Is Stumbleupon referring more traffic than Facebook?

Post by sudont » Wed, Jul 06, 2011, 6:35 PM UTC

webwright wrote: post #7

thesethings wrote: post #3

Sincere request: Can somebody explain the dynamics of how Stumbleupon is so popular? I don't know anybody who uses it. I am friends with alpha-geeks, teenagers, senior citizens, native Spanish-speakers in Mexico, etc. Barely anybody I know uses it. I had a StumbleUpon account before Twitter, before StumbleUpon was a URL shortener, etc. I used it a little, but people didn't seem thaaaat into it. There must be some poc…

I think it's less popular than these stats might indicate. 1 Facebook user might click on 1 or 2 links per day. 1 SU user "stumbles" dozens or hundreds of times in a session. A stumble nets a pageview, but obviously has considerably less value (no intent baked into the click).

Post by oldstrangers » Wed, Jul 06, 2011, 7:04 PM UTC

travisp wrote: post #12

oldstrangers wrote: post #9

My facebook traffic is starting to pick up, but it's still no where near StumbleUpon. Compare: http://i.imgur.com/oY03q.png It's been like this since 2008.

What is the quality of the visits like? When you factor in time on site, pages viewed, bounce rate, etc. is stumbleupon still providing better traffic? It might be, but the answer isn't obvious to me without knowing this type of data.