Whats best program to run scrapebox on mac?

by lotre

Posted: 13 years ago 13 replies

Hi guys

Ive not been into SEO for at least 2 years and now im trying to get back into it and was wondering which program you guys recommend to use scrapebox on mac?

Im assuming of course that scarepbox ( only for manual link building) is still useful at all?? I really need to catch up on what to go for these days and what to avoid

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#mac #program #run #scrapebox

GyuMan82 13 years ago

If you're going to use scrapebox you're going to need a VPS anyway (or at least should use one).

However a lot has changed in the past 2 years, so before you fire up scrapebox I would definitely read up a bit as you kind of missed a lot lol.
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lotre 13 years ago

thanks for that,

but do you know if there is a free program to allow scrapebox to run on mac? the one i have seen is £50 which seems a lot to be fair

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MikeFriedman 13 years ago

Originally Posted by lotre

was wondering which program you guys recommend to use scrapebox on mac?

Easy. Windows.
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- smodha 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by MikeFriedman
  
  Easy. Windows.
  
  LOL...kinda defeats the purpose of a Mac.
  
  I never understood why some people spend $2500 on an Apple machine to then install Parallels/Windows.
  
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lotre 13 years ago

haha, not my best option at the minute - unless i want to go and buy another pc
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- JSProjects 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by lotre
  
  haha, not my best option at the minute - unless i want to go and buy another pc
  
  Virtualbox. Or, a VPS.
  
  But you should be fine with Virtualbox if you're a light user. You WILL need a copy of Windows. But even if you don't have a license it's not too tough to install a new instance of Windows every 3 months and re-activate Scrapebox.
  
  https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
  
  http://www.ghacks.net/2011/07/31/win...ect-downloads/
  
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lotre 13 years ago

well i suppose its an issue that scrapebox wont run on mac, theres not many reasons to choose windows otherwise - its just a ballache to have to install a program to make a mac run like windows
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lotre 13 years ago

thanks for that dude, ill look into that

is virtualbox easier/cheaper than a VPS?

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- JSProjects 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by lotre
  
  thanks for that dude, ill look into that
  
  is virtualbox easier/cheaper than a VPS?
  
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  Virtualbox is free. Think of it as a a dedicated Windows machine inside your Mac.
  
  Installing Virtual Box and Windows 7 on Mac OSX -...
  
  A VPS is something totally different. It's a "remote" machine that you can connect to and access anywhere. But it's going to come with a monthly charge.
  
  Depends on your needs. IMO, a VPS has a few major advantages.
  
  1 - Since it's on a remote server, again, it can be accessed anywhere. From your laptop, desktop, while you're at home, while you're on vacation, etc.
  
  2 - You can let your IM tools run 24/7 without hogging your own resources and bandwidth.
  
  But if you're a fairly light user and don't mind using your own resources and bandwidth, there's nothing wrong with using Virtualbox.
  
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  lotre 13 years ago
  
  Thanks for that , its really useful
  
  Ill only be a light user so thats good.
  
  Where do you think the best place to get up to speed with whats needed and not needed in backlinking - here?
  
  Last time i was doing seo was when backlinks forum ended so i need to catch up but now im at least 2 years out of date
  
  thanks again
  
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JSProjects 13 years ago

Here's how I look at it.

Churn and burn still works just fine. Throw a ton of links at a site from a variety of sources, use tiers, etc, and you're probably going to rank. It may be a a short term strategy though. (Which may not bother some.)

Long term? It's confusing. Google seems to be pretty much all over the place these days. I think, if anything, they're turning MORE people to the "dark" side with their constant changes. If you look at the people having the most issues, or are the most concerned, it's usually those who are trying to do their best to be "white hat." (Which, technically, doesn't exist IMO.)
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bushell86 13 years ago

I'm not sure if scrapebox will work with it but, wine runs a lot of .exe files on my mac:

http://winebottler.kronenberg.org/

its basically a simulator - hope this helps
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lotre 13 years ago

thanks guys, very helpful

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