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Siber Systems
Roboform
$29.95 for pro version (free version also available).
LEARNING CURVE: About 20 minutes.
It's hard not to get excited about a bit of software like Roboform. I've just spent a very pleasant hour getting acquainted with this little tool and I've also submitted payment for the pro version. this is a good indication that it could be worth looking at because I HATE SPENDING MONEY!
So what does Roboform do? Well this little fella could almost have been designed for adult webmasters. If you've ever filled out a submission form on a webpage, you'll be able to visualize what it does. You have the software running, then press a button, and the form is filled out for you.
Roboform is leveled at anyone who fills out a lot of forms on a day to day basis. While it's maybe not a necessary addition to a search engine-only adult webmaster (where there's not much actual submission to DO these days) it's ideal for just about everything else. If you submit regularly to the TGPs, TGP2s, link lists - or any other such place then RoboForm is going to be an essential purchase for you in the near future.
I tested it out on around 60 TGPs. When you start Roboform, you have to fill out some information like your name and email. I didn't fill out any of the address boxes - only the basics. Then I fired up some TGP submit pages and went to work.
The beauty of RoboForm is that it integrates into Internet Explorer, providing you with a new toolbar. This toolbar lets you access the information that you have previously set up in the customization stage.
The easiest way to use the software is if you right click on any of the form boxes. you are then presented with 2 VERY important options. The first is to FILL forms. The second is to SAVE forms.
Fill will do it's best to match up the information needed with the information you specified when you filled out the boxes in roboform. SAVE saves any information you put in these boxes, and the next time you choose FILL - it loads up that information. This was the most impressive part of the software - the ability to remember what you added last time, and to fill out the same information this time.
I mean if you're submitting say a mature gallery, it's a good idea to fill out everything except the gallery URL (which will change each time) and then SAVE the information. This thing even saves the check boxes and the drop down lists. Anyone that uses TGPs or any other submission forms regularly will know that it's very time consuming to have to pick the category time after time. The first time you use RoboForm, there will be some saving to do in this manner, but after that - filling out forms will never be the same again.
This only really scratches on the surface of what this powerful tool is capable of, but this is probably as much as I'll ever need to learn about it. You can keep your autosubmitters - give me a copy of G.A.S.S and a copy of RoboForm and I'm a happy bunny.
Roboform is an impressive bit of kit and a worthy download for ANY adult webmaster.
TOM ^"^
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