series9photoHave you noticed that some articles that are submitted to StumbleUpon say, “This article was submitted by someone” Well, who the hell is someone? I did some research and I have been able to figure it out. Someone is the moron who sent the article to “someone” using the “send to” button without first thumbing it up. Yup, as a newbie myself, I have made this mistake a few times myself. Now nobody gets credit for the thumbs the article gets = (

How do you get around this mistake? Simple, don’t send the article to anyone until you have thumbed it up yourself and submitted it to a good category. OK, so you wanted to send your own article to a friend, so it doesn’t make you look all spammy right? Next time email the link, or instant message it to the person you wanted to stumble the article into the system. This will save you the grief of improper categorization, and the annoyance of nobody getting any credit for your find.

I have also noticed that the articles I “accidentally” did this to for my own site, generated little to no volume. This is because there is nobody’s authority behind the article to get it into rotation.

However if you plan on submitting please remember the

5 Steps To Submitting A Site

Clean Title – Many site titles get all jumbled up and place weird characters in the headline. Clean it up, make it look good, and if the author didn’t write a compelling title. Write one yourself.

Review – You don’t have to review every new page you find, but when you do write a review, make it interesting. If possible include an image. Even if it’s the site logo, many stumblers will recognize the author and be more willing to read and thumb when they see a familiar picture.

Category – Try to submit the article to one of the top categories, especially if you plan on promoting it to all your friends. Don’t select a category from the pull down bar unless one of the top29 really don’t match. You will have a higher chance of getting thumbs, which adds to your authority, and the site owner will have a chance to get more traffic. This is really great if you are trying to make an impression on them

Adult – Don’t forget to select the NO it’s not adult, unless it really is.

Submit – Finally push the submit button and get it added to the database.

 

 

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You notice I crossed off the tags section. You really don’t need to tag the article, since it will automatically get tagged as the category submitted to. Additional tagging only clutters up your tag cloud, and its really annoying to see people with thousands of tags. (Also I think there is a tag limit)

If you want to send massive traffic to that article, I recommend contacting your top 20 friends ASAP and ask them to thumb it up (That is if they like the article, of course). The more friends that have authority in the category submitted, the better chances of rotation in the stumble button. Don’t have your accounting submitting buddy with a 1,000 friends thumb up an internet submission hoping for massive traffic. He has no authority in a category he does not submit to often, which means the article will not rotate as much.

The Rest Of the StumbleUpon Series

StumbleUpon Series Part 1 - A Commitment To Mastering StumbleUpon

StumbleUpon Series Part 2 - My True Intentions Are Not To Spam Or Game The System

StumbleUpon Series Part 3 - Where Does All That Traffic Come From?

StumbleUpon Series Part 4 - A Different Perspective On Your Friends And Fans

StumbleUpon Series Part 5 - Making The Right Friends In The Right Places

StumbleUpon Series Part 6 - Fans, Fans And More Fans

StumbleUpon Series Part 7 - Be An Active Member Of The Community

StumbleUpon Series Part 8 - The Importance Of Understanding Taxonomy

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