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Finding websites

228779Oct 22, 2005 8:36am
I got in a brief discussion the other day about how one finds the websites reviewed in one's pages/blog.

I tend to go in spurts. I do go through other stumbler's archives, sometimes fairly thoroughly. Lots of times I do find rather hidden treasures that have fallen from popularity for various reasons. Sometimes the site has been miscategorized which doesn't help its popularity.

I am one of the miscatters here - which means that if you request a site's topic be changed, I may be the person who changes the topic. It has been a good way to see some new and different sites, although many of the sites are really not to my taste, not that they are bad, just not topics in which I have particular interest.

I also find sites, like a lot of other people, I assume, when I'm actually looking for something for me. For instance, if I'm looking for a recipe for something and I find a great food/cooking site. Or something I've read about in a book, newspaper or the Internet interests me enough that I do a search to find more, I find sites that are good enough to add to StumbleUpon sometimes.

I use the StumbleUpon button in spurts . . . I tend to go through a lot of sites in a relatively short amount of time. If the site look s interesting, I'll stop and look, maybe write a review, maybe give it a thumb. There are a very few that I can tell quickly just don't interest me at all . . . those I tend to thumb down so that I am at least less likely to see them again in the future. Most of the sites that I come across that way I just look at briefly and stumble on . . . sorta like power channel surfing.

Two of my favorite ways to find sites is through blogs (not StumbleUpon) that I like and sites that I like that have lots of links. I'm also on RSS feed for LOTS of different sites so that I can at least glance at what new offerings are available at other sites.

I'm guessing that this is generally how people find sites to review . . ., but I'm curious how other people do find the sites they review. So, how do YOU find the sites that you review and how do you use the StumbleUpon button?

Truth-LoverOct 28, 2005 11:39am
I do EVERYTHING you say ;) I don't have anything to add. :D


Finding websites

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