CASimmons

Today I received an email from Adam Horwitz of Mobile Monopoly fame linking me to this new software that's supposed to do all these amazing things with auto-blogging. So I bit and checked the site out. Now I admit that this sounds like a really sweet deal by itself and that's without all the BONUSES that Adam promises for buying through his link.

The problem is this... I like to read up on things before I make a purchase and was looking for reviews on this Auto Blog Samurai product, but as I'm sure you already know, all the reviews on Google's front AND second page were marketers singing it's praises. Maybe it's that good. I dunno.

All I want is a fact based, non-biased, objective review on this product as I'm interested in possibly making a purchase. I checked IMReportCard.com and found the creator's review but not a review of the product. I'm aware that it's pretty new and I'm also aware that I can get a refund if it's not what I expected but at this point I don't know what to expect. Please help!!!

Pro and cons please.

tigerwar

Hi Melody,
this wasn't an accusation I just watched the video from ABSamurai and saw that it's the same as ABSoftware.
I have and use ABS from Nick Carty and the Software that Ponna uses is the same with just a differrent logo..

on the ABSoftware page...look at this Button:

http://www.imeyekey.com/addtc.JPG

best regards
Tigerwar

tigerwar

Hi Lefty,

I agree with you totally!

Edit: Nick Carty's service is OUTSTANDING! he couldn't respond to me any faster if using a telephone..he is GREAT

best regards
Tigerwar

pavionjsl

It is like autoblogging software sold here. It was a Wso forever and sold very well. It looks similar to samari blog thing.

Melody

Has Nick responded to any of this?

Vincenzo Oliva

I didn't get a chance to stretch this software out yet but it's not as automatic as wprobot there is more manual effort involved, but I believe that is a good thing because it gives you more control and you will get better quality than WPROBOT.

Gary Pettit

Personally I think The Autoblog Blueprint by Mike Johnson is BY FAR the best tool ever created for autoblogging. He not only includes a complete education on autoblogging(which is continually updated) but includes everything within the course you'll ever need. You can also read all his honest reviews of all the different auto blogging platforms over at his blog:
Black Hat Software Dot Net

novac

Found this in another forum:
from NiCK Carty
reply-to owner@cartystudios.com
to **************************
date Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at PM
subject Your subscription is now complete.


Thanks for joining us.

My name is NiCK Carty and I'm the
co-creator of Auto Blog Samurai software.

The following week, I have planned to
get you excited with some awesome free
stuffs and tips to improve your earnings.

Stay tuned!

Regards,
NiCK Carty..

snapcontent

I'd be surprised if the Market Samurai guys didn't kick off about the name. They have a great brand, and I for one initially thought this was something to do with them.

By the way, any autoblogging product that uses 'translation' in an attempt to make it's scraped content unique... good luck with that. Or as English to French, French back to English would say:-

I' ; D is astonished if the types samurais didn' market; T give a kick to far about the name. They have a famous brand, and I for has at the thought beginning that c' was something to make with them. D' elsewhere, very produced autoblogging which employs ' ; translation' ; so d' to try to make it' ; S.A. éraflé… the single good luck satisfies with that. Or like English-French, French again with l' English would say: -

translated at babelfish.

Nile Vincent

Hey guys and gals, the ABSamurai product is great with videos, pdf manual.

Yet Carty's ABS which is identical (because Ponna's is relicensed and rebranded)
is the original. Different perks from different marketers.

Ponna pushes the free Blogger angle a little more. Carty the paid Wordpress (w hosting), because of control.

Carty did address on this forum a few days ago about all this. And his customer
service is superb!.

The better deal between identical software products (my opinion) is Carty's.

Hope this helps...

snapcontent

Using free blog hosts is a real pain in the *** nowadays. Blogger will try to verify you if you only post by email (every 30 days or so, and they now seem to prefer cellphone verification).

Wordpress just ban you if there's an 'r' in the month.

