Comments on: Mixx vs. Sphinn http://traffikd.com/smm/mixx-vs-sphinn/ Social Media Blog Tue, 22 Nov 2011 04:00:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Yannis http://traffikd.com/smm/mixx-vs-sphinn/#comment-637 Yannis Sat, 03 May 2008 18:24:03 +0000 http://traffikd.com/?p=62#comment-637 I tried Stumble on a particular page and within 4 hours I had around 40 visitors. I'm submitting now to Mixx to see what response I get. I'll let you know. I tried Stumble on a particular page and within 4 hours I had around 40 visitors. I’m submitting now to Mixx to see what response I get. I’ll let you know.

]]> By: blogger http://traffikd.com/smm/mixx-vs-sphinn/#comment-569 blogger Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:42:56 +0000 http://traffikd.com/?p=62#comment-569 Never heard of mixx, let me know try out. :) Never heard of mixx, let me know try out. :)

]]> By: Steven Snell http://traffikd.com/smm/mixx-vs-sphinn/#comment-562 Steven Snell Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:59:20 +0000 http://traffikd.com/?p=62#comment-562 Hey Tad, I don't know that much about Mixx because I have only been a casual user, but the page says in read "became popular 6 days ago." To me that means it was popular. If not, then I'm wrong. When I click through from the front page to get back to items from 6 days ago it shows up. To my knowledge I haven't customized my homepage except to show the Tech category. I agree with everything you said about the reasons for using these sites and the relationship between users of various social media sites. Hey Tad,
I don’t know that much about Mixx because I have only been a casual user, but the page says in read “became popular 6 days ago.” To me that means it was popular. If not, then I’m wrong. When I click through from the front page to get back to items from 6 days ago it shows up. To my knowledge I haven’t customized my homepage except to show the Tech category.

I agree with everything you said about the reasons for using these sites and the relationship between users of various social media sites.

]]> By: Tad Chef http://traffikd.com/smm/mixx-vs-sphinn/#comment-561 Tad Chef Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:45:00 +0000 http://traffikd.com/?p=62#comment-561 Sorry Steven, but you haven't been on popular at Mixx. Just because you get referers from the Mixx.com homepage does not mean you are popular. It means you are on a custom homepage of a user or some users. I checked your submission from 7 days ago and it's not among the popular ones. Popular posts get around 40 - 50+ votes usually. I was "popular" once this month on Mixx and got 93 visitors of it: http://www.mixx.com/stories/182284/the_most_important_difference_between_websites_blogs some of the votes were from my friends and readers (as I promoted the post among my Mixx friends) so that usually you would get more visitors for a completely organic frontpage appearance. Usually 100 - 200 visitors. Mixx is not about being popular though. It's so fragmented (for instance on many days I do not even look at the fp and only read my groups) that not everybody is reading the same Mixx. With Sphinn the traffic numbers are very similar: 100 - 200 visitors unless your friends vote you up because they like you instead of the post being useful, or if you get on the fp on the weekend. Sphinn is a site read by professionals during work hours. Also it's largely US traffic so if you're popular at night US time you get less visitors. I was popular 3 times on Sphinn this month and got 109, 103 and 64 visitors from these posts. So all in all both sites are not about traffic numbers, or direct traffic: Why do I use mainly Mixx, Sphinn and StumbleUpon nonetheless? It's called the triangle strategy. People will notice you on Mixx or Sphinn and then stumble you as well as vote elsewhere for your submission, but that's only the most obvious reason from a marketing point of view. There are plenty of other reasons I covered a few times on my blog. Sorry Steven, but you haven’t been on popular at Mixx. Just because you get referers from the Mixx.com homepage does not mean you are popular. It means you are on a custom homepage of a user or some users.
I checked your submission from 7 days ago and it’s not among the popular ones. Popular posts get around 40 – 50+ votes usually.
I was “popular” once this month on Mixx and got 93 visitors of it:
http://www.mixx.com/stories/182284/the_most_important_difference_between_websites_blogs
some of the votes were from my friends and readers (as I promoted the post among my Mixx friends) so that usually you would get more visitors for a completely organic frontpage appearance. Usually 100 – 200 visitors. Mixx is not about being popular though. It’s so fragmented (for instance on many days I do not even look at the fp and only read my groups) that not everybody is reading the same Mixx.

With Sphinn the traffic numbers are very similar: 100 – 200 visitors unless your friends vote you up because they like you instead of the post being useful, or if you get on the fp on the weekend. Sphinn is a site read by professionals during work hours. Also it’s largely US traffic so if you’re popular at night US time you get less visitors.
I was popular 3 times on Sphinn this month and got 109, 103 and 64 visitors from these posts.

So all in all both sites are not about traffic numbers, or direct traffic: Why do I use mainly Mixx, Sphinn and StumbleUpon nonetheless? It’s called the triangle strategy. People will notice you on Mixx or Sphinn and then stumble you as well as vote elsewhere for your submission, but that’s only the most obvious reason from a marketing point of view. There are plenty of other reasons I covered a few times on my blog.

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