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in depth of my F avorite media

in depth of my F avorite media. s tumbleupon( dot )com. w ell what the heck is it?. A n i nternet community that allows its users to discover and rate random web pages, photos, and videos. w ell how the heck does it work?.

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in depth of my F avorite media

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  1. in depth of my Favorite media

  2. stumbleupon(dot)com

  3. well what the heck is it? An internet community that allows its users to discover and rate random web pages, photos, and videos

  4. well how the heck does it work? First. StumbleUpon allows their users to indicate their interests from a list of nearly 500 topics to produce relevant content for the user Then. StumbleUpon displays web pages that are relevant to the interests which the user selected

  5. …stumbleupon also chooses which web page to display based on the user's ratings of previous pages, ratings by his/her friends, and by the ratings of users with similar interests

  6. when you think you’ve had enough ….of a particular website simply press the STUMBLE button

  7. / StumbleUpon uses thumbs up/thumbs down ratings to form collaborative opinions on website quality. When you stumble, you will only see pages that friends and like-minded stumblers have recommended.

  8. what does that do? This helps you discover great content you probably would not find using a search engine. duhhhhh

  9. searching vs. stumbling Using search engines to locate relevant content typically means hunting through pages of results. Rather than searching for quality web sites, StumbleUpon members are taken directly to web sites matching their personal interests and preferences.

  10. its what I call PEOPLE DRIVEN TECHNOLOGY combination of human opinions and machine learning to immediately deliver relevant content.

  11. why use it? you ask Information on the Internet changes rapidly. StumbleUpon is a dynamic approach to keep on top of this ever-evolving pool of knowledge The participation of community members helps maintain a database of the most up-to-date and highest quality sites possible.

  12. a little history StumbleUpon was founded in November 2001, by Garrett Camp and Geoff Smith as just an idea to start a company The popularity of the software attracted Silicon Valley investor Brad O'Neill to take notice of the company and got Ebay to buy it for $75 million.

  13. Ebay owned it from 2007-2009 until Garrett Camp and Geoff Smith bought it back. Now it is an independent, investor-backed startup once again, with offices in San Francisco and New York City.

  14. success In July 2006, StumbleUpon had 1 million users It now has 10.6 million users Nearly twice as much traffic than Doug…I mean Dogg…I mean twice as much traffic as DIGG.com

  15. “StumbleUpon is the greatest thing ever invented.” - The Oprah Magazine, January 30, 2009

  16. www.crunchbase.com www.blippr.com www.stumble.com www.wikepedia.org

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