Crazy title for a blog post I know, I guess it’s pretty simple to call me out on this one for the fact that I am trying to grab a few search engine hits and increased search engine rankings along the way, I am a search engine hooker I guess. As a matter of fact you can call me all kinds of names for being the search engine ninja that I am, but when it comes to increasing traffic to your blog Stumble Upon can be a great tool to help that process along.
Being a blogger or someone that has a website that is looking to increase overall traffic you constantly must wear different hats and of course network with other bloggers. Networking might include fun tasks like visiting other webmasters blogs and leaving comments on their articles, it might include interacting and retweeting articles on Twitter for other active Twitter users to follow. The lists of things that a blogger can do or a noobie blogger can do to grow their backlinks and blog traffic along the way, however based on the title of this article I should point out one more very sweet traffic source for you to hit.
Stumble Upon is something that I literally Stumbled Upon over at Pot Politics, that Do Follow crazy blogger John Sullivan might have a crazy blog name to go with his wild posts, but make no mistakes about it John Sullivan can lay it down when it comes to bad ass blogging. O.k enough about that crazy guy, but in all seriousness check out his spot he has blogging tips you don’t see everywhere else on the web.
I have been testing Stumble out here and there for a little while now but never really installed the Stumble Toolbar that John told me about or really even looked for any friends to add on there, well again that was until John Sullivan made me do it. Now that John put the smack down on me I have been doing more Stumble stuff and the traffic rewards so far are pretty tasty, as a matter of fact Stumble has been in my Top 10 Referring sites for weeks now and it gains more ground every day.
Now I have a theory about Stumble that I would like to try out with a few of you so that perhaps we can all benefit from the sweet traffic addition from Stumble Upon, basically increasing the places that I network with other bloggers and blogging ceo‘s like myself. I enjoy retweeting others articles and tweets, I also enjoy hitting the Twittley button or any of the Sexy Bookmarks out there and sharing them, so why not see if I can get a few of you on board and let’s see what comes of it.
Stumble Me and I DoFollow and Stumble You Details:
A few simple steps and we should have a pretty good network of Stumblers kicking around some pretty hot bonus traffic that we probably didn’t have, this will take a group effort though. I doubt we would see excellent results around the board if we focused only on our own Stumble account and didn’t worry about sharing the link love, so let’s get moving!
- If you do not already have a Stumble Upon account, register here it’s free
- Get the Stumble Upon Toolbar, yeah that’s free too and it makes stumbling sites BUTTA!
- Add me as a Stumble Upon friend, my Stumble account
- Leave a comment on this post with a link to a post you want Stumbled and your Stumble account
- Stumble this article and at least one of the other articles in the comments section
- Have a great day and continue to Stumble articles you enjoy to grow your Stumble favorites
Now keep in mind I will of course be Stumbling every article that is added to the comments in the post, I will also be adding anyone that comments in this post with their Stumble account link as a friend. This will without a doubt grow a nice network between bloggers on Stumble and will more importantly do what we all love best, increase traffic flow to our blogs and our friends blogs.
Here is an example of how large and fast the Stumble me network can do with as few as 10 bloggers getting involved and stumbling each others articles and by joining each others networks.
- You would potentially have 10 instant friends on Stumble
- Your article may be Stumbled 10x, meanwhile you only did two Stumbles.. BUTTA!
- If you currently have zero followers with 100 hits per month you would potentially have 1,000 after getting into the Stumble Network.
- My blog is a Do Follow blog which means you get link love for your links in the comments here.
I’m not even sure why you are still reading this at this point, shouldn’t you already be signing up for your free Stumble account and grabbing that Stumble Toolbar that makes giving link love to your favorite blogs along the way? Oh yeah as if it was of any importance to you, Stumble is an excellent way to organize and save your bookmarks on the web so you can access your favorite articles from anywhere.
I hope to see a bunch of you get involved and as you can see I have already been Stumbling a lot of the articles from the bloggers that come through and visit Extreme John on a daily or weekly basis, makes it nice and easy to find articles I might have missed. Leave a comment, get down to it or subscribe to my rss feed and if your one of those crazy Twitter maniacs feel free to follow me on Twitter, I actuallt use it.

