When you stumble a page on Stumble Upon, does that mean that you like the page? Stumble Upon says that a thumbs up means that you like it. I feel that this means that one should click the Thumbs Up button only if they like it. If you do not, then Stumble Upon is likely to become just a bunch of junk spam that people do not like. People will stop using it.
Others disagree with me. They think that stumbling is a good way to build traffic for your site and they build groups for the sole purpose of stumbling each others posts. I joined in on one of these groups, but I told them that I would only stumble those that I liked. A while later, I was "called out" because I did not stumble someones post. I assumed that everyone was playing the game the same way I did, because I did not get as many stumbles as there were sites to stumble on the list. I guess I was wrong.
In reading the reviews I would get from this group, I wonder if they even read the post. It is clear they put no thought into the 2-3 word reviews they wrote. It is also clear that in most cases, I got only a few hits from their reviews. I think this had to do with the poor tags and reviews they wrote. Every once in a while, I'd get a good haul off of one of the stumbles from them, so I kept going. Once I got more than 900 hits. That makes it well worth the time I spent working on their stumbles (I read every post I stumble and think about any reviews I write.)
Sitting in the
actual tests of
350-001 and
VCP-310 is easy as long as the student has written
640-802 and
642-812 already.
I'd sometimes stumble mediocre posts. I feel like this was a little dishonest. I did not "like" the post. I was stumbling them to get my own stumbles. I'm getting pickier all the time about who I'll stumble. I've gotten some very good results out of just stumbling my own pages too.
I like helping out other webmasters and bloggers. I do feel that I have to be honest though, and I expect the same from those who help me. If you don't like my posts, please don't stumble them or digg them. How do you feel? Is it important to only stumble those you like, or does it matter? Is stumble just a tool that is used to get more traffic, or should you play by their rules?
If you would like to reciprocate useful Stumbles, Diggs, Etc, post here or use my contact form. I'd like to start a list of like minded people who would like to take the time to build each others networks.
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