StumbleUpon Traffic = Bad Traffic

Posted by mikko on December 17, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Originally posted on my blog, Build that Geek. [original post] I recommend commenting through the original post.

I have been using StumbleUpon to promote my blog for three months now. It’s giving me traffic more than any other this-type-of-programs in the Internet. But why do I call it bad traffic?

It gives you a lot of untargeted traffic. You may notice in your analytics tool that there has been more than 20 entries from StumbleUpon in a minute for your first minutes. That’s approximately one (1) visit every three (3) seconds from a computer. Care to waste your precious bandwidth with a bot?
StumbleUpon visitors doesn’t comment. They tend to just read your stuff, then press the Stumble button (to go to another page).
They don’t read your ads. Why would they care if they can find more relevant interesting stuff in just a click of a button? [Lower CTR]

Still not convinced? Then try making your own list! Hahaha.

But I’m still very grateful to StumbleUpon, they gave me this paradigm “pageviews are just numbers, what matters most are loyal visitors”.

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