New StumbleUpon Adds Search, Social Elements
Oct 9, 2009 at 4:02pm ET by Matt McGee
StumbleUpon wants to be a search engine. Kind of. It also wants to be more like Twitter and Facebook. Kind of. Better search and better social elements are the two cornerstones of StumbleUpon's new web site, which was announced this week and will roll out to all during the next month.
There's no doubt the site looks better. Beyond the cleaner layout, StumbleUpon says its new features include:
search for sites within your own favorites
search your friend's favorites
improved friend search capabilities
improved site navigation
improved navigation within user profiles
There a [...]
Filed in: Search Engines: Social Search Engines, Search Engines: StumbleUpon
The Growth Of Framebars & Kevin Rose On The DiggBar
Apr 10, 2009 at 8:19pm ET by Danny Sullivan
The DiggBar has been out for about a week now. Since then, there continues to be concerns over twin issues of whether it robs sites of link love and frames their contents in a way that's unfair to publishers. I had a good conversation with Digg cofounder Kevin Rose today about these issues and how Digg is actively looking at ways to solve worries over the tool.
For those unfamiliar with the DiggBar, it allows people to create a short URL that's useful in services like Twitter. Anyone clicking on a shortened URL made through Digg gets to a page with a DiggBar at the top. For example, [...]
Filed in: Facebook, Features: Analysis, Google: Images, Legal: Copyright, SEO: Redirects & Moving Sites, Search Engines: Digg, Search Engines: StumbleUpon, Social Media Marketing, Toolbars & Add-Ons, Top News, Twitter
StumbleUpon Without The Toolbar
Oct 6, 2008 at 12:25pm ET by Barbara Boser
The past few weeks have been busy for the people over at StumbleUpon and its users alike. Just a few weeks ago, StumbleUpon lifted the 200 friend max from its user base and added a subscribe feature. On Wednesday my favorite social community announced that there were yet more changes to their discovery/recommendation engine.
This new user experience is being called "beyond the toolbar". Not only do you not need to download a toolbar, but you actually don't even need to be registered with StumbleUpon to stumble anymore. This is really a "new user" experience. Let's check it out.
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Filed in: Features: General, Search Engines: StumbleUpon, Social Media Marketing
How Social Media Becomes Link Fertilizer
Mar 4, 2008 at 11:31am ET by Eric Ward
The title of this article doesn't mean I'm changing my position on social media as link driver. Yes, it's possible, but for the overwhelming majority of web sites, a widespread and costly social linking strategy is a waste of time and money. Go ahead, call me a heretic, but inside you know I'm right.
If the site is this one for adult diapers then really, what's the social media end game? Sure, you could write a blog post or article like "Ten Uses For Adult Diapers you Never Thought Of" or "Five Sexiest Senior Citizens Naked," and sure, it might just make it to the Digg homepage, where not [...]
Filed in: Google: SEO, Google: Web Search, Link Building, Link Building: Linkbait, Link Week, SEO: Spamming, Search Engines: StumbleUpon, Social Media Marketing
StumbleUpon’s Toolbar Adds More Search Engines
Oct 23, 2007 at 8:19am ET by Barry Schwartz
StumbleUpon Expands Social Search Across the Web from TechCrunch reports StumbleUpon has expanded their toolbar from enhancing Google, Yahoo, or Windows Live search results to now also include AOL, Ask.com, Google News, Yahoo News, Flickr, Wikipedia, and YouTube.
That means, if you use the StumbleUpon and search at YouTube, you will see "SearchReviews" with a star ratings feature, friend recommendations, friend reviews and so on. Future integrations include sites such as eBay and Skype.
More details at the StumbleUpon Blog.
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