Fast Blog Finder v2.6 vs. v3.0: Live Test
We’ve been working hard at the new 3 version of Fast Blog Finder and now I've got my private 3.0 version to test.
In addition to the improved search and checking engine, we added several new features to the v3.0.
So, the new version can determine the blog type from two new platforms and find much more DoFollow blogs where you can comment on.
Plus, the v3.0 can skip the blogs where you must login or register to post a comment and search for your approved comments on the blogs. And in the v3.0 there is the form auto-fill option where you can create different profiles (name, email, URL, and signature) for different niches.
Is it worth to upgrade to the v3.0? Let’s see.
I ran a search in the v2.6 and v3.0 of Fast Blog Finder using two keyword sets: popular “make money online” and less popular "ebook cover".
The settings in both versions were the same. I used the Gold edition, set the program to fetch 3 pages from the search engine and disabled the check PageRank option in order not to be blocked by Google due to a high quantity of requests for PageRank.
Here is what I discovered…
A search for “make money online” in the v2.6 including the use of the “Detect Type” option for Unknown blogs gave the following results:
Total search time: 23 min 50 sec
Total of blogs found: 652
DoFollow: 42
NoFollow: 330
Unknown: 276
HTTP error: 4
Now I ran a search for “make money online” in the new 3.0 version of Fast Blog Finder.
One of the improvements in the v3.0 is that the program determines the type of Unknown blogs automatically during the search. You don’t need to spend time and run the “Detect Type” option anymore. (You will need to use the “Detect Type” option only if you load a list of your own blogs and want to determine their types).
The v3.0 marks a blog as Unknown if the blog has no comments at all (so you can be the first who commented on the blog) or the comments on the blog don’t have links so it’s impossible to determine the blog type.
So, in the new 3.0 version I got the following results for the “make money online” keyword phrase:
Total search time: 28 min 20 sec
Total of blogs found: 2772
DoFollow: 658
NoFollow: 1648
Unknown: 436
HTTP error: 30
As you see the search in the new 3.0 version of Fast Blog Finder took a little more time (28 min 20 sec vs. 23 min 50 sec) but returned 4+ times more blogs (2772 vs. 652) for the “make money online” keyword phrase in comparison with the old 2.6 version.
Now let's test less popular keyword phrase "ebook cover" and see which version does the job better.
The v2.6 gave the following:
Total search time: 14 min 40 sec
Total of blogs found: 311
DoFollow: 22
NoFollow: 143
Unknown: 140
HTTP error: 6
While the new 3.0 version gave these results:
Total search time: 11 min 30 sec
Total of blogs found: 779
DoFollow: 125
NoFollow: 501
Unknown: 142
HTTP error: 11
The difference is evident, isn't it? The search in the v3.0 ran faster and returned 2,5 times more blogs than the old 2.6 version.
So, the new v3.0 beats the old v2.6 by all tested keywords.
Note that the search results may be different in your location. The program performance depends on the Internet connection speed and the program settings.
Now let’s conclude:
- Fast Blog Finder v3.0 can determine the blog type from two new platforms and finds much more DoFollow blogs;
- Fast Blog Finder v3.0 works fast and often takes less time to perform the search;
- Fast Blog Finder v3.0 returns 2+ times more blogs for the specified keywords;
BTW. Can you guess what this new icon in the v3.0 means? Please, share your thoughts in comments below the article.
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Comments (29)
Good to know. Will you keep a free limited version or just the paid version?
Fast Blog Finder v3.0 will have both the free and Gold editions.
Just great Juia. I am using previous version and its really helpful. And new version is looking great. Desperately waiting for it.
I have had good success with v2.6 and like that the links show up fairly quickly when I search with Market Samurai and other tools. Fast Blog Finder has enabled me to find a good number of .edu sites and plenty of high PR sites. So I look forward to seeing what version 3.0 will do.
Love your software, and I’ll plan to upgrade as soon as it’s available –
I’m going to guess that the new icon might mean… the number of blog entries without any existing comments? Nah, that’s probably wrong – the range is way too large for that in the different screen shots. In one it’s an 8 and in another it’s 672, while the overall numbers are close to each other.
Hi Scott,
Sorry, you are wrong about the meaning of the new icon. If you have any other thoughts, please, share them
Julia, yours was one of the first set of tools that I used seriously and had 3 outsourced people also using too. It worked flawlessly at that time and so I eagerly purchased upgrades on the directorysubmitter too.
However, a curious phenomena happened. This is that the higher the PR of a blog is the more garbage requests that blog receives and alas so many of our 2-4 paragraph high relevant comments simply went unnoticed by blog owners who were so busy defending themselves against trash automated responses.
Just an idea, but if this tool could find 2-3 of the most popular social network templates being used and automatically fill in certain information in both the registration and the leaving of links – that would be simply fun-tas-tic. Linkingloophole does something similar now.