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Count me in. I’m off to stumbleupon.com as soon as I’m done commenting and open an account. It’s a wonder how it takes an extremejohn to convince one to join something like stumbleupon.
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Pretty cool idea – and your blog title got me in here (would probably have come around sooner or later anyway, but I still like the title!).
I requested you as a friend on StumbleUpon, here’s my profile:
http://techpatio.stumbleupon.com/
Blog post to be stumbled, the one from CommentLuv below please:
Klaus @ TechPatio´s last blog ..Help Me Test This System: Get Thousands Of Website Visitors For Free
I may be the third to comment but I am the first to stumble you and add a review. I also requested the friend thingy. I will come back to post my article for you to stumble, perhaps Sire’s Ice Breaker pick up line
Anyway, what you could do for me is join my Cool Blog Links directory, especially if you have a killer banner, perhaps a small version of that killer image on your footer

Sire´s last blog ..Your Chance At Achieving SEO Mastery
U are going to get my Stumble for most of your posts! Ready for it?? Thanks for giving us the opportunity!!
Tech-Freak Stuff´s last blog ..My Friendship Day gift for all of you. Tech-Freak Stuff turns Do-Follow!
Hey John, added a request to become one of your friends on stumbleupon, stumbled this post
http://blazingminds.stumbleupon.com
Stumble any post of mine you’d like, even though I see from your stumbleupon that you have stumbled a few already

Karen@Blazing Minds´s last blog ..WordPress 2.8.3 fixes some security issues
I sent you a friend request John and I stumbled your this post and your blog
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Asswass´s last blog ..Story behind Hiburrito.com (Part II) – Best Polls for Blogs
Let’s be honest. Stumble upon sends all sorts of traffic but it’s not important. They never comment, they never stay and visit other pages. My Stumble upon traffic is a drop rate of like 80% which is almost as bad as Entrecard.
I think the best forum of getting traffic that shows results is blog comments.
p.s. stumbled and socially engaged!
bbrian017´s last blog ..Backlink Submission Inspections
@Klaus I stumbled your article and appreciate you getting involved in my Stumble project. I actually just stopped by your blog too.
@Sire thank you I appreciate it, just let me know the article and it shale be donzo!
@Tech-Freak Stuff Wow I appreciate that thank you! I am stumbling the article in your commentluv link, if you would like me to do another please feel free to leave a comment with it.
@Karen thank you for getting involved, even though I have Stumbled upon your articles before I went ahead and Stumbled your Wordpress Security update article.
@Asswass First off let me tell you how much I love the design of your blog! Now thank you for getting involved in my Stumble project, here is what I Stumbled Upon of yours http://www.asswass.com/hiburritos-banner-polls-blogs.html
@Brian without a doubt comments are where it’s at but trust me someone is getting useful traffic from Stumble, maybe not for everyone but it generates.
P.s Voted up on Blog Engage and Retweeted your latest article.
Thank you everyone keep it coming and don’t forget Stumble the person above you as others will be doing it for you too.
Added, stumbled and all that stuff. Like a poster above, I don’t think stumble traffic is worth much, but you never know what will happen. I’ve had over 4,000 visitors in a day from it – but nothing great came of it. If you click the link above, that’s a good page to stumble back.
Hi John,
I will share this with my Monday roundup and see if my readers can help you with thisn test
Nice plan… I’m in too! I stumbled this post, sent a friend request, and actually just came from Stumbling Sire’s SEO Mastery post.
I just finished writing a post on StumbleUpon etiquette… so that should chime in with all of the readers interested in SU!
~ Kristi
Kikolani´s last blog ..StumbleUpon Etiquette Faux Pas, Tips & Resources
@RW yeah see for us we can have 1 hit come in from Stumble for our limousine business and generate a $1,000 run. It depends on that target market and the potential for a ROI.
@George Thank you I appreciate it
Extreme John´s last blog ..Wacky Wednesday at Extreme Tan and Smoothies
@RW I Stumbled your article, thank you for getting involved.
@Kikolani thank you for getting involved I appreciate it and it looks like the timing couldn’t be anymore perfect for the Stumble Upon articles.
Heading over to approve friend request and stumble your SU
Extreme John´s last blog ..Backlink Checker for Counting Backlinks
OK, something is weird. I stumbled and reviewed this post yesterday and upon checking it I said no-one had reviewed it. What’s up with that, mine not good enough for em?
