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Hi guys, I'm normally more of an observer here but this is something I have to speak up about. Market Samurai has been really bad lately, I've checked it against other sources of the same info and it seems to be off. Can anyone recommend a real credible alternative at the moment? Anyone tried Long Tail Pro? Thanks : ) |
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I know the Rank Trackers has been down for a couple of days, which is definitely annoying. MS is one of the more expensive apps too... Haven't tried Long Tail Pro but have heard good things. |
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I know, it's so annoying, seems like MS is getting bloated or something, they seem to update it everyday. Long Tail Pro looks interesting, I'm a mac user so I'd have to go with a windows install to try it out. If MS carries on like this I might have to give it a try. |
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It's really annoying. I don't understand why they don't roll out an update to go back to pre-cloud till they fix their issues? Their lack of updates on the situation doesn't help either. |
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I'm totally with you there, for such a pricey bit of software you'd think they'd have it sorted quicker, still until there is something better we'll have to deal with it : (
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The problem with MarketSamurai is that they only charged a one time fee for it. They have to keep updating their code whenever Google changes. However they only charged a one time fee, so they aren't making nearly as much money now as they were when their product was new and everyone was buying it. So they don't have nearly as much time (or incentives) to continue to actively develop MS.
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Yep that's very true, hence why they're probably still in 'beta'. For KW research I'm not too bothered as there's plenty of decent alternatives out there, however all my ranking history is in MS as I found it pretty good for my needs in that respect. Might be time to look at alternatives. |
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Yeah it's really the ranking function that I use everyday and depend on.
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Hi, MS is still one of the better sources for this information. It might be just a matter of sitting with our frustration for a couple of days more. I have contacted them, so will let you know what the feedback is. cheers, Patrick |
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Yea they have really been struggling a lot lately. I still use them, but man they were such an awesome product a year or so ago. Now it takes all my patience to use them. I wonder how their sales are doing? |
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Whatever i still love to use them.
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I use it every day for SEO analysis, top 10 on Google Have not noticed ANY CHANGE. still only takes me like 30-45 secs per kw kw research? Do that on Google adwords tool, much faster than MS |
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Do you have any problems with SEO competition analysis module today? I can't get any results. I tried many times today and everytime is does not work. |
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Yea, I have that problem, I think that's one of the things they mentioned was up with it. I'm also getting no PR data for any results.
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The message I'm getting today is this: We are currently experiencing major issues with some of the services which power Market Samurai. |
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Come on MS starting to get annoyed
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It has been pretty buggy the past few days as well. We recieved an email from the noble samurai team saying that they are trying to get everything back online.
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They have issues from time to time, make sure to upload latest updates if they do have issues ,,,, assuming they fixed the problems already..the updates will have the fixes in them......... |
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Yes it may be back up and running soon but we are going to have to pay extra for certain elements of the software. I think this is out of order really because we were told free updates for life. |
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Latest update Noble Samurai Looks like the end of Market Samurai There are a lot of unhappy people after this blog posting - me included. They are now offering refunds to unhappy customers that don't want to subscribe to their paid service. It could be the final nail for MS, their withering response to the problem of the product not doing what people bought it for is pretty cringeworthy and at best, a cry for help. If they can't commit to a definite resolution and plan for future users, they really should say so. If I don't see one soon instead of the wishy washy excuses we have seen over the last 12 months, I'll certainly be asking for my refund. It plainly doesn't do "what it says on the tin" - especially now. I thought initially that finally I had bought a product that was of value, unlike the other dozens I have bought that were not, and I hate to say it, in spite of sticking up for them in the face of much adversity, I was wrong. It looks like they have lost to Google and their increasing attempts to stop SEO and instead, get people to conform to their rules and regulations. I'm disappointed, to say the least. Rant over. |
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Too bad, it's an overpriced expensive tool for me now as I've been using Niche Finder way more often for KWR anyway.
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| They had very poor planning. They should've known that rank tracking is impossible to provide free for life, and it was irresponsible of them to promise that. It was only a matter of time before this happened; it's expensive to track that many keywords for users who aren't paying your monthly server bills anymore.