Free Wordpress MU hosts last on average about 40 days before their hosts dump them for bandwidth infraction.

Better to lash out the $3 or so it costs to get your own hosting, and have at leaste SOME control over your destiny...


By the way, here's what Google Translate (best on teh planet) did to your text:-

Hey guys and girls, the product is great with ABSamurai videos manual pdf,.

Yet Carty ABS, which is identical (because Ponna is relicensed and renamed)
is the original. Various advantages of different marketing.

Ponna pushes the angle a little more free Blogger. Carty made the Wordpress (w accommodation), because of the control.

Carty discussed on this forum a few days ago about all this. And client
Service is superb.

The best agreement between the identical software products (my opinion) is Carty.

pavionjsl

Yes Nick is the best at service.........hands down involved and on top of any problems.

tigerwar

You hit the nail right on the head pavionjsl

Best regards
Tigerwar

Mcrofts

Auto Blog Samurai - 3in1 Niche Blog Creation Software Suite! Customer support is Rubbish

I Bought it During first 30mins of Webinar With Mark Link & Paul 3days ago now.

Software will not work for me, Need's "Activation Keys"
I Also Bought the backlink Upsell, Which I do not Have access to?

AND, Im on to my 6th Email to Customer Support right NOW!

Mcrofts

After my 6th Email, I finally just got a Response.

----------------
Hello,

Thank you for your email.

Our customer support team will get back to you shortly.
We generally respond to email in 24 to 48 hours...

Please allow 3 to 5 business days for us to respond.
Do not email twice as it will mark your response as "latest"
and delay the response.

We will get back to you at the earliest. Thank you for your
patience.

Regards,

Paul Ponna & Team
--------------------------------------------

Gee'z I Emailed 6time's as there was never any sign of response, living or Automated.

lefty359

I'm confused. If Carty gives away a free ver and also still gives updates, what is the incentive to buy?

mannydas

How much do you have to pay to update? Please understand, I am not opposed to paying for something that is simple to implement to earn some money. I am a newbie. I have not created any websites or blogs. I am not some one who can write reviews or post in forums with intention of getting customers.

CASimmons

Lol. I guess it's all just apart of the warrior process. I've since relaxed. I can see where we may have been walking a thin line. These types of discussions are definitely worth having but I'm not sure what part of the forum would be the appropriate medium. I guess anywhere that's not for reviews.

Overall I still got exactly what I was looking for so no harm no foul I guess. One thing I can say is that throughout this who thing I did find out that Auto Blog Samurai is most certainly a worthwhile product.

I advise anyone looking into this software to do your research and decide what features and benefits are most important to you and make your decision from there. Either way I do recommend the purchase of this product in either form. Whether you grab the Auto Blog Samurai version or Carty's, as I did, you'll be making a worthwhile investment.

Thomas Buckley

Agreed Just bought from carty's and it actually does what it says on the tin
Now where to get the content...

edaesq

Pros and Cons of Carty Autoblogging Software verses Auto Blog Samarai.

1. The software is exactly the same, as I understand it. So, for functionality there will be no difference.

2. They are marketing the...daylights...out of Auto Blog Samarai and so some of the affiliates are offering massive bonuses. I scrolled through 10 pages of Google Serps on Auto Blog Samarai and found many of the bonuses to be identical, suggesting the Samarai people are giving their affiliates similar bonus product options. But, there are some affiliates who are not using the "canned" bonuses and if you do your homework, you'll find the interesting bonus packages. So, as far as snapping up a bunch of free...stuff...you may do better with the Auto Blog Samarai product.

3. This fellow Mr. Carty has an obviously awesome reputation with customer service. I have no personal experience but from many posts it would appear this chap will have Scotty beam him into your laptop to get things right. The Samarai boys are gonna be flooded for a few weeks. I bet their customer service is also good, but it may take some time to get through the initial flurry of inquiries they'll have to deal with.

