I first heard about UBot from a post I saw by Ruck on the C2M blog. And if Ruck says something is good, I definitely have to check it out. UBot sounded really intriguing so I did a little research on it and decided to take the plunge. For $249, it’s not cheap but with the 30 money back guarantee there’s not much risk in trying out. For those who haven’t heard about it yet, UBot is a bot creation tool that enables you to create fully automated web based bots. You can use these bots to automate account creation, link building, webpage scraping, and much more. Really, the only limit to what you can create with this thing is your own imagination.
Purchasing UBot gives you access to the UBot Development Studio which is essentially your bot development environment. It’s actually a relatively simple looking Windows application with a built in browser for testing your scripts as you build them. When building scripts with UBot you construct them using what’s called the Visual Scripting Language (VSL). Unlike a standard programming language, there’s no cryptic programming syntax that you have to master. Instead, you just point and click in the interface and you visually build you script. This makes UBot completely accessible to non programmers, and most people should be able to start building their own bots after watching the video tutorials. That’s not to say that there’s no learning curve, because there definitely is. But as long as you’re open to learning things, you should be able to pick up UBot development pretty easily.
Unlike an automation tool like iMacros, UBot is built specifically for building web bots. That means it comes with a ton of common functions that make automating common tasks much easier. For example, there’s support for proxy flipping, which allows your scripts to change proxy servers on the fly. This is invaluable for the times when you try to automate tasks like Craigslist postings where you need to be able to post from different ip addresses. Another common task for account creation is entering in captchas. UBot makes popping up the captcha from the page really simple for manual input but it also includes support for automatic captchas using Depcapture, a popular captcha outsourcing company. This enables you to build account creation bots with no user intervention whatsoever which is completely cool.
One of the most intriguing aspects of UBot though is ability to compile your own bots and redistribute them however you like. This allows you to save your bot as an .exe file and send them to other people. There’s some great potential here for making money selling bots. You could also create bots to give away as a part of bonus packages or just as an incentive for joining a mailing list. There’s really a ton of potential here.
I’ve only played around with UBot for a couple of days, but I am liking what I’ve seen so far. I read that earlier versions of UBot were quite buggy, but I haven’t experienced any issues like that at all. The beginning tutorials are very good, and I recommend that everyone watch them first before getting started. You will learn the basics and there are even a few example videos out there on creating full-fledged bots. Definitely check them out to see some real life examples of what UBot is capable of. Also, make sure to keep an eye on this blog as I will be going into more detail about my UBot experiences as I start learning how to use it myself.