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Market Samurai is not that broken Normally on SEO it spits out Domain age PR Indexed pages Backlinks to Page Backlinks to Domain Indexed in Yahoo Indexed in Dmoz kw in url kw in header kw in description kw in title referring domains to domain Referring domains to page Page edu .gov backlinks and a few more factors Currently PR and indexed pages.......................are not showing thats not a big deal out of all those factors Indexed pages I never look at PR? I am concerned with PR of the backlinks showing so that needs to show but 95 percent of what I look at is working for SEO competition |
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| I will categorically state that because of the problems with MS over the last 8 months, I have had to buy other software to do what MS was supposed to do in the first place. I guess from your sneering response that you work with or are an affiliate with Samurai, so will disregard your thinly disguised personal attack. FACT - the product does not and has not done what it was advertised to do for a long time, and for which a price has been paid. I was misled, along with thousands of others. There have been countless complaints about MS for a long time, and my main problem with all of this is that in spite of knowing of the problems, they have continued to take the money. And now they are basically saying that unless you now join on a monthly subscription basis, the product will not do what it was supposed to do in the first place? Are they mad? Why don't they just admit they made a huge mistake, promising something that would eventually fail? And why when these problems became apparent as Google moved the goalposts, didn't they stop selling until they knew the problems could be resolved? It stinks, and I'm sorry, no one in their right mind could support your argument that it must have been of some benefit over the last 12 months. If indeed it had been of benefit, I wouldn't have had to spend even more money on other products.
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want some cheese with that whine. No I am not an affiliate MS has had occasional glitches in the past 6 months since I bought it but its always fixed within a day or two Kw research is very slow, granted, so I use google kw tool for that. Same database, 100 x faster SEO competition? the only time I had an issue was when PR changed and Yahoo Site explorer stopped or closed, that took a few weeks and VOILA the PR checker suddenly worked, perfectly just like before today they are having a massive rework apparently so that will be fixed as it always has in the past, within a few days. the SEO competition search function has worked for me perfectly since I bought it, and thats what I use it for. its a GREAT product, despite its few glitches. Whats the alternative? | |
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And no, I will not lower myself to your level of personally attacking you verbally. I'll stick to facts and you can be as puerile as you like. It's amazing how these armchair warriors get so aggressive in the safety of their anonymity and behind their PC screen. There are MANY users of MS with a myriad of complaints about the product, check them out in this forum, far more than there are praising it's functionality. If the sellers of MS had faith in their product, they wouldn't be weedling their way out of their product responsibility by offering full refunds, no questions asked. FACT | |
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Anyone crying about MS not functioning what are you using it for? kw research? thats so slow its useless, most people use it for TOP TEN google analysis on SEO function thats has ALWAYS worked great for me where else can you get that much info for kws in 30 secs? including PR and anchor text of kws ? I dont believe people if they say the SEO function doesnt work, it works 99 percent of the time |
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Don't believe me? Why all the complaints, particularly over the last 6 months that are DOCUMENTED in this forum. Do a search, there are hundreds of posts from very unhappy buyers. It's always handy to get the facts first, I had a check through WF this morning, it's hardly a surprise having read the comments about MS, especially over the last 6 months (and I don't mean the hype from the affiliates of the "disguised" posters) that finally, they have come out with their admittance that it just is not going to work on the original premise that it was sold on. | |
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Their 'business model' relies on them getting data through unauthorized means. That's a bit 'bootleg' for the amount of money they charge.
