StumbleUpon – Diverse, Surprising And Brilliant

The first three words which come to mind when thinking about the website ‘StumbleUpon‘ are diverse, surprising and brilliant.

It is diverse because you are able to select from as many as 500 topics to make your personal stumble experience attention grabbing. The website then chooses articles, pictures or videos based on these interests.

It is surprising because as a user, you never know what comes next; the items that come up are selected at random and give you an easy access to the best the web has to offer.

The pure brilliance lies within the simple click that presents entries from the net that might never have been otherwise available within seconds.

The website itself is very user-friendly and a personal ‘StumbleUpon’ account is unbelievably easy to set up. All you need to do is register, download the toolbar, select your interests and within no time you can stumble away.

The websites that come up can be rated with either a ‘thumbs up’ or a ‘thumbs down’. A ‘thumbs up’ meaning it is saved in ‘favourites’ and can be reviewed any time; entries similar to these will continue to be part of your stumble experience.  A ‘thumbs down’ simply means that the entry was either not enjoyable or unrelated to the selected interests and topics and is therefore less likely to feature again.

There is more though; the joining of groups and befriending other users with comparable interests will give ‘StumbleUpon’ the opportunity to match the material with chosen interests even better which in turn will improve the overall satisfaction of users.

If you are looking for something in particular I wouldn’t recommend ‘StumbleUpon’ but if you are just willing to take a look at what’s out there then you shouldn’t miss out on this unique experience.