StumbleUpon . It is a commercial website that in turn functions as a social network that is responsible for collecting, exchanging and sharing pages of interest online. It works as an application for Android and all mobile systems , as well as an extension for Firefox , Mozilla , Internet Explorer and Google Chrome .
Summary
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- 1 History
- 1 Operation
- 2 What is the difference between Search and Stumble?
- 3 How can it help me?
- 2 Advantages
- 3 StumbleUpon interests and categories
- 4 Sources
- 5 External Links
History
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It was founded by Geof Smith and Garrett Camp in 2002 . On May 30 of the 2007 StumbleUpon it was acquired by eBay company. It has more than 20 million users, and stores content from more than 60 thousand brands who pay for advertising on the page.
Currently the majority language, or that prevails in all categories is English , but this does not limit that those who do not know the language cannot access its contents since some are multimedia such as images, shorts and video clips.
The network also has its own bar (for the explorer) where the interests and content that are personalized can be accessed automatically, when with direct access to categories, profile and users who are friends.
When you have friendships with other StumbleUpon users, you can send recommendations for content, websites and images, although this also lends itself to spam , sending pages and content published on the Internet to gain visits, so you have the possibility of tag users as “spammers”. Currently they are beginning to introduce content in other languages.
Functioning
The system automates the collection, distribution and review of web content in an intuitive way, providing the user to browse the network and locate pages of interest with a single click, once an initial registration has been completed where the user identifies their topics of interest and others. preferences.
What is the difference between seek and Stumble?
Using search pages, such as Google or Yahoo! To find relevant content usually means hunting through results pages. Rather than looking for quality websites, StumbleUpon members are taken directly to websites that match their personal interests and preferences.
How can it help me?
It is a tool that is used to find pages of interest to one, pages that cannot be found using a search engine, but rather they are pages with high quality and usable content, interesting that can be shared or find the same sites.
Advantage
- You have your favorite websites online that can be accessed from a laptop or smartphone .
- It’s easier to share links with any user.
- Being a social network, it has a profile, favorites, contacts, subscriptions, likes, groups of all types of interest and category.
- It has an internal messaging system where emails are sent and received .
- You can subscribe to any type of update according to your interests and tastes.
- Great accessibility to different opinion groups.
StumbleUpon interests and categories
It has more than 100 interests in the world, it also establishes its categories, there are even specific interests such as the use of Photoshop, social networks such as Facebook and even weight loss. Everything according to the tastes of its users, it is a network armed by and for them. These are some of the interests of the network:
- Dance
- Photography
- Photoshop
- Clothing
- Nutrition
- Shopping – Shopping
- Celebrities
- Beauty
- fashion
- Exercise
- Subsistence allowance
- Travels
- Interior design
- Jewelry
- Weightloss
- Specific countries ( Italy , Spain , Germany )
- Alcoholic drinks
- Dating tips
- Humor – Comedy
- Literature
- Sexual health
- Environment
- Pets
- Animation
