Comments on: Stumbleupon Algorithm Unearthed?

By: Andy Beard

Andy Beard — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:10:58 +0000

Interesting pictures can play a role in grabbing attention – you are unlikely to thumb a page up if it doesn’t attract your attention.

That being said, I am not a fan of eye rest images that are included just to add interest. I know lots of people have success with relatively random pictures from Flickr, but it just doesn’t interest me.

If you can add on topic pictures, that is a good option

By: Isaac

Isaac — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:16:25 +0000

Hi Andy. I found your post via EZ Money Online…sorry if it is too late for comments on this page.

I was wondering something about Stumble recently. How important do you think pictures are for popularity? Maybe it is something really obvious but it seems like every page that comes up when I stumble has weird or amazing pictures on it.

By: How to be a Power Stumbler on StumbleUpon | Make Money Blog

How to be a Power Stumbler on StumbleUpon | Make Money Blog — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:41:40 +0000

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By: Unique website

Unique website — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 02:36:08 +0000

I figured out the algorithm!

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A = X

A – The ACTUAL level of quality for the content

x – The amount of visitors

Unless people are thumbing up bad pages…..

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:29:06 +0000

Very true. I have been struggling for the past few months, and most of the times I have to ask my friends to stumble my links. Anyhow.. thanks for the info :) Laura

By: Tim Nash

Tim Nash — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 06:35:11 +0000

Definitely a key factor is also category/tags when it comes to how Stumble-power translating into real hits on a page.

Your right tags and categories are incredibly important but not regarding number of visitors but type of visitor. The tags and categories are used by stumbleupon to send targetted visitors those who expressed an interest in the category or tag, by explicitly telling stumbleupon (categories) or thumbing up (categories + tags). Certain tags and categories have a much larger following then others cooking vs webdevelopment for example and will attract stumblers with larger audiences meaning your chances of being stumbled by or thumbed by some one with a higher audience is more likely.

By: Derami

Derami — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 02:06:50 +0000

Definitely a key factor is also category/tags when it comes to how Stumble-power translating into real hits on a page. However, that wasn’t within the scope of the AMAZING analysis to which you linked – probably the best attempt I’ve seen to rigorously analyze StumbleUpon. Three thumbs up!

By: Stumbleupon Algorithm - A Reasoned Theory

Stumbleupon Algorithm - A Reasoned Theory — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:35:56 +0000

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By: second life game

second life game — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:27:56 +0000

Andy,

Thanks for the info. I have been struggling with Stumbleupon for months and it looks like the only way to be successful is to have lots of friends and aquantances stumble your posts.

By: Reztar

Reztar — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:26:52 +0000

Tim, I have read your post and the comments. Seems that many readers are stumbling your post (including me). I hope you can use that for statistics for your further research. It could not be 100% accurate but it will be a nice figure to see.