Online Shoppers Blog - Become's Pocket Change

One of the newest features that I've discovered for your internet browser, which I personally love, is Stumble Upon. Stumble Upon is an application you can download for either Mozilla Firefox or Microsoft Internet Explorer that fits nicely in your tool bar. The basic premise of this feature is that it helps you discover and share really cool websites that you would otherwise generally miss. When you click the 'Stumble' button on you browser, you are directed to a website matched on your personal preferences. The pages you are shown are recommended from your 'stumble friends' and the other million users who have similar interests. Once you are on a page you can rate it as a page you like or do not like and thus will influence which sites you discover and share with your friends.

I really enjoy the fact that your are only shown websites that are affiliated with your interests. Stumble Upon gives you a long list of topics and categories to choose from which is nice. Simply check the boxes to the types of pages you want to discover. They have everything from video games, cooking, humor, magic, sports & much more. As you continue to use the service they will periodically check back with you to see if you'd like to change or update your preferences in order to specifically target you interests more closely.

Stumble Upon feels to have somewhat of a MySpace feel to it in regards with its social platform. You are free to view anyone's profile, although there are privacy settings everyone can use. User profiles consist of general information about themselves, favorites that they've rated on Stumble, and who their friends are. The social network is relatively easy to navigate through, and also allows you to create blogs on your personal account. But anyways, just thought I would share my thoughts. Might as well give it a try, maybe a nice little break from work.

Start Stumbling!

Happy Holidays!

Brent