If you want to increase traffic on your site (and really, who doesn’t?) you might want to consider the mighty StumbleUpon. Most people who are signed up have installed the StumbleUpon toolbar in their browsers, and merrily hit thumbs up when they find a site or a post that they like.
One review I wrote got 7000 unique visitors from that review alone. The author was so impressed that she linked to my page as a mighty stumbler. I make it a policy to stumble a post that has a link to my site or to a post on my site in it. Everybody wins.
If someone else has already reviewed your site, then with the toolbar, your only option is a thumbs up if you like it. The review is much more powerful. It only takes a few words, and a click, and Bob’s your uncle.
To accommodate those who would like to write a short review of your post, (even if it’s already been reviewed) there is a lovely plugin called Slashdigglicious that puts a bunch of social networking icons at the foot of each post. If you have a page that you don’t want it to appear, like your contact page, just put the tag <!–noslashdigglicious–> in the page or post. (in code view)
Users just click the last icon on the right, and a review box will pop up. This will review the post itself, rather than the entire site. Write a sentence or two, add tags, and for pete’s sake, do not select yes for “adult content”. That will label it as porn.
If you would like me to invite you to StumbleUpon as a friend, just leave a comment or use my contact form stating that you would. It’s worth signing up for, and lots of fun to use the toolbar. I’ve spent hours stumbling and discovering new sites.
Okay, that will do it for some time. I just felt that the author of this plugin should get some recognition, since I’m so happily using it. Now I have all the WordPress stuff out of my system, there will be regular, goofy posts after this.
One more thing: This guy is having a link contest going on. He wants to see how many links to his site he can get in a few days. The winner will be randomly chosen. Minimum prize is $50, maximum is $1000, depending on the number of links. He’s upping the prize by $1 per link. Stick a paragraph in your post, and get in on it. This is the guy I won $20 from before, and he paid promptly.
