Tumblr as a Source for Traffic

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   Kenna McHughposted 7 years ago

   I have an old Tumblr account. I am wondering if I should use it as a source of traffic for my HP traffic. Does anyone use Tumblr?

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      promisemposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      I wouldn't bother. I found the effort I put into my account wasn't worth it. Besides, a lot of the accounts there are low quality, spam, etc.

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         Kenna McHughposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         I actually forgot about my account. I haven't done much with it. I won't do much with it. Thanks for the feedback.

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   FatFreddysCatposted 7 years ago

   I have a Tumblr but I only occasionally post links to my Hubs on it, I mainly use it to share random rock 'n roll/movie related junk.
   
   To be honest I don't think I've ever seen a single view from Tumblr show up in my "traffic sources" list.

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      Kenna McHughposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Tumblr might have had its days and gone.

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   FatFreddysCatposted 7 years ago

   ...and porn. Lots and LOTS of porn.
   
   Imagine my surprise the first time I got a notification that someone with a name like "SuzieCamGirlXXX" was now "following" me on Tumblr and I absent-mindedly clicked the link to look at "her" profile, haha. Thank goodness my wife wasn't looking over my shoulder.
   
   I learned how to "block" people really quick.

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      Kenna McHughposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Sounds like a low-grade Twitter. Ha-Ha. (I won't tell your wife.)

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   eugbugposted 7 years ago

   I tried, but like a lot of these bookmarking/social media sites, they produce practically no traffic.
   Personally, I find Pinterest is the only source that produces a reasonable amount of traffic.

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      Kenna McHughposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      I have found Pinterest is fruitful. I have never heard these sites called "bookmarking/social media." How do they differ from Pinterest?

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         eugbugposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         According to Wikipedia, Tumblr is a "microblogging and social networking website". But you can just share standalone URLs to a webpage also, including a photo. Stumbleupon and Digg are probably better examples of social bookmarking sites, solely for posting links to pages.

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            Kenna McHughposted 7 years agoin reply to this

            Thank you for the clarification. It reminds me when Tumblr arrived at the scene. "Microblogging" was a new rage. I was assigned to cover it. Celebrities and such were creating their websites there. That was some time ago.

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