The Stumbleupon works differently from any other social networking site. You will get toolbar and start to stumble page that you like. Sometimes, Stumbleupon toolbar itself has many misteries. Not only the toolbar but also Stumbleupon website could be tweaked to get more friends or make you easier to stumble pages. I hope these tips will be useful for you even so these are just old tips.

1. Comprehensive Guide for Stumbleupon Beginner

If you have question like this:

• What is Stumbleupon?
• How Stumbleupon works? Is it different with digg or delicious?
• How i customize my profile page?
• How to stumble or review a web page?
• How to discover a web page?
• What is a stumbleupon buzz?

You can visit Beginners Guide to StumbleUpon by MegT or How to Use StumbleUpon Like a Pro by Mahalo.

2. Useful Keyboard Shortcuts for StumbleUpon Toolbar

If you are tired using your mouse to use stumbleupon toolbar, why don’t you use keyboard shortcuts? To enable keyboard shortcuts go to Tools > Toolbar Options > Shortcuts and check the “Enable stumbling shortcuts”.

Function
Stumble!	Alt-’
Rate the page “I like it!”	Alt-1
Rate the page “Not-for-me”	Alt-2
Tag / Untag	Alt-/
View Site Review Page	Alt-3
Toggle toolbar visibility	Ctrl-F11

Those are default keyboard shortcuts, you can chage it with your own shortcuts.

3. Add StumbleUpon Search Feature

Sometimes you want you want to stumble particular topic via stumbleupon toolbar, but you don’t know how to do that. I found this trick from Bloggingbits.com and i think this is very useful to find particular topic what you want.

To enable search in your stumbleupon toolbar go to Tools > Toolbar Options > Configuration and check the “Show search/tag box” under the options group “Other“.

Now, you can browse particular topic what you want after stumble via this search box in your stumbleupon toolbar.

4. Get Many Friends on Stumbleupon

How to be a good Stumbler?

• Stumble (thumb up+review+tag) as many page as you can.
• Participate and build up your network, review other SU profile pages.
• Invite friends join your communities
• Link to your StumbleUpon profile pages from other web site. Ex. MySpace, Blogger, Facebook, etc.

This is old profile trick from AlexKnibb, but this trick still can be used until now.

• Set your stumbleupon profile as single female.
• Your age should be higher than 15, but lower than 30.
• Find a picture either of yourself (if you’re female) or of someone else (if you’re not, and remember you are now) which meets the following criteria:
  –a. It’s slightly ambiguous (i.e. not just a standard head shot, unless you do happen to be devastatingly attractive)
  –b. It’s slightly flirtatious (looking up into the camera helps)
  –c. It’s a picture of someone attractive to men. Remember, gentlemen prefer blondes (apparently).
• You can go foreign if you like, but avoid the temptation to go eastern-European if possible.

5. Stumbleupon Facebook Application

StumbleUpon facebook application links users’ StumbleUpon and Facebook profiles and lets you display your recent “thumbs up” stumbles on your Facebook profile. Each stumble can be shared with your Facebook friends, and reviewed, though the review feature will redirect you to StumbleUpon’s site.

6. Stumbleupon Resources

Okay, many sites out there had been made Stumbleupon resources. So, i don’t need repeat again.

• The Definitive StumbleUpon Resource List
• 34 StumbleUpon Posts that Aren’t Crap
• Top 5 Resources for Stumblers Outside StumbleUpon
• StumbleUpon Tools to Stumble Around the Web
• Your Ultimate StumbleUpon Resource
• Ultimate StumbleUpon Resource

Do you have another resources?

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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 at 12:30 pm | by Neezar |