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StumbleUpon Expands Native Advertising Sales Team

StumbleUpon Expands Native Advertising Sales Team

By Chris Crum February 19, 2014

StumbleUpon announced on Wednesday that it has grown its sales team as it works on expansion of its native advertising and content marketing efforts. The company points out that Shareaholic data from Q4 showed that StumbleUpon accounted for more publisher …

StumbleUpon Makes Its First Acquisition (5by) StumbleUpon Makes Its First Acquisition (5by)
By · September 24, 2013

StumbleUpon has acquired video discovery company 5by. This is the first acquisition StumbleUpon has made in its decade of existence. StumbleUpon’s Mike Mayzel tells us that 5by’s team of six people will move from Montreal to work in StumbleUpon’s San …

Business
StumbleUpon CEO Talks About Company Plans StumbleUpon CEO Talks About Company Plans
By · September 21, 2013 · 3 Comments

StumbleUpon has been around since 2001, providing a unique way for Internet users to find websites and pages related to topics they’re interested in. The company has long provided a method of content discovery that has for one, gone virtually …

Business
Now Profitable StumbleUpon Shares Revenue Numbers Now Profitable StumbleUpon Shares Revenue Numbers
By · September 18, 2013 · 1 Comment

StumbleUpon has revealed some revenue numbers for the first time via a report from Bloomberg. One major piece of news from the the quiet social content giant is that it is now profitable. It also expects to grow revenue to …

Business
StumbleUpon Is Actively Hiring Again StumbleUpon Is Actively Hiring Again
By · August 27, 2013

It wasn’t exactly a great start to the new year for StumbleUpon back in January, when the company laid off 30% of its staff, but that was a long time ago in Internet time, and the company has since been …

Business
StumbleUpon Looks To Get Better At Evergreen Content StumbleUpon Looks To Get Better At Evergreen Content
By · August 26, 2013

StumbleUpon has an engineering contest going on, aimed at finding some help improving how it recommends content. Specifically, they’re looking for someone to develop an algorithm to make the service better at determining when a piece of content is evergreen …

Social Media
StumbleUpon Looks To Boost Its Performance StumbleUpon Looks To Boost Its Performance
By · April 29, 2013

StumbleUpon is going with a new content delivery network – NetDNA’s MaxCDN. This, according to the two parties involved, will help increase web page download speed on StumbleUpon.com. “The social media market is crowded, therefore it is imperative that we …

Social Media
StumbleUpon Makes Email Notification Changes StumbleUpon Makes Email Notification Changes
By · February 13, 2013 · 4 Comments

Update: There are reports of some phishing scam emails going around based on the email described in this article, though I currently have an email in my inbox, which appears legit. I’m reaching out to StumbleUpon for additional info. Either …

Social Media
StumbleUpon Subreddit Has Been Banned For Two Years StumbleUpon Subreddit Has Been Banned For Two Years
By · January 25, 2013

Apparently there’s not a lot of interest in StumbleUpon community on reddit, but perhaps that’s because the Stumbleupon subreddit, at /r/stumblupon has been banned. It’s nothing new. The subreddit has actually been banned for quite some time, and if anyone …

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StumbleUpon Launches Oscars Sweepstakes StumbleUpon Launches Oscars Sweepstakes
By · January 17, 2013

StumbleUpon announced today that it has teamed up with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science on a sweepstakes called “Stumble the Oscars,” which begins today. Definitely some more upbeat news from the company, which just laid off 30% …

StumbleUpon Just Cut 30% Of Its Staff StumbleUpon Just Cut 30% Of Its Staff
By · January 17, 2013 · 3

StumbleUpon has laid off 30% of its staff, as reported earlier by TechCrunch, who interviewed CFO and interim CEO Mark Bartels. The company has been reduced to 75 employees (down from 110). StumbleUpon’s Mike Mayzel tells WebProNews, “StumbleUpon is restructuring …

Crazy Webmasters Seek Link Removals From StumbleUpon Crazy Webmasters Seek Link Removals From StumbleUpon
By · January 12, 2013 · 6

As we’ve discussed in several articles over the months, a lot of webmasters have been going overboard with link removal requests in the wake of Google’s Penguin update and link warning emails. People are trying to get links removed that …

StumbleUpon Finally Updates Its Android App StumbleUpon Finally Updates Its Android App
By · January 8, 2013

Last year, StumbleUpon launched huge updates to its desktop site and its iOS app, but Android-using Stumblers have been waiting for an Android update for months. The company even launched a Windows 8 app with some of the new bells …

What People Were Stumbling On StumbleUpon In 2012 What People Were Stumbling On StumbleUpon In 2012
By · January 2, 2013 · 2

StumbleUpon recently put out an infographic reflecting on “what the internet was up to in 2012″. It certainly doesn’t feel like 2012 when you see Marilyn Manson near the top, but who am I to question the tastes of the …

StumbleUpon Is Giving Away Prizes For Stumbling StumbleUpon Is Giving Away Prizes For Stumbling
By · December 12, 2012

StumbleUpon launched a sweepstakes this week, in which it is giving away prizes to users simply for stumbling. It started on Tuesday, but it is going on through Wednesday and Thursday. They’re giving away prizes like a $100 Amex Gift …

StumbleUpon Lists Added To The iOS App StumbleUpon Lists Added To The iOS App
By · November 15, 2012

StumbleUpon has updated its iOS app again. This time it incorporates the new Lists feature, which was unveiled as part of its recent desktop redesign. “We’ve all been there. You’re Stumbling on your iPhone while you’re on the bus to …

A Quick Tutorial On StumbleUpon's New Lists Feature A Quick Tutorial On StumbleUpon's New Lists Feature
By · November 9, 2012 · 1

StumbleUpon, as you may know, launched a big redesign for its desktop version (in addition to new apps for iOS and Windows 8). One of the big new features is Lists, which let the user collect different types of content …

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