by Playfuls Staff |
16th March 2007
StumbleUpon (
http://www.stumbleupon.com),
the best way to discover new sites and videos on the Internet, today
announced that it now has [more] more than two million users. The immense
popularity of StumbleUpon and its dedicated video site, Stumble Video,
is driven by an active base of 'Stumblers' who have rated more than
eight million websites and videos, and who have stumbled more than 1.4
billion times.
Next week the company will also release StumbleUpon 3.0 for Internet
Explorer, an updated version of the StumbleUpon toolbar that includes
integration with Stumble Video. Now, users will be able to easily
access StumbleUpon and Stumble Video from the same convenient location.
"I test a mind-numbing amount of Internet tools every week and it is
the rare service that works its way into my daily use," said Carla
Thompson, Analyst at Guidewire Group. "StumbleUpon has an uncanny way
of knowing which sites will interest me and a social networking aspect
that evolves naturally and enjoyably. If I'm neglecting anyone's emails
or phone calls, blame StumbleUpon."
When stumbling, users only see websites and videos that come
recommended from the growing StumbleUpon community. Both StumbleUpon
and Stumble Video use thumbs-up and thumbs-down ratings to form
collaborative opinions on website and online video quality. This helps
users to discover great content not found using a search engine.
Stumble Video is the first and only way to discover and watch videos
automatically matched to your interests and preferences. Drawn from
popular video sites such as YouTube, Google and Myspace, each video you
discover has been recommended by a like-mined community member.
"StumbleUpon has always been focused on reducing information overload
through personalized recommendation- it's our goal to help you discover
great content that you might not think to look for," said David Feller,
Vice President, Marketing at StumbleUpon. "As a user-powered service,
we owe much of our success to our dedicated Stumblers - the more
everyone stumbles, the better StumbleUpon becomes."
