Permanently Closed Marketplace Sales Thread

[FredDuggan]

now thats a quick response. Thx.

 

[MisterGemini]

now thats a quick response. Thx.

You can always expect this kind of professionalism from BlogSense developers. Honestly of all the apps I have worked with, they have been the faster in responding to any kind of bugs reported and in implementing new features that I brought up to include in the app.

I predict in 2011 BlogSense is going to be 'the must have' autoblogging app.

 

[cwongwh]

hi adbox,
Now that amazon doesn't allow pulling comments as text with their APi, does the amazon module with blogsense have anything to get around this ?

 

[MisterGemini]

hi adbox,
Now that amazon doesn't allow pulling comments as text with their APi, does the amazon module with blogsense have anything to get around this ?

I would stop right there if I was you.

I was stunned when I heard this announcement. I know that there are TONS of sites that depend on those reviews, and amazon wants to take back ownership of them. They were open to distribute till now, but now that they have changed those terms, it isn't just amazon u will need to look out for, it will be google. Besides, you really want to risk losing your commissions over pulling their reviews?

It's disappointing I know. I have made a lot of money from those amazon reviews, but its time to step it up.

 

[adbox]

hi adbox,
Now that amazon doesn't allow pulling comments as text with their APi, does the amazon module with blogsense have anything to get around this ?

Well, BlogSense does not use the API to get its information from Amazon, so users will not be affected. That being said, I do not know if it is anywhere written that it is against amazon TOS to use customer reviews for promotionals. As far as I know they just zipped up the API power to do this.

I follow the FTC (I think thats what it is) news a little bit and know that recently there are new laws passed about using customer reviews that are not your own to promote products. .... But there are also protections that allow you to still do this if you place a disclaimer on your site disclaiming that commentary is borrowed and you are an affiliate site and these products are not your own etc. disclaimer. etc.

There must be something deeper about this whole situation, because this is going to cut in hard into Amazon's affiliate sales and they have to know it, and have to expect to see the losses. They may be trying to save their legal asses on the other hand and prevent even greater losses from law suits... the question is who is threatening to file suite against them .

All in all I don't know too much about it these are my speculations.

 

[gomarkie]

Very interesting thread here, hello adbox, I sent you a pm, please check it.

 

[adbox]

Latest Updates 7.0.0.2 ---

Thanks for being part of BlogSense! There is some very important information in this newsletter so lets get started.

Custom Source Profiles

We?ve added in backup-scrape parameters. What this means is now instead of 1 set of beginning and end codes for Title and Content grabbing, we can now program 3 sets of beginning and end codes. This will help us conquer sources who?s templating systems jump around such as Yahoo News (Which has also been improved in this version by using the backup parameters feature).

In addition, Wildcards can now be used to represent dynamic parts of html code. To call a wild card use this token: %wildcard%. These wildcards can be used in Source Scraping and RSS Full Content Scraping.
Example of Wildcard use:

begin-code: class=?sailboats_%wildcard%? id=?%wildcard%?>

Improved Post Templating

I?ve completely restructured the way post templating is handled by removing header,footer,and title template profiles and having these templates editable directly in the area where we create a campaign.

This includes having the hook buttons (which allow creating manually selected pools of video or image content to include at random into posts) as well as BlogSense?s own automatic-content tokens (Amazon Widget Token, Amazon Content Token, Ebay Widget Token, Youtube Video Token)? and have even added in token integrations for phpBay and phpZon.

In addition to the above mentioned integrations, BlogSense also now gives the user the ability to create custom %tokens% that will be replaced by user defined content.

We might also see soon the integration of WP Robot Tokens and WP Mage Tokens as this is a major direction I?ve decided to take BlogSense in; an administration platform that detects and integrates the power of the other highly celebrated auto-content solutions.

BIG NOTE: Header Profiles, Footer Profiles, and Title Template Profiles WILL NOT carry over from 6.0.x.x to 7.0.x.x. Campaigns that make use of these will have to be re-dressed.

Other Improvements and Bug Fixes

(Mass Keyword Affects)
This feature has been improved and is running at top performance now.
Added title=keyword to a href links.

(Mass Search & Replace)
Now shows post ids of affected items after replacement.

(Yahoo Answers)
Improved preview mode to show answers.

(Twitter)
Basic Authentication was canceled for Twitter. We had to implement oAuth standards to bring Twitter posting back online. YOU WILL HAVE TO DELETE AND RE-ADD TWITTER ACCOUNTS. I?m sorry, there is nothing better I can do.

(Internal Code Structure)
Now we are using Wordpress functions to add posts to the database, rather than custom queries. I?m hoping this does not bring us any trouble, but as a development decision it was necessary for non-English Wordpress Installs.​

 

[smallfry]

I have used this software and would have to say I was not impressed. The spinner feature changed like 1 word per sentence. Did not pass the google detection. It is also tedious to setup compared to wp-robot. There should be a help feature built in to lookup things. I already got a refund.

 

[adbox]

I have used this software and would have to say I was not impressed. The spinner feature changed like 1 word per sentence. Did not pass the google detection. It is also tedious to setup compared to wp-robot. There should be a help feature built in to lookup things. I already got a refund.

The spin feature uses a phrase replacement system similar to The Best Spinner, and out of box spins about 10-15%, but you can alter a setting from the control panel to increase the intensity of spinning. How this works is it changes it from only replacing phrases to also replacing synonyms and then the spin rate is 40%+ but the readability decreases. Most likely you left before I added this feature. --- Still, thought is constantly given on how to improve the current spin token database.

Yes, there is more involved than WP Robot, which naturally makes it more tedious. We are always looking to save time, but BlogSense is a software that provides as much variability as possible, which means more control, and more to setup (if you want to deviate from the defaults). Also, with the release of 7.0.0.2+, post templating has gotten much easier and is state of the art.

