I’m pretty sure most of you know what StumbleUpon is. And if you don’t I’m going to explain it in few words: Like a page? Stumble it. The more stumbles, the more visitors. And so on! Anyway, I’ve seen that StumbleUpon is responsible of a big load of traffic for every new post I make, and though the quality has been disputed, traffic is still traffic and as everything free, the more the better.

However, StumbleUpon’s traffic is not exactly free. If you’re a small blog like me, you need to build friends so that they stumble your content, and give them your favor back.

Anyway, the important part of this post is not to define StumbleUpon, but to see how to cheat or game the system. Yup, I’ve been there

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Hi everyone, first of all I’m sorry updating so late (I was at the GDC — Game Developers Conference, at San Francisco).

Anyway, I’ve been hearing lots of comments about both Entrecard and Spottt, and how they differ. First of all, I want to comment about how Entrecard and Spottt can join forces to help your blog, and the HTML code needed to include them next to the other one so that you don’t waste precious space over the fold.

Entrecard + Spottt = Sinergy

The problem with Entrecard’s traffic is that a lot of it resolves in high bounce rates (in other words, they just enter your website to drop their Entrecard). Of course, there’s valuable traffic in Entrecard too, but let’s say this straight, most people simply drop their Entrecard and that’s it. This may not be the most desirable traffic for your blog, but certainly there are benefits, including a higher Alexa Rank, those who are really interested in your blog, and bigger exposure for smaller blogs. Now, what happens when we team up with Spottt?

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