would we do without this tool?! I hope that I can do my part to push you up in the SERPs for this nasty keyword phrase. ;-)

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:53:36 +0000

It is indeed cool. It is indeed naff (you guys in the US had better ask someone from the UK what this realy means). It is not too bad and a hell of a lot better than digg or slashdot.

I like it.