StumbleUpon - The Winner!
The results are in and it’s a clear winner for StumbleUpon!
StumbleUpon: 48 total views and 6 poll votes
DiggBar: 8 total views and 0 poll votes
Not quite the rush of traffic I expected, but it was a good experiment anyway. It was very clear that StumbleUpon will get you more traffic, but also more viewers. It looks like the few people the DiggBar did bring in did not stay long enough to even vote.
My thanks to the visitors. Looks like I will be using StumbleUpon from here on!
Jason Random Thoughts digg, results, stumbleupon, vs
StumbleUpon vs Digg
Recently, Digg.com released the DiggBar. Ready to see what great new things Digg has dreamed up, I quickly jumped on this. There are some cool features, but it all boils down to being a “borrowed” design from StumbleUpon’s toolbar. The cool thing about the DiggBar is the ability to use the bar without actually installing anything.
I am a pretty big fan of Digg. I have even been to a live filming of the Diggnation Podcast. It was a great experience, but it taught me a lot about the Digg community; You only get noticed if you are popular (yikes, it’s high school all over again). I have seen many great stories go unnoticed because the Digg submitter was not a popular person to follow. If someone like Kevin Rose submits a story, it’s Dugg like crazy just because he is Kevin. I have nothing against Kevin Rose. In fact, I admire some of the things he has done. It’s just the best example I could think of for a “blind fan rush” of Diggs.
I have used StumbleUpon many times in the past and had very positive results. The nice thing about StumbleUpon is that it gives you a truely random site and takes away most of the popularity contest. If you are a new website or blog looking for some attention, I would recommend StumbleUpon.
Maybe the DiggBar is more random than I thought. What better way to test it than a duel!
HERE ARE THE RULES:
- Submit this post to StumbleUpon and Digg
- Try to make the submissions to each as identical as possible
- Measure the traffic that is generated from both sites
- Post the results to this site April 21st, 2009
I have also posted a poll to see how many people actually vote for their favorites.
Good luck to both of you!
I don’t know what will be more embarrassing: The site crashes due to the heavy traffic or I only get about 3 hits from each.
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