StumbleUpon: 10 Tips and Tricks for Power Users

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Christine Erickson
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StumbleUpon: 10 Tips and Tricks for Power Users

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Thousands of websites are created every day, yet sometimes the Internet feels a bit stale. How do you filter through all of the junk when you want to discover something new?

StumbleUpon is a site that randomly shuffles through websites, curating content and information specifically for you. Since its start, the site has surpassed 20 million users, and continues to be a dominant source of traffic for the world’s top social media sites.

According to StumbleUpon, the site delivers more than 1.2 billion recommendations per month, and users spend seven hours per month stumbling. Most surprisingly, according to this infographic, the average stumbling session lasts 69 minutes.

Those numbers might seem a bit overwhelming, especially if you don't have that kind of time to devote to the site. However, there are a few things you can do ahead of time, and while stumbling, that'll provide you with the best sites specific to you. Here are 10 ways to get the best stumbles.

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