4. There is a price differential of 22 bucks, I think, in favor of the Samarai product. But, if Mr. Carty's attention to his customers is one tenth as good as described, I think that could offset the bonuses. Some guy named Kitane (Not sure if I have that right) had a most impressive bonus set for the Samarai product. I think he throws in the Bible, Koran and Torah for good measure. Seriously, he's giving away like entire disc drives worth of good products.(No, I don't know him). As tempting as that ....load....of bonuses are, and I'm still on the fence, but good customer service is priceless.

GenerousBoy

So much for support,huh. Sadly your experience is typical of my own for most clickbank products. all this time you're supposed to be saving and you're spending hoursr e-writing emails to support! You could have used that time to set up a real blog with wordpress and a flexsqueeze template!

Nile Vincent

What's all this about? That sure came out messed up! Where'd you find this? And thanks in advance.
Nile

Jason G Anderson

The free version is version 1 of his software - the current version (that he is selling, and presumably is the rebranded ABS) is version 2.

Boris_yo

It turns out that instead of a happy customer, i became angry beta tester for Auto Blog Samurai. Perhaps that was the plan of Paul... I use hosting JustHost and here are the downsides and bugs of software when using Blogger as a publishing platform:

1. You cannot post more than 50 posts per day with software, because if you go over the limit, you will have to enter Captcha in order to post and Auto Blog Samurai though will say that article was posted, will actually fail to post.

2. You cannot delete posts in list if you click on "Delete Selected" and the only way to do it is press on "Delete" key on your keyboard, but it won't work with PLR Articles.

3. You cannot post and expect the post to be already there because it is scheduled. But that is not that of a problem - you will just have to navigate to your blog post and preview it.

4. When customizing PLR article post, the formatting loses 1 hard line break when you view article on Blogger so there will not be any space between paragraphs and sub-titles will look too close to each other. If you decide to not customize post, then there will be a lot of space between paragraphs, like 2 or 3 hard line breaks. In both cases press "Enter" once at the end of each paragraph or sub-title to fix problem.

5. If you post with images, then images will not display because Blogger doesn't allow them to be uploaded with software. Instead you will be able to pull images from your hosting account if setup. The problem with this is that software will upload images to /home directory of your hosting account and you cannot setup custom folder name. What you can do is when you have finished posting to your blog, you can create a custom folder and move there images that software uploads to /home directory, but this won't work with Amazon and RSS Feeds.

6. If you have images in your posts that software uploads, they will be EMPTY, with 0 bytes size.

7. Sometimes stopping whatever process Auto Blog Samurai does will not work, like posting or pulling data.

8. Email support for software is non-existent! Its been 3 days since i sent them a few messages and didn't get any answer from them.

That is all i have found using software for a few days. As you all see from this, it makes autoblogging the opposite because of bugs and inconvenience that software causes. Maybe i should give it more time and wait to see if some of the bugs will be fixed...

Yudha Andika

How much he/she paid for this re-branded version ? lol
I think Carty's software is great and after sales support is good too...if you a warrior forum member, why not go with Carty's Auto Blogging software ?

Aries26

Hi,

Thank you everybody for all your comment and information.

I will go with Mr. NiCK Carty, no monthly fee with his product but AutoBlogSamurai you need to pay monthly fee.

I loved this forum. Got some good, honest people here.

Thanks.

lefty359

I just got an answer from the first email support msg i sent. Time: 4 days.
It was signed by Jessica

dtmission

I downloaded the free version of Carty's software ans I thank for that.

The only observation is that the download includes only a program installer and no instructions. I guess that there are instructions for the paid version.

