Tag Archives: StumbleUpon
StumbleUpon Shares Serving Up Trojans
Over the weekend, I noticed that some pages being shared on the social network StumbleUpon have malicious code. The sites distribute a Trojan which installs a rogue anti-virus program without the user’s knowledge or consent. Once installed, the user will be alerted with false threats on the computer. In order to remove these false threats, [...]
Full StoryBizarre and Entertaining Stumbles on StumbleUpon
If you are not a StumbleUpon user, you should consider signing up. You never know what web site you may stumble upon to see some of the most amazing things that you can find on the internet. Here are some cool stumbles I came across the last few days Logo Design Gone Wrong: 10 Offbeat [...]
Full StoryStumbleUpon Reaches Milestone
StumbleUpon reaches 10 million users as of May 17, 2010. This is double the amount of users than in April 2008. The 10 millionth user was Nellzom who is from Colombia. It’s a great milestone, but how many users are still active? StumbleUpon was a giant back in 2004 in the social network space and [...]
Full StoryMost Popular Blogs of 2009
It has been a busy year, but one that was exciting and filled with a lot of buzz. TechJaws has published over 600 articles in 2009, covering everything from Antivirus to SEO and so much more. We look forward to writing and sharing new blogs in 2010. Our top ten blogs by referral and search [...]
Full StoryStumbleUpon Friends Appreciation Giveaway
It has been a while since we had a giveaway, but this one is for our StumbleUpon friends who liked many of the articles published on TechJaws. This giveaway is simple, and anyone can win some cool prizes. We are giving away not one, but three prizes! Prizes – We will randomly choose 3 winners. [...]
Full StorySocial Network Humor
What Social Network are you an active member of? There are so many social networks that it’s almost impossible to be a member of each one. If you’re a blogger, social networks are a proven method to drive interest to your blog or website. Social Network Humor I Ask my wife if there’s anything to [...]
Full StoryFeeding Frenzy – StumbleUpon, SEO, Humor
We baited the waters and caught a boat load of Sharks for this weeks Feeding Frenzy. Do you have something worthy for our Sharks to feed on? Fish on! The Bait Bucket – Writing, Self Improvement and Health Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup, Follow Friday, & DoFollow Resources – A great inventory of blogs by [...]
Full StoryStumbleUpon WTF!
I am absolutely beside myself on how bad the moderation has become on StumbleUpon. I see many messages coming through my toolbar that look like (Please S.t.um.b.le if you like). What’s with the periods between words? The reason for the periods between words is to mask the actual message. It has been known that StumbleUpon is [...]
Full StoryeBay No Longer Owns StumbleUpon
eBay was attempting to sell off its stake in StumbleUpon, the website recommendation service it bought for $75 million in 2007. That didn’t happen. Instead, the company has been bought back by its investors and original founders. It emerges once again as an independent startup. The new company is led by co-founder Garrett Camp, who [...]
Full StorySocial Media Addon for Firefox Rocks!
This is a must have addon for anyone wanting to know the number of Diggs, Reddit Votes, Stumble Thumbs and or Reviews, Del.icio.us tags, Tweets, Sphinns, Mixx, and Tip’d votes so you can quickly see how popular certain content is. It also scans said social sites to show you what content hasn’t been submitted to [...]
Full StoryHow to Avoid being Banned using StumbleUpon
In the last 6 weeks many of the friends I made and shared links with are no longer around and for good reason. They all had their StumbleUpon accounts put under review which means you will never get it back, you can count on that. This recently happened to me back in November 2008. I [...]
Full StoryWhy StumbleUpon Makes a Difference
I am sure I share the same views with many of you about StumbleUpon. Here’s a list of my 7 reasons why StumbleUpon makes a difference over many of its competitors. Instant traffic: StumbleUpon can jump start almost any blog. TechJaws.com has seen more than 5000 daily unique visitors in one day that came from [...]
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