Stumbleupon's traffic generating machine

Stumbleupon has got to be one of my #1 used products in the last year. I am a big fan of it, and here's why:

- It generates a ton of referral traffic to niche (aka long tail) sites. When someone recommends a web page, it gets entered into the stumble pages. It's collaborative filtering will recommend it to other people in the community. The more you stumble, the more weight your recommendations take. Here's an example: on the aol pets blog, I did a couple of thumbs up. Now stumbleupon is the #2 referring domain for the blog.

- It has a deep and passionate community. I have connected with like minded people in the village I grew up in, the town I lived near... And in other places - Bangalore, Moscow.. all over the place.

- Rich, rich content. Look at an example and see. Your recommendations turn into a blog - automatically. Photo blogging is really easy...

I chat to the folks often at this company. Right now they are rolling out a new UI for the site. They have just one front end developer that does the UI design and implementation. Fab-u-lus!

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