Get some additional traffic, automated :)

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Just an update on this method. I had one of my computers doing this all day. I stumbled around 4000 sites over a couple of accounts until my Stumbleupon counters stopped incrementing. Not a ban, but the stumbling has stopped.. for now. I'll check if I can stumble again tomorrow.
 
Thanks Man

Thats nice thinking - who does not like traffic that generated for zero dollars and is automated..... wont stumbleupon spoil the party by cracking down on user acs that are generating too many stumbles per day for a human but?

It would be smarter and might help to spread it across more accounts and limiting to a more realistic amount of stumbling per day
 
Sometimes iMacros shows me the error that website did not reply, and it stops :( I left it on a whole night and it only made like 160 because of this :(

But I must say, this did work a little bit.. from 160 hits i made like 30 back (which is not bad) increase in the morning
 
weaselstomp said:
A little trick I found and modified to make as unobtrusive as possible and still get some traffic. This works purely on blog-owner curiosity.

The method:

  • Fake your browsers referer to your website URL
  • Stumble!
When the website owner checks their stats, their incoming links should show your website URL.

Here's the step-by-step:

  1. Get Firefox!
  2. Get a StumbleUpon.com account. They don't verify email, so just register with anything: stumbleupon.com
  3. Install the iMacros Firefox extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3863
  4. Install the RefControl extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/953
  5. In Firefox, click Tools -> RefControl Options
  6. Where it says "Default for sites not listed" click Edit, and add your URL:
  7. refctrl.JPG
  8. Test your referer by visiting http://scriptamp.com/ref.php
  9. In Firefox, click View -> Sidebar -> iOpus iMacros
  10. Create a new macro, and use the following script:
  11. Code: 
    VERSION BUILD=6240709 RECORDER=FX
TAB T=1
URL GOTO=http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/
SET !LOOP 1
TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=ID:linkStumble
WAIT SECONDS=2
TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=ID:linkThumb
  12. In iMacros set "Max:" to a high number (how many pages you want to stumple), like 3000 or 10000.
  13. Click Play(Loop)
  14. Profit!
Now, if you still want to use Firefox, I would suggest opening a new instance. iMacros tab requires focus to work!
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Sounds a brilliant idea friend, my problem is I can't get imacros to work with firefox, any ideas?
 
Sorry, posted twice, can you admin guys delete this post?


weaselstomp said:
A little trick I found and modified to make as unobtrusive as possible and still get some traffic. This works purely on blog-owner curiosity.

The method:

  • Fake your browsers referer to your website URL
  • Stumble!
When the website owner checks their stats, their incoming links should show your website URL.

Here's the step-by-step:

  1. Get Firefox!
  2. Get a StumbleUpon.com account. They don't verify email, so just register with anything: stumbleupon.com
  3. Install the iMacros Firefox extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3863
  4. Install the RefControl extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/953
  5. In Firefox, click Tools -> RefControl Options
  6. Where it says "Default for sites not listed" click Edit, and add your URL:
  7. refctrl.JPG
  8. Test your referer by visiting http://scriptamp.com/ref.php
  9. In Firefox, click View -> Sidebar -> iOpus iMacros
  10. Create a new macro, and use the following script:
  11. Code: 
    VERSION BUILD=6240709 RECORDER=FX
TAB T=1
URL GOTO=http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/
SET !LOOP 1
TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=ID:linkStumble
WAIT SECONDS=2
TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=ID:linkThumb
  12. In iMacros set "Max:" to a high number (how many pages you want to stumple), like 3000 or 10000.
  13. Click Play(Loop)
  14. Profit!
Now, if you still want to use Firefox, I would suggest opening a new instance. iMacros tab requires focus to work!
Click to expand...

Sounds a brilliant idea friend, my problem is I can't get imacros to work with firefox, any ideas?
 
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jmascis said:
I stumbled around 4000 sites over a couple of accounts until my Stumbleupon counters stopped incrementing. Not a ban, but the stumbling has stopped.. for now. I'll check if I can stumble again tomorrow.
Click to expand...

Any updates on this?

Tcm9669 said:
Sometimes iMacros shows me the error that website did not reply, and it stops :(
Click to expand...

I just got the Error# 802, Website did not respond (Timeout). Damn it. I thought the set errors to ignore would work. Do you know a workaround for it?

