I have always promoted stumble as much as possible because I do honestly think the traffic good quality. The bounce rates are low, you always receive good friendly reviews and you generally get a good vibe, something that I honestly feel is lacking from Digg, Reddit and other social bookmarking sites.

The second wave


This is from my personal experience, when I initially make a stumble I usually expect to see a traffic range from 100 – 5000, depending on the topic of course. A lot of other people have also seen these kind of figures from a simple click of a button. However a lot of people believe that stumble traffic is a one time affair and dies out pretty quickly, this is not true. There seems to be a “second wave” of stumble traffic that occurs around 40% of the time when my site is stumbled.

This usually happens a week or so after the initial stumble and can produce some good numbers once again. This seems to be cause by a high ranked stumbler giving the thumbs up to one of your submissions. Once again the bounce rates are low and the traffic is again of good quality.

What about after the “second wave”?

Well personally I continue to get between 10 – 100 hits per day on this blog, from various other stumbles made on the site. So to answer the critics, stumble traffic is not a one time affair and is well worth pursuing.


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