But BlogSense isnt here to compete with WP Robot. Both have strengths and at the end of the day, allong with WP Mage, phpZon, phpBay. All the above mentioned softwares can work well together. It's currently BlogSense's goal to bring as much functionality of each 3rd party software under one roof. And its already started happening with the integration with phpBay and phpZon.


@smallfry,

I hate to loose your business, and even more hate to see a poor testimonial, though it happens. Your welcome back to own a lifetime license check out 7.0.0.2 for 30.00. Written documentation is still weak, as the forum currently is the best place to get information.

@new_readers Despite poor written documentation, there is some good video documentation on the forums, and if you are a quick learner and a engaging person BSense can come off as easily manageable/configurable.

Here are are my latest testimonials over at the AutoblogBlueprint Forum:

I love it Hudson. You have made this one of the best Auto Blogging plugins to buy. I am going to have to change my recommendation list.

Mike Johnson [Author of the Blueprint]

Blogsense just keeps getting better and better. I love the 7.0.2 update. - cohara

I'm glad to see the blogsense 7.0.2. I too am sure that Hudson is surely going to make it the best autoblogging plugin around and the best part of it I like it over WP Robot is that it has a feature of self hosting the images and moreover its updating fast with new additions in its feature list alongwith the fixes.

 

[income2k]

I've actually quit using this at 3.0 or somewhere around there.. I really don't know how good or bad this product is but all I know is that, I couldn't keep up with the constant changes do I bagged this project altogether.. I think I only have one blog using Blogsense and that was a few months back and I haven't touched it since.. So, even if I wanted to put the latest Blogsense on it I wouldn't even know how to do it unless I reload it from scratch..

I have used this software and would have to say I was not impressed. The spinner feature changed like 1 word per sentence. Did not pass the google detection. It is also tedious to setup compared to wp-robot. There should be a help feature built in to lookup things. I already got a refund.

 

[adbox]

BlogSense 7.0.8.1 Released!

Backdating
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We can now select the date we want to begin backdating from.

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Bookmarking
We can now limit which campaigns are bookmarked by BlogSense. For example, if you want a campaign to only post to twitter, then you can set it up that way. Likewise you can completely have campaigns omitted from any bookmarking.
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Sometimes you might want to control the quality of the content announced to your social services. You might do this to improve your readership, acquire and retain more followers, or even to decease the chances of having accounts disabled due to overuse and clutter.

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Custom Fields
Custom fields are now editable directly within the campaign rather than as a global setting, and in addition we also can use the second image url found in the post as a value or a custom value of your choice.

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3rd Party Software Integration & Other Post Templating Improvements
BlogSense's templating system has now shortcode creation wizards for WP Robot and WP Mage. So if you own these softwares then you can now use the power of their automated content.
BlogSense supports short-code creation wizards for WP Robot, WP Mage, phpZon, and phpBay.
In addition I changed two of the pre-included variables: %tag_1% and %tag_2% became %tag_title% and %tag_postbody%. These variables use the Yahoo Terms API to generate a tag phrase from the title of the post and from the content of the post.
Also the variable %campaign_name% has been added, which will call the name of the campaign.
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Improved Spin Database
In a joint effort to improve BlogSense spinning capabilities, a couple of colleagues donated word-token databases from their personal collection for BlogSense possible use.
After manually reviewing the 3 databases I picked the best looking one and integrated it with BlogSense. I'm looking forward to your feedback on how this affects the overall experience.

Remember, there is a setting in your ‘Global Settings' area that if set can allow you to replace synonyms as well. The default setting only replaces phrases.
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Improved Campaign Creation Interface
Just some touch ups to make it more organized and look pretty;
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[adbox]

The Amazon module is now 80% API based and the rest is handled by scraping; and we think we got the scraping parts down. It still uses Amazon.com Search URLS to power product discovery, but beyond that the only other thing powered by scraping is user comments and reviews. Because Amazon works directly with the API now you will have to have an Amazon Secret Access Key and a Amazon Web Services Access Key.

This latest modification also improves flexibility. Take a look at the custom template variables we can use now:

%amazon_price%
%amazon_small_image_url%
%amazon_medium_image_url%
%amazon_large_image_url%
%amazon_product_description%
%amazon_product_features%
%amazon_brand_name%
%amazon_model%
%amazon_customer_review_content_1%
%amazon_customer_review_authorname_1%
%amazon_customer_review_content_2%
%amazon_customer_review_authorname_2%
%amazon_customer_review_content_3%
%amazon_customer_review_authorname_3%
%amazon_buyitnow_button%

 

[Krabicz]

How many domains / subdomains I can run campaigns at one time?

 

[adbox]

Well running campaigns will take up computing resources; So I would take mind to spread out the work load; But as far as executing content sourcing; I'd try to never schedule 2 at the exact same time. This is just to be safe though.

 

[Krabicz]

OK. But if I have several servers and on each run a campaign, it will not be any restrictions?

 

[adbox]

No not at all; everything is locally hosted on your machine; there is no bottle necks outside of that.

 

[Krabicz]

Ok. Thanks for your rapid response

 

[Krabicz]

I thought a lot about this and I have another question. Is it possible to automate blogsense, so that no interference install and run campaigns? Of course, semi-automatic method is also useful.

 

[adbox]

I thought a lot about this and I have another question. Is it possible to automate blogsense, so that no interference install and run campaigns? Of course, semi-automatic method is also useful.

I'm not sure what you mean exactly?

 

[Krabicz]

OK. I will try to explain it better. I have multiple domains (for each of 20 sub-domains). Everywhere, of course, installed wordpress. My question is, How can I as soon as possible to fill each page of a thousand posts.