What is a “stumble”, and why should you care?

Just like when we explained What Is Digg and What Is Del.icio.us, StumbleUpon is one of those sites people talk about, but never really explain to anyone.  At the core of Stumble, as most fans call it, it is a social bookmarking site that allows you to save sites to your account with reviews and tags.

The social aspect kicks in as lets say you tagged something with “how-to”, and someone comes to Stumble and searches on that term.  Once they see the results, they will see your page marked with that tag, allowing people to discover new sites they’ve possibly never visited before.  The more a site gets stumbled, the better chance of it being discovered, so website owners love it when you Stumble something they’ve written.

If you choose to start using StumbleUpon, which I highly recommend, you download the StumbleUpon Toolbar so you have quick access to adding sites.  If the site is already in their database, all you will have to do is push the thumbs up to add it to your account, and if it isn’t already int here you will only need to fill out a bit of info to add it.

So give it a shot and start finding pages you never knew about!