Anyway I decided you can pick your own post to stumble mate, and I was just wondering if you had a chance to look at my CoolBlogLinks site and what your opinion was?
Sire´s last blog ..Your Chance At Achieving SEO Mastery
Very cool. I just stumbled…and friend requested you…. my SU account is http://tjs11.stumbleupon.com/public/
BTW, i like the entrecard widget…i see karen already has an ad running. I am going to get mine in the que..
Tycoon Blogger@Promote your blog´s last blog ..Blog Buddies for July
I literally just starting messing around with StumbleUpon last night. I read another article about it today and everyone is really liking its functions.
Added you as a friend and Stumbled two of your articles. Would love to see you stumble http://www.googleadsensegenerator.com
Stefan´s last blog ..Monthly Roundup – July 2009
@Stefan – What a fun site that is… One thing… it did not work for me in Firefox3.0.13, so I tried it in IE and it worked great. Where did you come up with that idea?
As for this Stumble test… I am in John. I registered for StumbledUpon, added you as a friend, stumbled this article, and I am about to stumble Stefan’s site.
Please stumble http://www.makingmoneyonline.com/what-you-can-do-with-plr-content/ for me
Thanks!
Doug Dillard´s last blog ..What You Can Do With PLR Content?
@Sire ok I will be making my round to your site here in a bit and I will Stumble an article or two
@Tycoon Blogger glad you like and thank you for the Stumble, I will also be hitting your site to Stumble Upon a few articles, always easy on your blog
I’m not sold on the Entrecard widget or the entire thing yet, I don’t have much patience for certain “blog things” and that’s probably one of them. Widgets have to be killer or I don’t like’em. haha.
@Tyler thats good news, I really like the ability to share articles with one simple click with the friends that are in my network, I rarely use it but it’s a nice feature on that HOT article.
@Stefan thank you for the double Stumble, I have Stumbled your article. If you have any others feel free to post them and I will check them out. Thank you for getting involved.
@Doug you have been stumbled and thank you very much for getting involved in this Stumble Upon test. Who knows maybe everyone will get some free high bounce rate traffic out of it. haha
hi John, I got here from Kikolani’s Fetching Friday post. I am on SU as Blogurl1 and have sent you a friend request. I don’t have a post that needs stumbling right now but I do send out SU requests to my friends via the ‘share’ button every once in a while. Don’t worry I won’t spam you with requests
Great post, btw.
JMom´s last blog ..GiveAways, Contests & Prizes Blog Hop
Hi – I stumbled this post, sent you a friend request, and subscribed to your favorites, just ’cause I like ‘em. My StumbleUpon user name is Suntabby. Also, I stumbled the posts of TechPatio and Tech-Freak Stuff above.
I’d be happy if you stumbled either the post that shows in CommentLuv below or just my home page http://www.miscbytes.com
Thanks!
Christie@MiscBytes´s last blog ..Facebook makes jealousy and snooping worse
Goodday John!
Thanks, I am in and did a request to be your friend (oamarunewzealand)
Stumbled this post and the free books from JMom (pls give feedback if I stumbled you well)
Please stumble http://www.oamarunewzealand.com/new-zealand-accommodation/ or any other article you find worthwile for people’s next trip to New Zealand.
How to change my pic in stumble upon?
Thanks,
Stef
Stef´s last blog ..Burnside Homestead
Hi, thanks for this opportunity to join your merry band of bloggers.
I’ve stumbled several of the above, added you as my friend, and would appreciate stumbles to the following url:
http://myincomeautopilotblog.com/millionaire
or any other article you find of interest in my Blog.
Thanks!
I’m in…
I think I’ve done it. First time Stumbler here.
I’ve registered at StumbleUpon, sent a friend request, Stumbled this article and Kristi’s article and now writing this comment.
I’d appreciate it if anyone Stumbled my article here -> http://blog.onesuite.com/?p=329
Thanks in advance.
MichaelR@Tips for your long distance calls´s last blog ..Submit Your ATA Model, Let Us Help!
