Comments on: Quick Guide to StumbleUpon Categorization and Tagging

By: aks

aks — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:01:34 +0000

thanks for your tips and suggestion with awesome photography after a long time i read this type of article. thanks again.

By: p@r@noid

p@r@noid — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:01:14 +0000

this is very useful for young stumbler like me, sometime I made few mistake while submitting post to wrong category.this will certainly be helpful.
Stumbled for nice post.

By: AstucesWeb

AstucesWeb — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:55:21 +0000

I think proper categorization of the blog is a must if you wish to draw good traffic to your site. It leads to a lot of frustration if you are unable to find what you are looking for in the proper category.

By: onreact

onreact — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:25:09 +0000

Kari: Yeah, of course! Especially if the tags match existing pre-defined categories. Based on those categories your submission is sent to other stumblers who like these categories, most notably your subscribers/fans.

By: Kari Rippetoe

Kari Rippetoe — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:48:37 +0000

So categories are one thing, tag-to-category translation is another; but what about the additional 5 tags you enter? Do those positively impact how other users find your stumble?

By: onreact

onreact — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:25:04 +0000

Styletime: I think they will improve it a little in the next toolbar version. I hope.

Brad: Self submission on StumbleUpon is a problem. On other social media it’s more of a moral issue, on SU it’s basically forbidden if you have a business website.
Even in case it’s private, like this blog basically is, you can’t submit yourself more than a few times with success. The system counts the submissions and devalues them.

IJC: Yeah, this is a real dilemma. Either way you lose, self submission hurts as described above, submission by others less knowledgeable may too.

There are several ways to deal with that but miscategorization remains a problem. Thus the post.

By: ImJustCreative

ImJustCreative — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:04:39 +0000

I think what Brad says holds some weight here. I know there is a debate over if you should self submit or not.

BUt frankly, half the time time someone submits my stuff (Rodger not included) it can be less than accurate. Although Im thankful they have done it, it can really dilute a submissions effectiveness if it can’t be located.

On that score, self-submitting ensure that this ‘great’ post can be found by the people who are most likely to find it of interest.

So I occasionally submit my own articles and I don’t have to have a shower afterwords either. :)

Graham

By: Brad

Brad — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:35:09 +0000

Perhaps the solution is to stumble your own content yourself before others get a chance to mis-categorize it. Or does that just feel too dirty?

By: Styletime

Styletime — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:44:05 +0000

certainly would improve peoples bounce rates if they cleaned up their cat act!