For the past few weeks, I have received a lot of traffic from StumbleUpOn.com, You can see my profile at http://terencechang.stumbleupon.com/. I also provided a small bookmark Javascript tool for people who don’t have StumpleUpOn toolbar installed for any reasons. It’s a very small shortcut that you can drag to your FireFox browser bookmark toolbar folder or save to your IE favorite links. You can just one click on the shortcut to see if any page is stumbled. The bookmarklet can be found at How do you know if a page is stumbled? – One click to check it If you come to my site from somewhere else and have no idea what StumbleUpOn is all about. You should check it out. Add me as your friend and send me message if you have question.
Just today, I received a question from a new StumbleUpOn friend Witchywife, who happened to be a very good cooker. (please add her as your friend). You can find her delicious web site at Janet is Hungry. She asked me if there is a way to stumble a page without StumbleUpOn tool bar installed on her company computers. Absolute yes. However, it will just be not as pretty as toolbar installed. How can I do that with one click?
I create a new bookmarklet “Stumble this” for review a page.
FireFox Browser:
Simply drag and drop the “Stumble this” link to your “Bookmark Toolbar Folder”. It will create a little shortcut for you on your FireFox Bookmark. Note: this option isn’t currently available for IE.
IE Browser:
For IE, you?ll need to use the following work-around to add this to your favorite.
Right-click on the “Stumbled?” link, then select “Add to Favorites” > “Links.”
Depends on your security settings in your IE browser, you might receive a “Security Alert” – “You are adding a favorite that may not be safe. Do you want to Continue?” Press “Yes” to continue.
In order to use this bookmarklet, you have be sure that you already login into StumbleUpOn. Otherwise, it will not work. Now you can just one click to review a page. However, I mentioned earlier that it won’t be as pretty as using the toolbar. Every time you try to stumble a page, you will be asked to review it. You will not have the option to “Thumb Up” or “Thumb Down”. You will always need to review it.
I prefer to review it. Why? Review a page means you are providing your opinion and show the page that you have more respect. In addition, StumbleUpOn might give you more weigh on reviewing a page than just thumb up. So whatever page you just reviewed will carry more weight. Don’t quote me on this.
Why is stumblUpOn so important and became one of the most used social network for blogger? You can visit www.blogcatalog.com and your answers in the discussion board.
So use it as your day to day tool and enjoy it.
Thanks so much Terence. It worked like a charm. To practice, I stumbled this post. I had to fiddle around with something or other (I’m not that technical) to allow a pop-up, and then it was easy.
Thanks for the link! I’m putting you in my blogroll!
Janet:
You are welcome! Keep up with the good delicious foods ..
Just added you as a friend (could you do the same please)
cheers,
GoldCoaster:
As you wished! Done!
thanks a ton for this. I spend so much time bored at work wishing I could access my stumbleupon from work, but unfortunately cant. This is a big help
Sheetal:
I am glad that help. Hope to see you come back soon!
Thank you for visiting.
I can’t seem to get my stumble upon toolbar working. It says installed now restart but then after, nothing happens. I gotta mess around with it abit.
This is a very hand tool Terence. Thank you very much!
I’m now commenting from an Opera Web browser. I have also Stumbled your article.
I would like to request another bookmarklet that would be some kind of a partner for the one above. I’m referring to a Reviews bookmarklet. The URL given should be a good reference: http://su.is.dreaming.org/
Good job and thank you.
I just joined stumble today, and already finding good stuff.
Blessings all around!
nada
Gabriel: Thank you for stopping by. I am glad that you like it.
Ladynada:
Thank you too. Enjoy your stumbling.
Sounds like you guys like to Stumble.
Yeah.. many of us are getting some traffic benefit from StumbleUpOn. However, we all know that a good and quality content will bring more traffic.
Have you done something with StumbleUpOn recently?
I stumble often. Try to stumble my posts and friends posts frequently.
Thanks Terence, The Stumbleupon drag works well and was surprisingly simple.
Andrew Goulding
@Andrew:
I am glad that it works for you. Good luck on your blogging journey.