Hi mate, Count me in. I`ve sent you friend request. I subscribe to your fave as well
harlagisedih.stumbleupon.com
not coffee lover´s last blog ..Join the Team (again)
Count me in. I friended and add you to stumble. My page to stumble is http://learnthis.ca/2009/07/100-ways-to-be-a-better-leader/
My stumble page is at http://unispycho.stumbleupon.com
Mike King´s last blog ..Resources July 2009
@JMom wahooo! Thank you for coming by from Kikolani’s site, one of my favorite sites out there right now. I will keep an eye out for your Stumble requests and do the right thing when the time comes
Thank you for commenting and stopping by.
@Christie I appreciate you getting involved, I have Stumbled your site as well as your blog post.
Commented too because I roll like that ;)
@Stef thank you for getting involved I approved your friend request and am happy to see you on board. Heading over to Stumble you now. I always enjoy pictures of New Zealand, thank you again.
@Sue what is your Stumble user name please?
@Michael R I stumbled your article which was actually very helpful btw, we recently started looking into different providers. I also commented (went to blank page though) not sure why.
@Not Coffee Lover thank you, did you have a specific article you wanted people to Stumble?
@Mike King Stumbled and commented, thank you for taking the time to come through and get involved in the Stumble chain.
John I added you and everybody that provided a link to their stumbleupon account.
Anybody that wants to add me as a friend on stumbleupon please do. I am a friendly guy.
http://kushmoney.stumbleupon.com
Deneil Merritt´s last blog ..Girlfriend Went Crazy With Logo And eBook Cover
Thanks John,
Will add one New Zealand picture a day for many years to come :-)
How to change your “extreme john” logo in ‘my logo’ when commenting?
Stef´s last blog ..Totara estate
John i like your idea of building a group of bloggers stumbling and it can bring traffic to each one of us. I will add all the people above and stumble their posts as well.
My stumbleupon id : http://gautamhans.stumbleupon.com/

I hope to make a network with all u guys
gautam hans@Blog Godown´s last blog ..350+ Fresh Twitter Icons
I’m always interested to meet some new Blogger/SU friends. Thanks to Miscbytes as she directed me here. I’m interested in social media/blogging so, nice to meet you John.
Any post from http://www.wchingya.com
will be fine. Appreciate it.
SU: http://wchingya.stumbleupon.com/
What an idea john. I have stumbled this article & sent you the friend request. And I stumbled a few of the commenter s.
@ExtremeJohn: Sorry if your comment went to a blog page, must be a glitch or something because I’ve checked it and tried to put a dummy comment and it went thru.
I went back to check and sent friend request to Ching Ya, ShaunJudy and Stef in SU plus checked their blogs and commented too.
@Stef: Try to register at Gravatar.com to get your online avatar and you can upload your avatar there and automatically show up when you post commnets to blogs like this one.
MichaelR@VoIP tips and tricks´s last blog ..Submit Your ATA Model, Let Us Help!
Hi,
Here is my blog http://totallyobviously.blogspot.com. The posts I would like to have stumbled are (pick either one):
http://totallyobviously.blogspot.com/2009/08/selfridges-opens-christmas-shop-in.html
http://totallyobviously.blogspot.com/2009/08/teenager-paints-giant-penis-on-roof-of.html
Stumbleupon Profile: http://obviouslydarren.stumbleupon.com
ObviouslyDarren´s last blog ..Selfridges Opens Christmas Shop in August!
Hey, Stumbleupon expert, say I wanted to find blogs about blogging on Stumbleupon, which category would that be?
Mike´s last blog ..What I’m Drinking – French Toast Coffee
Mike if you searching by category. Blogs would be in the category “weblogs”
You can also search be tags which would be blog, bloggers, and blogging.
Deneil Merritt´s last blog ..Too Many Wordpress Updates
Hey John I see you account at stumbleupon has been locked out like mine, what the hell is wrong with them over there!
Karen@Blazing Minds´s last blog ..Nailing the habit of Nail Biting can be hard! 
Is StumbleUpon is social networking site or articles directory.Please tell me because i am little bit confuse.
Stumbleupon is a social network not an articles directory.
Deneil Merritt´s last blog ..Must Have Wordpress Plugins
There is no way I missed this post until now ?

I must of read it now I’m tripping
anyway that was some real nice stuff you said about me and I do appreciate it
Also I guess it pays to backtrack because I may of missed this one.
Thanks
John Sullivan´s last blog ..Do you really read your comments ?
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