Market Samurai Begging For Forgiveness...

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I looked around and did not see this already posted. My apologies if this is a duplicate thread.

My buddy, who had previously purchased MS, received the following email a day or two ago:

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Dear xxxx

I'm emailing you to say sorry.

In the last week and a half, attacks on our servers and changes to
the Google Keyword Tool have seen some modules of Market Samurai
functioning well below their normal high standard. 

You may have been affected...

If so, we want to make it up to you!

=====================
WHAT HAS HAPPENED BEHIND THE SCENES
=====================

### Servers Under Attack! ###

If you were already a paid Market Samurai user, some of your Market
Samurai modules may not have been functioning correctly and you may
not have been able to make effective use of the software. 

Since last Friday, outside sources have been overloading our
back-end servers with illegitimate requests. We detected multiple
sources attempting to commit pay-per-click fraud using our servers.

This resulted in the servers being unable to return data to our own
users. 

To resolve this issue we introduced a new authentication system
into Market Samurai and tuned our servers to significantly improve
their performance. 

We also located and fixed a bug we introduced into Market Samurai
earlier this month which was contributing to the load on our
servers by sending too many queries at once. 

With these two major updates in place, the load on our servers
decreased to safe levels once again. 

### Google Keyword Tool Update! ###

Shortly after we released the updates to Market Samurai to return
service to you, Google released a new update to the Google Keyword
Tool.

This new update led to Market Samurai being unable to interface
with the Keyword Tool, and therefore meant no data could be
gathered. 

Our development team have updated Market Samurai with the required
code to allow it to interface with the Keyword Tool once again. 

With these fixes in place, we have monitored Market Samurai for
several days to ensure that the issues have subsided. 

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HERE'S HOW WE'RE SAYING SORRY...
================================

While Market Samurai is now up and running once more, we want to
make up for the inconvenience to you over the last week and a half. 

AS YOU OWN A COPY OF MARKET SAMURAI...

...we've increased the number of activations on your license from 2
to 3! This means you can now activate Market Samurai on 3 computers
at once, giving you more freedom with the software. 

=====================
Getting Support
=====================

If you have any questions, or if you encounter any problems using
Market Samurai, please contact us and we'll do what we can to help
you.

Our email address is [EMAIL="[email protected]"][email protected][/EMAIL]

Finally - again, I want to apologise for any trouble caused.

Best regards, 

Alex Green
Noble Samurai

Looks like those of you who already purchased MS can add a 3rd machine. For those who haven't, better make friends with someone who has...:D
 
I think that is very good customer service... sometimes things happen and it looks to me as they are doing what they can to make it right.

Good post, OP.
 
i have the paid version and this shit has been bugging out all month...what good is putting software that doesn't work on more machines?...they need to concentrate on fixing this shit cuz some people use it everyday
 
They have also temporarily removed the forum from their website while they set up a "new and improved forum". I think this has more to do with the sheer amount of complaints but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.

I love Market Samurai but this additional activation doesn't fix the situation but I guess it's something. You can always sell a copy of your 2nd (and now 3rd) activation if you need some spare cash but it's not worth the hassle IMO.
 
MS sux completely for me the last 2 months or so. The keyword research does not show the correct search amounts. The rank checker stops at 99%, google rankings don't show many times.
 
Wish someone was in a good mood and wanted to giveaway the third user option ;)
 
The 'somthing happened' bit was a blackhatter trying to do PPC fraud through their proxies. And did they try and sneak it through the back door? Nooooo. They slammed their server without about 10 times the daily requests.
 
Wish someone was in a good mood and wanted to giveaway the third user option ;)

Sorry, I'd offer one to you but a buddy of mine ended up giving me his 3rd instead...:)
 
Any updates? Is it still working ineffectively?
 
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