Looking to get more traffic from your niche? Using Stumble is a great way to drive that extra traffic to your website. It won't be like the massive traffic spikes that you might receive from Digg, but will be a constant stream that should build up over time. This is the type of traffic most of us want since people from the same niche will refer to our site and just might give us backlinks. This method can be used for each "great" or helpful article that we write. What better way to spread traffic? Ok, so how do you use it? It's simple, here is the step by step on getting it and using it.
Download the Stumbleupon tool bar here!
After installation you will see a toolbar just under your Yahoo or Google toolbar that has a two blue hands, one with the "thumbs up" and the other with the "thumbs down". Your toolbar will also have extra options to show a page from any of the following topics, stumble thru a website, show a page liked by a friend, show a news item, show an image and video at Stumble. Each of these elements let you use Stumble with ease.
When you use the tool bar, navigate to your webpage, articles or home page. When you are there, click on the "I like it!" icon. You will be required to log-in with a yahoo i.d. on the screen that will pop-up. Enter the information in all required fields. In the keywords field, make sure you use the same keywords that pertain to your site. Now click "submit" and you are all done.
So what happens now? Well your "stumble" will be placed in the coinciding category that is used to separate the Stumble articles. When people "stumble" (type in keywords for articles or sites they are looking for) your article / site will be listed along with the description that you wrote or other people wrote for your articles. If you have a really great and informative article you may get hundreds or even thousands of hits driving your traffic up if your lucky. Just using this tool will boost your traffic and make it easier for you also to navigate to sites just like yours! Have fun Stumbling and building your traffic at the same time!
Download the Stumbleupon tool bar here!
After installation you will see a toolbar just under your Yahoo or Google toolbar that has a two blue hands, one with the "thumbs up" and the other with the "thumbs down". Your toolbar will also have extra options to show a page from any of the following topics, stumble thru a website, show a page liked by a friend, show a news item, show an image and video at Stumble. Each of these elements let you use Stumble with ease.
When you use the tool bar, navigate to your webpage, articles or home page. When you are there, click on the "I like it!" icon. You will be required to log-in with a yahoo i.d. on the screen that will pop-up. Enter the information in all required fields. In the keywords field, make sure you use the same keywords that pertain to your site. Now click "submit" and you are all done.
So what happens now? Well your "stumble" will be placed in the coinciding category that is used to separate the Stumble articles. When people "stumble" (type in keywords for articles or sites they are looking for) your article / site will be listed along with the description that you wrote or other people wrote for your articles. If you have a really great and informative article you may get hundreds or even thousands of hits driving your traffic up if your lucky. Just using this tool will boost your traffic and make it easier for you also to navigate to sites just like yours! Have fun Stumbling and building your traffic at the same time!
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