Mario Pesce
Affiliate Success News

lefty359

No,there's a manual. I got one when I dl'd the free one.

snapcontent

I simply ran the text through Google translate into French, then back into English. Try it yourself:-

Google Translate

Trying to use 'translation' to make text unique is the second silliest way of doing it (after swapping characters for HTML control codes). There was a time when it might have worked, but not now. The grammar screw ups make it look like it's been Markoved, and all search engines weed out Markov stuff at the very early stages of analysis (because there is so much of it - bless those little blackhatters with their $5 scripts :-)

ChickenMan

5 upsells huh? Nah, I'll pass. Carty's stuff is excellent - i tried the original ABS from the WR. I don't know too much about Auto Blog Samurai(other than it tried to upsell 5 times when exiting) but if you got it off Adam's list(who's been known to promote crappy products to his list), I'd stay away from it and unsubscribe.

Carty's is much better(based on ABS V1) and he's around to ask questions if you need help here or on his forum.

neodarth

OK this was completely out of my monthly budget for IMO's, but I've just bought Auto Blog Samurai just to compare if its the very same as Carty's ABS, the price is not much and I bought 1 of the upsells too (an RSS submitter rebranded).

Auto Blog Samurai has the posibility to especify if you are going to use wordpress or blogger wich is cool.

You can fetch content from 4 different sources:

- RSS feeds
- Articles extracted from ezine articles
- Clickbank hop ads
- Amazon integration
- PRL articles

Some of the features that this autoblog samurai has, are:

- translation feature - you translate the feeds, articles, amazon description, PLR content to spin them on google or bing and make them "unique" the way you do on google (from english- to whatever- to english) with the obvious grammar issues that this carry, but you can fix this with the text editor built in - where you can add images, and youtube videos, links and such (I don't remember if Carty's software has this feature).

- Articles, clickbank hop links and amazon products are keyword related (you put a keyword and the software use that keyword to fetch the content.

- You can schedule the interval of each post and bulk publish (set and forget)

- There is a FTP option to upload images to a server and then publish them on the blogger blogs (this is actually pretty cool)

The tutorials are really easy to follow and the bonus material is a nice adition. The RSS submitter is pretty much like every other submitter out there but it get the job done.

So far I've tested the software basically creating four Blogger blogs (in a little more than one hour) and they are preloaded with content to drip for over six months. I'm just waiting to see if they are not banned from Blogger.

Today I'm going to test it on wordpress blogs (although I don't think I would move an inch away from WP Robot I simply love that software!).

For the price you have a decent autoblog system and as I bought through Ponna`s link I have a ton of PLR softwares to use as bonus myself.

lefty359

I said this before, but now I don't see it. All of my email support requests have been answered except 2, but just sent those yesterday and today. As part of the first months
premium member Stuff, they sent me a keyword software that really looks good and some traffic videos.

websitepopularityservices

i think it is an excellent tool if you don't have a lot of those features in other bots and such. i like that it is laid out in a very noob friendly way (which anyone can appreciate a simple and intuitive gui) while providing advanced features.

Bryan Waldo

I bought this software and it works really well I had posted to a couple of my blogs withing 10 minutes of purchase (you gotta wade through all the upsell's) The product does exactly what they say it will. I was disapointed in the fact taht they make this out to be somthing that they built, but its just a rebrand of the Webmagnets software. In my initial testing I found that when trying to add multiple forms of content (like 2 amazon feeds for diffent keywords) the software locked up. So you have to manually change it within that feed. I was also a bit disapointed in the number of modules this can post to. It has the following module
1 rss feed
2 amazon
3 ezines
4 Clickbank
5. PLR but you have to have the PLR already(cant go search for it)
There is no ebay "module" which is a must. So if you want to use EPN you have to go and use an RSS tool to do it(a hassle)

The software is fairly limited in what you can do as far as customization. When you click on preferences you get this hokey msg saying "All settings are pre built with this version-Enjoy" well there not setup in a way that I like and would prefer to be able to customize depending on the "blog" more then I would like. I would also prefer to be able to pick the order of the posts and mix and match between the different "modules" example would be to alternate from amazon, to rss, or clickbank or whatever but this software wont let you do that either.

