WebSite Grade For www.stumbleupon.com : 92/100 (overall)

A website grade of 92 for www.stumbleupon.com means that of the thousands of websites that have previously been submitted to the tool, our algorithm has calculated that this site scores higher than 92% of them in terms of its marketing effectiveness. The algorithm uses a proprietary blend of over a dozen different variables, including search engine data, website structure, approximate traffic, site performance, and others.

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Score Summary

Sectionwww.stumbleupon.com
Website Grade92
Google Page Rank8
Alexa Rank324
Technorati Rank172
Google Inbound Links158,000
Yahoo Inbound Links10,528,125
Delicious Saved Count6,787
Google Indexed Pages296,000

Google PageRank : 8

"Google PageRank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its vast link structure as an indicator of an individual page's value. In essence, Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B. But, Google looks at more than the sheer volume of votes, or links a page receives; it also analyzes the page that casts the vote. Votes cast by pages that are themselves important weigh more heavily and help to make other pages important."
-From Google

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Web Page Structure

To learn more about what meta-data is and why it is important, take a look at the following article:

SEO for Small Business Executives: Understanding the Magic Of Meta-Data

Title : StumbleUpon » Welcome to StumbleUpon
Description : StumbleUpon is the best way to discover great websites, videos, photos, blogs and more. Channel surf the internet and get personalized recommendations according to your interests. Keep an online history of your Stumbles, and rate, review and share all the cool things you find.
Meta Keywords : -- Missing --
No search words were entered for this report generation.

Though search words (and how the website ranks for them) is not used in the calculation of the SiteGrade, there are several important checks that the software makes related to the words entered. You may want to consider re-running the report for important words related to the site.
Meta-Keywords Not Found

There were no keywords detected in the meta-data of the website.

Though Google does not seem to place high relevance on meta keywords to determine the content of a website, other engines like Yahoo! may still look at these.

Since it doesn't hurt you to have meta-keywords, we'd suggest going ahead and adding them to the page.
Stop Words Found In Title

The page title contains one or more words that are considered "noise" by most search engines. Consider removing the following words from the title : to
Website seems to be using Google Analytics

Domain Info

Registrar : REGISTER.COM, INC.
Registered On : November 05, 2001 @ 12:00 AM
Domain Age (days) : 2,035
Expires On : November 05, 2010 @ 12:00 AM
Days To Expiration : 1,251

Heading Summary

Similar to how newspapers and magazines use headings and sub-headings to help readeres, websites can use special tags in their HTML. These tags not only help human readers read the content, they also help search engine spiders better understand the content on a page and what is most important. It is generally a good idea to use heading tags to help signal to the search engines, what the web page is about.
Heading Summary

Heading TypeText
First-Level (H1)StumbleUpon
First-Level (H1)Welcome to StumbleUpon!
Second-Level (H2)Recently popular websites with StumbleUpon users
Second-Level (H2)Popular topics
Third-Level (H3)Join 2,465,260 Stumblers & Discover New Sites
Third-Level (H3)Connect, Meet and Share
Third-Level (H3)Get the StumbleUpon Toolbar
Third-Level (H3)Recent Stumblers
Third-Level (H3)Official StumbleUpon Blog
Third-Level (H3)What people are saying about us

Image Summary

Images are a great way to enhance a website from a user's perspective. However, it is important to note that search engine crawlers cannot really "see" images. So, if you have lots of images that contain textual content within the image itself, this content will not be seen by the crawlers.

HTML helps address this issue by providing a way to specify the textual content for an image using the "alt" attribute. The alt attribute allows web pages to assign specific text as the "alternative" content for images for those that cannot view the images themselves. This can be search engine crawlers or text-only web browsers.
Image List

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/images/hp_toolbar_ss.gifThe StumbleUpon Toolbar
/images/s.gifJoin StumbleUpon for FREE >
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/images/hp_buzz5.jpgthecoolhunter.net - architecture
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/images/hp_poptopics_anime.jpgAnimation
/images/hp_poptopics_arts.jpgArts
/images/hp_poptopics_bizzare.jpgBizzare
/images/hp_poptopics_computer.jpgComputer
/images/hp_poptopics_games.jpgGames
/images/hp_poptopics_humor.jpgHumor
/images/hp_poptopics_music.jpgMusic
/images/hp_poptopics_scitech.jpgScience
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http://www.stumbleupon.com/images/logo_wsj.gifThe Wall Street Journal
http://www.stumbleupon.com/images/bbcworld.gifBBC World

Google Indexed Pages : 296,000

Measures the approximate number of pages on http://www.stumbleupon.com/ that have been stored in the Google index. The Google web crawler will visit the website periodically and look for new content and store it in its index. Generally, the more pages a website has within the Google cache, the better.

The last time that Google has crawled http://www.stumbleupon.com/ was June 01, 2007 @ 11:16 PM

Google Crawl Date : June 01, 2007 @ 11:16 PM

Google will periodically crawl websites looking for new and updated content. In general, it is desired to have the frequency with which Google crawls a site to be higher, rather than lower. Sites that get crawled more often have more frequent updates and more authority.

Conversion Methods

The WebSite grader attempts to measure both the ability for a website to attract traffic and the ability to convert that traffic into qualified leads and prospects. The software searches for common conversion mechanisms such as "calls to action". Examples include RSS feeds, email subscription forms and other ways that site visitors can express interest in the offering.
RSS Feed Not Discovered

One of the best ways to get regular visitors to a website is to support an RSS feed.

RSS allows users to subscribe to site content. With RSS, users can automatically be notified when the site is updated. RSS is an industry standard. There are a variety of free RSS applications available that let site visitors subscribe and consume content.

Though it is possible this site has RSS elsewhere on the site, it is best to make the feed discoverable on the home page itself.
No Signup Form Found

The web page does not seem to contain any type of signup form where visitors can subscribe to a newsletter or future updates.

We would suggest adding some type of simple subscription form (at a minimum) that allows users to get email updates. This is a great way for visitors to express their interest in the company and it's offering and for the business to stay in touch. Though RSS usage continues to increase, email is still what a majority of site visitors know and understand.

Inbound Links

One of the most important measures for a website is how many other sites are linking to it. The more links the better.
Links Summary

Google : 158,000
Yahoo : 10,528,125

Technorati Ranking : 172

Technorati is a popular website ranking service. It measures the popuplarity of a given website as compared to all other sites that have been submitted to its system.

This website currently has a Technorati ranking of 172.

del.icio.us bookmarks : 6,787

del.icio.us is a web-based bookmarking site. Delicious users save their bookmarks on the website so they can access them from any browser. A website that has many users bookmarking it is generally popular and will get more traffic. http://www.stumbleupon.com/ has about 6,787 bookmarks stored.

Alexa Traffic Ranking : 324

Alexa is an online service that measures the approximate traffic for millions of sites on the Internet.

The website http://www.stumbleupon.com/ has a ranking of 324. This means that it is the 324th most trafficed site on the web -- as measured by Alexa.

Readability Level : 4th Grade

This score measures the approximate level of education necessary to read and understand the web page content. In most cases, the content should be made to be simple so that a majority of the target audience can understand it.

Historical Data Available

The website www.stumbleupon.com has been previously processed by Website Grader. There are approximately 19 data points in our database, dating back to 4/9/2007 .
Historical data is available only to users of Website Grader Pro.

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