Well, I noticed your posts are stumbled a lot, because every time I try to thumbs up a new post, it is already submitted :) So I guess thumbing up SEO stories and having SEO friends helps a bit.

I too think that it doesn't matter much, if the account is a strong one, but it helps. Also having the right tags helps a lot, and only an experienced stumbler will point out the right ones on the submission. After that, only reviewers can provide different tags.

Maybe I should start stumbling to see more people, who submit stories. I haven't really stumbled a lot lately (too addictive and time consuming).

Thanks for the comment.