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This blog has been fairly low-traffic since its inception just over five years ago. The regular readers include my mom, my dad (sometimes), my sister Dana, a few of my friends, and possibly a handful I don't know about (hey, if you're one of them, de-lurk and say hi!). I've always been accepting of my small group of followers, even though I would still love to have more traffic.
Last week I had an idea which I honestly don't know why I didn't have much sooner. Okay, I'm slow. I've been a user of the StumbleUpon Toolbar for quite a while. The toolbar allows you to rate and review web pages you visit, and also has a button to take you randomly to pages others have rated which fit your interests. Last week I started giving each of my blog entries a thumbs-up rating after publishing them. Incredibly, it has increased my traffic twenty-fold. How many of those visitors will become regular readers is anybody's guess. But at least people who are interested in the topics I'm writing about are seeing those entries. What more can I ask for?
So in light of this discovery, I'm going to start submitting others' deserving blog posts to StumbleUpon, asking only that you return the favor and submit, or "thumbs-up", any of my entries that you like and think deserve to be seen by more people (the more people who positively rate a page, the more often it is served up to other Stumblers). I've even added a handy button up by the post title to make it easy to do even if you don't have the toolbar. While you're at it, you can use the del.icio.us and Facebook buttons to share an entry on those sites if you're so inclined.
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comment: from Billy
I'll give you a thumbs-up any time, girl!
Wed 12/05/2007 12:46 AM
comment: from Canucklehead
Your thumbs up in my books as well Carly!
Wed 12/05/2007 11:14 PM
comment: from Avinash
Hey Carly,
I've submitted well over a thousand blog to StumbleUpon. Dunno how did I miss submitting yours. :/ Anyway, I've thumbed up confoozled.
Need to spend more time @ your blog, I think.
Wed 12/12/2007 8:43 PM
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