StumbleUpon Toolbar Optimized For Google

Writing by Nick Stamoulis on Thursday, 8 of November , 2007 at 4:28 pm

If you are a StumbleUpon user then you are probably already aware of SUs new toolbar, version 3.15. If not, then I’d suggest that you download it right away. If you’re not a StumbleUpon user then I’d recommend you start using it, and StumbleUpon’s new toolbar is the reason why.

Seriously, this is the coolest new tool. The toolbar will tell you when one of your friends has a new stumble. Not only that, but when you perform a Google search, you’ll be told on the SERP how many StumbleUpon users reviewed the websites that appear on the SERP. All you have to do is one click and you’ll be taken to StumbleUpon to see the user reviews. Furthermore, the toolbar will tell you if any of your friends stumbled a particular result. That makes stumbling all the more fun and all the more essential.

Thanks to the StumbleUpon toolbar, you can now optimize your website for stumbling. Here are a few tips to help you make your website more Stumbleable:

• Make sure your web pages have great headlines
• Add a graphic enhancement or photo near the top of your web page (Stumblers love photos)
• Be entertaining
• Provide useful information of interest to Stumblers
• Lay out your web pages that they are easy to read

If you have a web page that you think Stumblers will love, Stumble it yourself or ask a friend to Stumble it. Once a web page has been Stumbled one time, it becomes better Stumble material and it will be added to the StumbleUpon toolbar rotation. That means the website is more likely to be seen by more users. By coupling great SEO with excellent StumbleUpon mojo you’ll make your websites better all the way around - good for search engines and good for viral marketing too.

Category: SEO, Social & Viral Marketing

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