Stumbleupon is still driving FIERCE traffic folks. In fact, StumbleUpon is now the biggest traffic driver among social media websites in the US, according to global web analytics service StatCounter. In fact, Its now a bigger traffic driver than Facebook. StumbleUpon is rolling out a new version on Sept. 1st. Watch for killer changes. Stumbleupon unseated Facebook at the top during June 2011, according to the latest StatCounter social media data. StatCounter tracks hits to over 3 million websites, and its social media data is gathered by analyzing every hit referred by a social media site.
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Getting Links To Your Site
- Reciprocal links. These links are obtained by contacting other website owners and trading links with them. Google and other search engines give very little value to these types of links anymore, particularly if your links are to and from an unrelated site. Weak spammy links from ad sites or content farms may decrease search engine value with the recent Google Panda update.
- Directory submissions. There are thousands of niche and general interest directories on the internet that will allow you to submit a link to your website. Some are free and some are not. As with reciprocal links, the closer the directory is related to your site’s topic, the better.
- Article submissions are another fairly simple way of obtaining non-reciprocal links to your site. Simply write (or hire someone to write) a good article and submit it for free to one of the top QUALITY article directories on the web.
- Write valuable quality content that other site owners will want to link to on their own.
- Competitive Intelligence – Analyze the back links of your competitors. Try to get links from the same sites.
- Submit to Verticals/Topical Guides (local libraries, local chamber of commerce, etc.)
- Use Blogs and RSS – Google loves blogs
- Create Podcasts or just put up plain old Screenshots – Bloggers love posting them
More Reasons Why Search Engines Are The New Yellow Pages
Search Engines like Google and Bing are the new yellow pages. The convenience of powerful smart phones, search engines are an easy way to find anything (local to national to worldwide).
3.5 billion Google searches are made every day. (Internet Live Stats)
35% of product searches start on Google. (eMarketer)
34% of “near me” searches done via desktop and tablets result in store visits. (HubSpot)
Organic Google results with 3-4 words in the title drive higher CTRs than organic results with 1-2 words in the title. (Smart Insights)
Search Engines Are Where Your Potential Customers Live
1/3 of US consumers spend three or more hours online every day. Source: The Media Audit, Oct. 2010
The average US Internet user views 2,750 web pages per month. Source: The Nielsen company, Jan. 2011
10.3 Billion Searches are conducted every month on Google. Source: Comscore, Aug. 2010
70% of the links search users click on are organic – not paid. Source: Marketing Sherpa, Feb. 2007
Search engine websites are the most visited websites with 77% of smartphone users citing this, followed by social networking, retail and video sharing websites. Source: Ipsos OTX, an independent market research firm, 2010
Nine out of ten smartphone searches results in an action (purchasing, visiting a business, etc.). Source: Ipsos OTX, an independent market research firm, 2010
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