StumbleUpon
From LIS 460 Summer 2007
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What is StumbleUpon
StumbleUpon is a plugin for web browsers “that allows its users to discover and rate webpages, photos, videos, and news articles”. (Wikipedia). StumbleUpon begins using user’s personal ratings to return results for future searches.
StumbleUpon was sold to eBay this spring for 75 million dollars.
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Features of StumbleUpon
StumbleUpon will use ratings of users designated friends
Blogging built-in
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Uses of StumbleUpon in a school library
Help students to bookmark useful information
StumbleUpon will start to return more helpful results based on the students’ rankings – helping students become better evaluators of web sites and information.
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Resources for StumbleUpon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StumbleUpon
http://www.stumbleupon.com/
