Response to Erik Bergstrom

"StumbleUpon, although almost random, is better than search engines. It shows pages that wouldn't normally come up in a search, at least not in the first page. Mastering the ability to use Stumble Upon is a very valuable tool for Marketers. Check it out. Do you agree?"

I too recently 'stumbled upon' this webpage. I agree with Erik, that it is a very good marketing tool for websites that are new and trying to become popular. You can filter the type of information you are interested in coming across and can choose to 'thumbs up' or 'thumbs down' a site when they feed it to you. I think this is good for people who are only looking for certain types of websites to read. When you 'thumbs down' a site, it remembers that and doesn't show you any similar ones since you weren't particularly fond of it. I don't however think that this site is better than a search engine per say, because people typically use search engines when they need a particular website. StumbleUpon doesn't allow you to search for things, it more or less randomly chooses websites for you. I think StumbleUpon is more for someone who has the time to go through the websites that it randomly gives you. Check it out! i have found some very interesting and fun things while "stumbling."