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does anyone have any idea what programming language is used for these softwares.

by imaviators
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nicheshark, nichereaper, imeye etc
Does any experienced programmer theoretically have any idea what programming language is being used for automation and how do they program it to? from the self keyword scraping,automated search results and automatic backlink checking?
#idea #language #programming #softwares
  • Profile picture of the author unnatural
    If it's windows based it's probably C# or C++. That said, it doesn't really matter what language they are using as it can be accomplished with any language that has SOCKS or TCP/IP support (which most do).
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    • Profile picture of the author imaviators
      Originally Posted by unnatural View Post

      If it's windows based it's probably C# or C++. That said, it doesn't really matter what language they are using as it can be accomplished with any language that has SOCKS or TCP/IP support (which most do).
      this are running on the website not the desktop
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  • Profile picture of the author mattmax
    NicheShark appears to be using PHP on the backend, and JavaScript on the front end, which is a really common combination.

    PHP has a bunch of features that make it ideal for doing this kind of work (though lots of other languages would be fine as well). Most of these kinds of tools will use cURL to connect to other Websites, and a database to store and index keywords. These keywords in turn allow for searches to be performed, etc. For backlink checking, it is really a matter of having a list of target pages, and then searching for those as links in the pages that are checked.

    Sophisticated systems will cache the sites that they monitor, to save on bandwidth, increase speed, and prevent sites from blocking them.

    The key to making something like this work is to have a marketer that understands the process really well (as in, they could teach a 5 year old to do it in a "paint by numbers" kind of way), who then explains it to a developer (or small team) to implement it.

    Not a project for the faint of heart.
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  • Profile picture of the author footbag_man
    According to me javaScript is much easier than C or C++
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  • Profile picture of the author bdwild
    my brother told c++ is able to make those kinda softwares
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  • Profile picture of the author cannons
    C is the language for these things
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  • Profile picture of the author KabanaSoft
    i use C# and .NET 4.0 for my Places Scout software (link in sig) that does tons of automated web scraping...its the easiest for me to get alot done in the shortest time possible...if you go the web server route then you can use either C# / ASP.NET or PHP...i'd prefer ASP.NET but PHP isn't that bad...just not a rapid development language IMO..i get a lot done a lot quicker in C#.
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