StumbleUpon Addiction
Posted by Andy Crofford
Is there a SU Anonymous?
I signed up for a StumbleUpon account a couple of years ago but never used it. It was one of those things where I just didn’t see the appeal. For one I didn’t really get it and second I hated the fact that I would have to install a toolbar to effectively use it.
That all changed recently. I decided to check StumbleUpon out again. Mainly because I wanted to complete another task for Big Jason’s blogging contest.
This is where the addiction comes in. I am addicted to clicking the “Stumble” button to see what random site comes up next. Some pretty good sites of come up and I find myself adding several to my bookmarks.
Many of the sites I am bookmarking are related to web development and SEO. For that reason I have decided to share a few of them with you.
- .htaccess Editor - Handy online tool for creating .htaccess files.
- 240 Resouces for Photoshop Artists - If you like to play around with Photoshop this will give you plenty of things to check out.
- Complete List of Best SEO Tools - This is a great list. If you are interested in SEO at all I recommend you bookmark this page and check these tools out.
- Sitemap Generator - I saw this one on SU but already had it bookmarked. I use it all the time to build sitemaps.
- MiniAjax.com - A collection downloaded dhtml and Ajax code.
I bookmar two to three sites daily that I find using the random “Stumble” button. If you like these links let me know and maybe I will start posting more of them.
On an unrelated note, is it just me or is syncronized diving ALWAYS on television? It seems like everytime I turn on the Olympics that is the event NBC is showing. I don’t recall ever seeing it before this year and to be honest I have seen enough to last me a life time. My wife enjoys it but I think it is more the little Speedos the men wear than the actual competition. Oh well, maybe I will see the Team USA basketball team play yet.
Blog for Beginners Says:
August 14th, 2008 at 1:24 am
I haven’t been really active with StumbleUpon as much as I should have but I did receive a spike in traffic lately with some of the articles stumbled by my readers.
I use delicious much of my time.
Yan
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stumble addict Says:
August 23rd, 2008 at 4:49 am
I have the same problem, I can’t stop using the stuble button. For me it reinvented the internet to my needs. I can find stuff that are interesting and not full of garbage like you usually get from search engines. Its more of a step beyond a search engine where it does the thinking for you and you decide if you like it or not. I can spend more time on stumble than anything. one day I think I was on it for a good 3 hours and wasn’t even bored at all.
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Andy Crofford Reply:
August 23rd, 2008 at 8:26 am
It is definitely a time killer. I have bookmarked a lot of sites from it.
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joe Says:
September 24th, 2008 at 5:50 am
there is a quiz I saw that check if you are a stumbleholic http://www.matchspecial.com/quizzes/addictionSU.php
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