Discover New and Interesting Content From the Web Tailored to You With StumbleUpon
Posted by: Jon Ben-Mayor on 06/25/2015 08:36 AM [ Comments ]
StumbleUpon is a discovery engine that finds and recommends web content to its users. It allows users to discover and rate Web pages, photos and videos that are personalized to their tastes and interests using peer-sourcing and social-networking principles.
Once you let them know what you're interested in they will recommend page after page of amazing stuff you’d never expect to see.
StumbleUpon uses collaborative filtering (an automated process combining human opinions with machine learning of personal preference) to create virtual communities of like-minded Web surfers. Rating Web sites update a personal profile (a blog-style record of rated sites) and generate peer networks of Web surfers linked by common interest. These social networks coordinate the distribution of Web content, so that users "stumble upon" pages explicitly recommended by friends and peers. Giving a site a thumbs up results in the site being placed under the user's "favorites". Furthermore, users have the ability to stumble their personal interests like "History" or "Games".
Users rate a site by giving it a thumbs up, thumbs down selection on the StumbleUpon toolbar, and can optionally leave additional commentary on the site's review page, which also appears on the user's blog. This social content discovery approach automates the "word-of-mouth" referral of peer-approved Web sites and simplifies Web navigation.
Download @ http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/stumbleupon_for_firefox.html for Firefox, and http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/stumbleupon_for_chrome.html for Chrome.
StumbleUpon uses collaborative filtering (an automated process combining human opinions with machine learning of personal preference) to create virtual communities of like-minded Web surfers. Rating Web sites update a personal profile (a blog-style record of rated sites) and generate peer networks of Web surfers linked by common interest. These social networks coordinate the distribution of Web content, so that users "stumble upon" pages explicitly recommended by friends and peers. Giving a site a thumbs up results in the site being placed under the user's "favorites". Furthermore, users have the ability to stumble their personal interests like "History" or "Games".
Users rate a site by giving it a thumbs up, thumbs down selection on the StumbleUpon toolbar, and can optionally leave additional commentary on the site's review page, which also appears on the user's blog. This social content discovery approach automates the "word-of-mouth" referral of peer-approved Web sites and simplifies Web navigation.
Download @ http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/stumbleupon_for_firefox.html for Firefox, and http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/stumbleupon_for_chrome.html for Chrome.
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