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Yesterday, I posted about how to submit your own sites to Stumble. I didn’t think about it then, but it later dawned on me some of you may not know what StumbleUpon is. StumbleUpon is many things: First, it is a great way to generate some traffic for your site. Second, it is one of the best sources to find new and interesting web sites.

As far as generating traffic to your site, this is also broken down to multiple methods.

The direct method is to get your post Stumbled. This happens when you are another reader gives it the thumbs up. The next step is easy, wait for others to Stumble across your site. Depending on whatever the StumbleUpon algorithm is and your sites relevence in said algorithm, you can receive anywhere between 2 visitors to hundreds.

The next way to generate traffic is to use Stumble to accumulate friends. You can view my StumbleUpon profile and add me as a friend. You add me by clicking on the “Add as Friend” button at the top of the page. By becoming friends of other users and by gaining friends yourself you can gather more traffic.

Lost in all this is the fact that StumbleUpon gives you the opportunity to find new, interesting, funny, informative sites to read. This in itself makes it worth creating a StumbleUpon account. And once you create that account, edit your preferences to dictate your likes and dislikes. Now when you click on the Stumble button on your toolbar, you will be directed to sites that meet your likes. If you like the site, give it some Stumble love with a thumbs up.