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I use MS daily to search for kws, what function are you talking about? I just spent a week using the SEO function looking up a lot of new kws worked perfectly that was before the latest glitch but I have only had a problem that lasted longer than a day one time, that was when Yahoo site explorer tanked but that took out 90 percent of the backlink sites on the net so backlinks sites using yahoo site explorer had to scramble to find replacement data I think you guys crying about MS are either not updating it, or trying to use it for kw research which is way too time consuming SEO research button has always worked flawlessly for me thats all i use it for My kw Research regimine? 1. I go to google kw tool and search the kws 2, I use "contextual tool" on google kw tool to check CPC 3. I go to Market Samurai SEO button, enter the kws and look up the top 10 competition on Google Believe me if Market Samurai didnt work for me? as much as I use it? I would be screaming from the top of the hills, I would be on the board starting multiple threads trashing MS. My question is, why is it working for me? if its not working for you? I have the same software If you guys are talking about functions OTHER than the SEO button? such as kw research? kw ranking? etc etc etc Those may in fact NOT be working I have no idea I never use them all I know is for what I USE IT FOR..............SEO ANALYSIS..................ITS ALWAYS WORKED GREAT | |
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Its about the fact that thousands of others bought it for the reasons they hyped about on their blurb that are either broken or are now going to be charged for. For example, one of the reasons I bought it, being a newbie to IM, is for the (not very fast) rank tracker, using it as a barometer to monitor my SEO on three different sites I had set up, and to monitor the changes in rank as I experimented with various SEO techniques. Now if I want that facility I have to pay a monthly subscription? I wouldn't have been bothered if I had bought it with the knowledge that then, or eventually, I would have to pay a monthly subscription on top of the purchase price (I paid top price for it before I was aware that it could be bought cheaper). So just accept the fact that others, that have bought it and use it for the promised USP in the ad, have not had FULL functionality, or even unbroken SPECIFIC functionality for quite a long time. And if you don't mind me saying, please don't be so rude, it reduces the credibility of your other comments. | |
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Why didnt you just dispute the charge on your credit card or paypal? obviously it must have been doing that from day 1? as far as me being rude? you are the one saying I must not be using the product that must be why I am saying what I am saying, so I said thats crap, and it is. You dont know how I use the product, so to accuse me basically of lying, which is what you are doing, dont expect a gentle kind sugary response |
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Just started up MS, the opening notice, It isn't that great at the moment for SEO analysis at the moment then?: MARKET SAMURAI SERVICE INTERRUPTION Market Samurai has been updated to restore functionality to a number of services.Google rank data in the Rank Tracker module remains unavailable, but we will return to full service as soon as we are able. To find out more about the changes which have taken place and to keep up to date, please visit our blog. Affected services: Rank Tracker:
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| SEO analysis? has about 20 factors that show up PR? yes thats necessary hope they fix that soon, it was broken for at least a week after yahoo site explorer closed, then they fixed it , it was working perfectly, I used it for about 10 days in a row, then now they are completey revamping everything so PR doesnt work and indexed pages doesnt work. indexed pages isnt important anyway backlinks works, both to the page and to the domain PR ? I want to analyse PR of backlinks. I dont care about PR of the domain |
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WARNING: RANK TRACKER "Unfortunately, at this time we're unable to check large numbers of Google keywords. We're working on the issue, but it may be some time before have a solution in place.We're still able to fetch large numbers of keywords for Bing and Yahoo. For the time being, to update your Google Rankings, please select the checkbox for any keywords that you want checked, and then click the "Update Selected Only" button. Warning: These search requests will come from your own computer and not from our cloud infrastructure. We recommend not checking more than 10 keywords at a time in quick succession. Checking too many keywords in this manner may reduce your ability to use Google for yourself and anyone sharing your Internet connection". | |
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Quote by you Rslaing "You mustn't have been using it much over last 3 months then" Implying that I am making statements that it works great but I never use it, so I am lying thats how I took it far as MS keep promising etc for 8 months? You telling me its never worked for 8 months? you have not gotten 100 bucks of value out of it? ever? since you bought it? If you find a product that does a better job then buy it or subscribe to it? stop crying about it 100 bucks is nothing Hell I lost 30,000 dollars on a business me and my wife started 3 yrs ago due to a big court case we got dragged into I just dont sit around crying bout it life goes on, crying wont do much |
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who watches their kws that much? would drive me nuts | |
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| the truth hurts Man up, sh*t happens if you dont like the product? dont use it go buy something else if you can find it. The way you act , you act as if someone is forcing you to keep using MS and deal with their customer service and unfulfilled promises. Nobody is holding a gun to your head. stop crying about it, sheesh |
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Dude as I said stop crying about it ok we believe you its not working as they promised you so now what? people get ripped off every day. and no, nobody appreciates it including me the difference between me and You is I would have said bye bye a long time ago if I thought a company was taking me for a ride. and I would have never looked back. Whining about the company on a public forum has gotten you a refund? NOPE so whats the point? a lot of us are HAPPY with Market samurai So I guess you guys who are not happy, are on a mission to prove that those of us who are happy are either 1. liars 2. we never use the product that much 3. we are affiliates trying to send traffic to get commissions all you succeed in doing is making yourself look like fools |
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As for your points 1, 2 and 3, you're making it up, and misinterpreting the real nature of the original comments. Do you have to be so aggressive all the time? Just make your point without trying to belittle other people's opinions, it carries a lot more weight and allows people to freely contribute rather than be bullied just because they might disagree with you. | |
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MS is a fake thing. At least its like a the bubble burst. So guys get over it. When you keep saying MS, you are promoting a fake product and distracting the newbees...
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