This method is fun as hell. I'm not setting the referrer to my site yet. Just doing it to build up my stumbleupon profile. I'm also adding in more "stumbles" and varying the wait time make it look more human. The site that I thumb up gets a wait seconds=14. My favorites to stumbles ratio now looks unsuspicious. :p

::EDIT::

I was reading on the iopus forum that it may be because of sites with flash. I'm going to block Flash with this plugin and see if I get the same prob.
Code: 
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433
 
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The ban on stumbling was lifted the following day.

In order to track how effective this method is, I put a query string in the referrer. After a few days, I only had 5 hits from 4000 targeted stumbles.

As a comparison, running PRStorm with a few hundred thousand untargeted URLS and a different query string inthe referrer got me closer to 500 hits.

I wasn't running an offer on the site, just testing the method.
 
jmascis said:
The ban on stumbling was lifted the following day.

In order to track how effective this method is, I put a query string in the referrer. After a few days, I only had 5 hits from 4000 targeted stumbles.

As a comparison, running PRStorm with a few hundred thousand untargeted URLS and a different query string inthe referrer got me closer to 500 hits.

I wasn't running an offer on the site, just testing the method.
Click to expand...
Thanks! So PRStorm gave you 500 hits with a few hundred thousand, and Stumble gave you 5 with 4000? The ratio could be close!
 
PR storm works way better.. not discouraging you..
but anyways ReferrerX works more better, by incorporating your site in latest visitor widget box. have a look.
 
this looks pretty damn interesting. Trying it on a new domain of mine...lets see
 
sorry - but what does this have to do with stumbleupon? is it that stumbleupon gives you unlimited websites to visit?

so i can just visit any site (without using stumbleupon) by putting my site in the referral header using a cURL program?
 
weaselstomp said:
A little trick I found and modified to make as unobtrusive as possible and still get some traffic. This works purely on blog-owner curiosity.

The method:

  • Fake your browsers referer to your website URL
  • Stumble!
When the website owner checks their stats, their incoming links should show your website URL.

Here's the step-by-step:

  1. Get Firefox!
  2. Get a StumbleUpon.com account. They don't verify email, so just register with anything: stumbleupon.com
  3. Install the iMacros Firefox extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3863
  4. Install the RefControl extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/953
  5. In Firefox, click Tools -> RefControl Options
  6. Where it says "Default for sites not listed" click Edit, and add your URL:
  7. refctrl.JPG
  8. Test your referer by visiting http://scriptamp.com/ref.php
  9. In Firefox, click View -> Sidebar -> iOpus iMacros
  10. Create a new macro, and use the following script:
  11. Code: 
    VERSION BUILD=6240709 RECORDER=FX
TAB T=1
URL GOTO=http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/
SET !LOOP 1
TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=ID:linkStumble
WAIT SECONDS=2
TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=ID:linkThumb
  12. In iMacros set "Max:" to a high number (how many pages you want to stumple), like 3000 or 10000.
  13. Click Play(Loop)
  14. Profit!
Now, if you still want to use Firefox, I would suggest opening a new instance. iMacros tab requires focus to work!
Click to expand...


This is a really cool trick but I see that the macro gives a thumbs up for EVERY site it stumbles so I modified the the macro so that it skips some of the sites and there is a delay before moving on to the next site.

To make the macro mimic human behavior I set the delay to a few seconds for when it isn't going to give a thumbs up and set the delay to 11 and 14 seconds for then a thumbs up IS going to be given.

It is still far from perfect but it works and should keep you under the radar if you run this for an hour at a time with an hour break in between.

Here is the macro:

Code: 
VERSION BUILD=6240709 RECORDER=FX
TAB T=1
URL GOTO=javascript:if(location.href.indexOf("stumbleupon.com/s/")<0){window.location="http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/"}
SET !ERRORIGNORE YES
TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=ID:linkStumble
WAIT SECONDS=11
TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=ID:linkThumb
WAIT SECONDS=5
TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=ID:linkStumble
WAIT SECONDS=4
TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=ID:linkStumble
WAIT SECONDS=6
TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=ID:linkStumble
WAIT SECONDS=14
TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=ID:linkThumb
WAIT SECONDS=3
 
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