The software does have a preview panel for the article where you can edit the article which is nice but it doesn't let you customize the title. And this can cause errors with the "& and," Wordpress error showing up like that in the actual post. The other thing i was disappointed with in the editor is where you add media. It will let you add a video but it requires you to have the URL, which means I have to leave the software to go get it (a pain in the but) a simple search would be fantastic.

Over all I give this software a B+ it is much better then to try to do this yourself. There are more combursome products out there but for the money its a great deal(A+ for value) I paid $67 during the Mark Ling webinar, the original product is like a $100 and WP robot is a lot more by the time you get the modules. I would say if your just starting out this is a winner go get it. If your more advanced and already making money with your blogs you should probably look elsewhere.

imguru

How is this compared to WP-o-matic?

Carty

WP-O-Matic or no other competing product would grab full feeds as my software does. Most webmaster publish barely 2 lines of their original articles. But my software will visit the article' webpage and grab the ENTIRE content for you.

The titles can ofcourse be edited! Simply click on the title and start typing.

Customization: It is available with every feed you choose! While you're adding a new feed, check out the advanced settings tab where you can see a lot of options like Post Templating and sorts.

Regards,
Carty..

CASimmons

Just a quick tip for anyone using ABS with a self-hosted WordPress blog...

Along side ABS I use WordPress Editorial Calendar Plugin (not affiliate) to allow me to see all my scheduled post in calendar format. This helps me schedule out my post far into the future on one screen and also gives me the ability to drag and drop post onto different days.

This saves a bunch of time over scrolling through your scheduled post trying to make adjustments one at a time. Now if I can just find a plugin that pulls in images to your post based on keywords but automatically uploads them to my severs so that I can make use of the Custom Images feature.

Hope this helps.

lefty359

Even though I have already bght the software I attended another webinar for it. He said(I guess I missed it last time)that software updates were free for life. If that's the case, it's a keeper for me.

CASimmons

That was the button pusher for me too. Software updates at a $37 monthly premium vs free updates for life... give me free.

lefty359

They explained the $37 monthly premium membership was for coaching and other products such as keyword tool. But ABS software updates were free.

CASimmons

Are the updates free even if you don't subscribe to the monthly coaching and other stuff? If so I stand corrected.

nuiahi

This is all very interesting, BUT - Has anyone made any money with this package??

lefty359

Ca, that's what he said on last night's webinar. I am having some problems and their support is slooow. And sometimes no help. I am getting it to post rss feeds ok, but can't get it to post Amazon and CB products.

lefty359

Did anybody else here buy this software? If so, are you having same problems with posting Amazon & CB products?

Bryan Waldo

nuiahi I made my first .16 cents with it today on a site that I had just put up. The only content posted to this site came from using this software. I made it with Google Adsense. This is on a brand new site that has only been up for a week. I know its not much but with time I have no doubt I will make money with this software.

Just know that just buying this software alone is not the secret recipe to making money with auto blogging. There are a ton of things that need to be done beyond just posting content to a site. But the software does work and if your just starting out its a great place to start

CASimmons

I guess buying Carty's counts as buying ABSamurai but I have noticed that my CB feeds aren't posting. It hasn't been a major thing for me since all I wanted to do was feed that category into my Twitter stream. I haven't experimented with the Amazon feature but the ezine article feed is amazing.

neodarth

Today Blogger shut me down three blogs for Spamming... guess the way to autoblog is using self hosted wordpress blogs...

boaty

how many blog posts did you do all at once? Shouldn't be too much of a problem if you are doing one post every 15-20 hrs per blog.

neodarth

I set the ABS to post one every 18-24 hours, but seems that the mistake I made is that I post too many amazon offers. Looks like to do autobloggin on blogger you should stick to adsense for a while then add other monetization methods.
I don't know I'm still kinda new on blooger autoblog.

Anyway, 3 from 50 is not a big number... I'm going to miss those $0,2 cents though...