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What is Stumbleupon?

Stumbleupon is my new favourite thing in the world of social media! It a web based platform that is perfect for both sharing and researching. You can set up a Stumbleupon account here.

Using Stumbleupon for Research

Stumbleupon can help you to discover new and interesting things on the internet. You tell Stumbleupon what you like and what your interests are, such as technology, cooking, animals or Facebook. Stumbleupon will then introduce you to web pages, videos, photos and more that you might not find on your own.
As you 'Stumble' on new web pages, you can click 'Like' or 'Dislike'. Stumbleupon then can show you more of what you will love, based on what you have 'Liked'.

Using Stumbleupon for Sharing

When you create a website or update your blog, you can input it into Stumbleupon's list of websites. Simply go to your home page, click on the down arrow next to your user name and click on 'Add a Page'. By putting in a full description with the link, and as many tags as possible, you will have more chance of being found. Press the yellow 'Add this page' button and hey presto, you have added your link into the stumble website.

Be careful of over-use of Stumbleupon to promote things such as Squidoo webpages. Reddit has already banned Squidoo. If you really want to promote your page, Stumbleupon also has a paid ad service.

Update: Squidoo is no longer available as from 2016

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