Do You Stumble?!
By ShepherdSpy
@ShepherdSpy (8544)
Omagh, Northern Ireland
September 23, 2008 9:23am CST
Have you seen or used the Firefox/IE add on,www.stumbleupon.com ?
I think it's a great tool for searching the internet for new things..you sign up for the program on the site,choose a range of things that interest or might interest you,download a small toolbar to your browser,and that's it..You now have a little "Stumble" button on your browser,clck on it,and you'll be taken to a new site You've probably never seen before which you can explore,enjoy (or not) and if you want to rate it for other Stumblers,You can give the site a thumbs up or down if you like it or not,and add ratings..if you discover a site while out searching the web,you can add it to the Stumble "bookmarks" and be credited as the first stumbler to find it..So..Been there? Done that? Like it? (or not!)
Share your thoughts on Stumbling!
4 responses
@ShepherdSpy (8544)
• Omagh, Northern Ireland
14 Jan 10
Just checking back in with you while tidying up some of my discussions..How is Stumbleupon working out for you in the time since?
@amitavroy (4819)
• India
23 Sep 08
well at first i was using it for seo and then when i started to use it for tim epass i realised that it is a great collection of website which are very hard to find otherwise and so i gerenally visit a few good websites and when i like them i just make a mark of them so that i future they will help me. as i am a web designer and different kind of websites help me a lot.
@ShepherdSpy (8544)
• Omagh, Northern Ireland
14 Jan 10
It's good that You too have found it a useful addition for your browsing habits Sometimes Friends and Family would send me links to various sites,but Stumbleupon can give you more than you could shake a stick at,and you can choose interests to search through as well...
Sometimes Friends and Family would send me links to various sites,but Stumbleupon can give you more than you could shake a stick at,and you can choose interests to search through as well... @Zmugzy (773)
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23 Sep 08
Yes, I have seen it. As you say, it may be a great tool for searching the internet for new things. However, I'm not really sure about the benefits. After all, there are so many ways to stumble across things online. One might pose the question: do we really need another site like this? Also, you are asked to use yet another tool bar to attach to you already cluttered browser. As I say, I have explored the site a little, but in the long term I cannot see that it is going to have a profound effect on my browsing habits.
@ShepherdSpy (8544)
• Omagh, Northern Ireland
14 Jan 10
So there are OTHER sites around like "Stumbleupon" online? It's the first one that I've ever seen,and hadn't heard of any competition for it.I agree on the cluttered browser appearance being not a good look,though.
@hichamov (507)
• Morocco
23 Sep 08
hello
i use it, but i don't install it, in fact i hate Toolbars lol so i just install it for a while, i log in and i spread the new content of my blog/website then i uninstall it lol
But with all honesty it's a great website and very nice idea.
@ShepherdSpy (8544)
• Omagh, Northern Ireland
14 Jan 10
I get what you mean,it seems there are a lot of applications out there that offer to give you some handy dandy toolbar that links in with some program you want to download..I say no to nearly all of them..there'd be no room for the browser screen if I added them all!
