Just my thoughts and opinions here (I’ve experienced the StumbleUpon effect a few times).

The only way StumbleUpon traffic could be useful is if you got tens of thousands of visits from it, and you’re using a CPM ad network that pays you for the impressions, because:

1. SU visitors only view one page per visit
2. SU visitors do not click on AdSense (do not I say)
3. SU can send so much traffic in so little time it will crash your host (put CPM ads all over!?)

I myself am also a Stumbler (sometimes) and when I stumble, I normally only view one page then close it, unless it’s a really interesting site/blog then I go and sign up/subscribe.

I get about 1.3 pageviews per visit from SU visitors, and they look at the page for 30 seconds on average, not very impressive in my opinion. If I get a large burst of traffic from SU my average pageviews per visit for the entire site drops quite dramatically, which I really hate seeing

Free traffic is free traffic! I’ve found that traffic from delicious isn’t much better either.

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