However, and I stand by my findings on this, if you have a niche site trying to get an increase in the SERP’s, then SU probably isn’t a good choice, especially if you already have your Adsense ads on it. Now, you could take your Adsense ads off if it, and then run your SU campaigns, and once things die down, put them back on.

It’s just a bad idea to run adsense on a niche site that you have submitted to SU, especially due to smart pricing and the low CTR.

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I suppose the primary issue – as some have already pointed out – is what type of traffic do you want in the first place? There is definitely an advantage to running a StumbleUpon campaign to drive up the overall hits on a brand new site thereby creating a greater search engine stream down the road.

All in all, my assessment is that, while a useful approach, any SU or similar campaign is only *one* approach for getting great traffic.

-Jason

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The problem is with such a high volume, and no clicks on adsense ads like a “normal” day for a niche site, it can get you smart priced in a hurry.

You can’t complain if you’re getting a lot of bounces. Just make it worth while for the savvy SU surfer. If you’re trying to get them to click on your banners good luck.

sorry, don’t mean to sound harsh. but i work in advertising myself. and i bend over backwards to avoid it.

I like SU also, but for the right sites. If you are running adsense and don’t get a lot of CTR for your niche site, SU might actually do more harm than good. By niche site, I am talking about the type of site that you aren’t so much worried if people read your posts. You are wanting them to click your ads or affiliate ads.

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I personally think it’s great when I get more comments on my posts because my stumbleupon traffic was way up for a day and if my ads get clicked once in a while – that’s awesome.

The fact people are actually reading my posts is what’s ultimately more important to me.

Don’t think twice before submitting to StumbleUpon – just do it!

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I’ve not really cracked that affiliate marketing nut myself. I’ve tried both running them on mini-sites, niche blogs and landing pages. I got conversions on landing pages but the Adword cost was too high to make it profitable. For the other sites, including OpTempo, the CTR has been good, generally around 10-20%, but the conversion rate has been quite low. I’d make the assumption that if the traffic can be increased while keeping the CTR roughly the same that the conversion would improve.

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