Yes more stumblers may be using add-ons that prevent the ads to work but I only pay for the ones that work and there are always people who don’t use add-ons.

If SU can grow its base faster than the people take to the add-on then it will still have a large user base ready for advertising.

You’d be surprised how many people have started putting on the add ons.
When you’ve got “Super Users” with a large fan base you’re going to see a reduction of revenue. All it takes is a little organization on the parts of the users and you’ll see hardly any income from your SU pages.

You realize, of course, that there are forums for just this purpose.
Don’t be surprised if you see a “call to action” on it in coming months.

Also, my comment clearly indicated that “Unfortunately, the SU users don’t come back, but I feel that is more a flaw in our venture than SU.”

Target too wide an audience and naturally only some will return. SU could add even more targeting options.

I know that you stated that it was a flaw in your “venture”, I can read for content.
I was reinforcing the point that content is important.

Also, I don’t know why you don’t think that return visits are based on content.
I can assure you that I will not revisit a site that offers fluff, stolen content, poorly written trite…etc. I can also assure you there is a rapidly growing number of users who feel the same.

Say you’re at a get together and are sitting in a circle.
One person reaches down and picks up their fancy looking handbag, which is full of manure.
They pass it around the circle and all the way back to the originator.
Then he tries to pass it around again, but this time… no one will take it.
Why?
Because even though the handbag was nice to look at, it was filled with stinky crap. You can dress it up, but it’s still going to stink.

P.S.
Nobody wants to be subjected to stinky crap.
Put that in your “venture”.

If SU can grow its base faster than the people take to the add-on then it will still have a large user base ready for advertising.

Also, my comment clearly indicated that “Unfortunately, the SU users don’t come back, but I feel that is more a flaw in our venture than SU.”

Content alone does not determine return visits. Presentation of content, ease of finding content, frequency of updates AND targeting the right audience all play a role.

Target too wide an audience and naturally only some will return. SU could add even more targeting options.

Also, the whole “no toolbar” thing… it’s going to be the end of SU.
I’ve seen postings on sites like Mixx and other spammer hangouts that have already started their rollouts on saturating Stumble with their sub par content and copypasta.

Quite honestly, stumblers don’t like to be directed to sites that are on SU simply to drive traffic. They “thumb” things down and it gets drowned in the rest of the sea of crappy content that is plaguing Stumble, right where it belongs. We also flag these people as spammers and report them.

People who complain about not getting repeat traffic are the ones who don’t have anything worth reading. Crappy content = crappy traffic.

StumbleUpon was a nice place to waste down time, get some -quality- pages and enjoy themselves. Now? Every other page is a copypasta blog with completely stolen content self submitted by the site’s owner.
Spam rings and stumble exchange rings run rampant.

Now?
SU has become an SEO haven.
A spammer free for all.
An avalanche of marketing and self promotion.
It’s become a cesspool.

I’ve been on SU since the beginning and as soon as I find – or have someone code – something that’s similar to SU, I’m leaving.
And I’ll be sure to take take as many of my my 5000+ fans with me as I can.

RESERVE NOT MET.

Looks like eBay fails again with another investment..

Hence, 5 X Revenue = 30 Million.

So, this is how much it is worth!

Hence, 5Xrevenue= 30 Million. This is how much it os worth!

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