As I mentioned before in passing, StumbleUpon has released a cool new add-on for its Stumblers called Su.pr (prounounced 'Super'). Su.pr is designed to allow StumbleUpon and Twitter to interface in the sense that you can tweet about an interesting web page, and Su.pr will allow you to view traffic of your treat in real-time. Su.pr even show you what the optimal times for tweeting are! Very cool.
Here is a list of features from one of the Su.pr developers:
-Submit my content to StumbleUpon’s 7.9 million users with each post
- Have my best content showcased in a right-hand sidebar for each page I link to
- Get suggestions for optimal posting times: get more traffic per post
- Schedule as many tweets or posts as I want, for any time
- See my click-throughs in real-time
- See retweets for each post, including the biggest influencers (ranking coming soon)
- Post to Twitter and Facebook at the same time, with more platforms in the pipeline
- Use my own short URL (i.e. www.fourhourblog.com/ab123) instead of someone else’s branding
The result of it all? More traffic. StumbleUpon has jumped to almost 10% of my total traffic per week, delivering as many as 24,000 unique visitors to a single post in less than 24 hours. In short, SU.PR totally kicks ass. It saves me headache, gets me better results through smarter analytics, and drives significant monetizable traffic.
From an information profession standpoint, I believe librarians need to be on top of the latest development like Su.pr in order to remain relevant and keep patrons interested in library services.
Sources:
Su.pr: StumbleUPon's New Traffic Builder. (n.d.) Retrieved from
http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/06/09/stumble-upon-supr/