I am happy with my previous version though i think i would be happier after the upgrade.
Could you please let us know abt the new smiley icon and what does that mean? Any special feature? I am a lil over-curious
This is all good, however what about just including the sites that you need to register or login? Can it do this?
No, Fast Blog Finder can do the opposite. It can skip blogs where you must login or register. Or, you can have both types of blogs in the results – with and without login/register option.
BTW. Why would you like to get only blogs where you need to login/register? It is not very convenient and slows down the process much.
Just today I upgraded from v2.6 to v3.0 (free edition).
Although I have bought Gold version from developers – I wanted to test by myself about both free versions first.
So, here is my thoughts about that:
1) First of all – the new version of G-Lock Fast Blog Finder is more stable
Old version was taking all free resources from my old 1,7MHz test machine.
New version is working really stable
2) New version working fast, and you can see that difference immediately (old free versions are like turtle), although they was used about 1 year period and made a lot of work.
3) Sometimes (not so often) old v2.6 was giving sadly result on some searches like “your keyword”: The search process is terminated (it was automatically stopped). Even when we tried to make the same search again – still the same result: only one blog and stop of whole process.
Just to see a difference – I made a test, using the same problematic phrase in new version of program. And…it wasn’t terminated! Plus, program given several blogs on that keywords.
Probably – it’s speaking itself – quality is powerful.
4) New platforms blogs – also very useful improvement for every blogger.
Can it filter for comment luv?
The new 3.0 version of Fast Blog Finder will return blogs with CommentLuv by default. You don’t need to type any special search query to find such blogs. The blogs that support CommentLuv will be included into search results.
It seems very interesting and helpful software I will try it for marketing my new product based website. how can i buy this….. ? because i want to give a little Christmas gift to new business.
The v3.0 is not yet available for public. After the v3.0 is released, I will absolutely notify our existing customers how they can upgrade or buy a full license for Fast Blog Finder v3.0 Gold edition.
Well, since my purchase was September 26th 2009, I believe my next upgrade to v3.0 should be free. Right?
Now, let me guess what that smiley icon means. I think it must be the amount of blogs/page where the total of outbound dofollow links are very small in a range. Hmm… seems like wrong answer.
Hello Dan,
Yes, you will be able to upgrade to the v3.0 for free. As to the new icon, sorry, you’re wrong
If you have any other thoughts, please, share them.
There’s no doubt that Fast Blog Finder is becoming better and better with each version that comes out. Thanks for the update, Julia. There’s a lot more that this tool could do to help Internet marketers. I’m looking forward to seeing other improvements come down the pipeline.
After I have submitted a new blog comment, does version 3.0 have the ability to automatically check the new blog comment for webmaster approval?
It’s a slow process to go back to the original blog site to see if my new blog comment is live. And if it is still waiting for approval, then we have to go back the next day and repeat the process. If fastblogfinder had a field that automatically displayed this information, that would be helpful.
Thanks for a fine product.
Hi,
How do you think what that new icon on the last screenshot in the post mean? It’s exactly what you ask about. It shows the number of approved comments in the list.
In the new 3.0 version there will be the ability to check posts for your approved comments. And this icon will appear in the Approved column for those blogs where the comment is posted. The icon in the status bar will show the total number of approved comments.
Plus, the program will automatically check the posts for your existing comments during the search process.
FANTASTIC! I was hoping that was the meaning of your new icon. I should have made that my official guess.
I already own the current Gold Edition which is an excellent product. Since you’ve added the “Approved Comments” feature, I can’t wait to upgrade, even at $25.00. I’m all in!
I really think I get better SEO results from Google by using Fast Blog Finder than I do from Web 2.0 techniques.
Thanks Julia!
-Al
Hello FBF team,
that sounds great, I will upgrade as soon as possible.
What do you think about a upgrade notifier in your software itself? Because if I didn’t check your block some time, I wouldn’t know anything about that new version…
When will it be available?
Thanks in advance and kind regards from Germany
Guenni
Hello Guenni,
The release is planned for the middle of December. After the v3.0 is released, I will absolutely notify our existing customers how they can upgrade. So, please, add our email address support@glocksoft.com to your address book or whitelist in order not to miss the important email from us.
Excellent! This software was pretty good before & now that it’s that much better, the upgrade is a no-brainer.
How do you do it!
Martin
This is fantastic, please don’t forget to remind us when it’s out.
Also, on some blogs i’ve been visiting and commenting (not using this service coz i havent bought it yet) on, the page turns blnk after submitting my comment.
Why is This? does your software block this and/or solve it?
If you see a blank page after submitting the comment, it means that the blog theme is not fully compatible with the browser. Try to open the blog in a different browser and submit the comment again. Fast Blog Finder opens pages in the Internet Explorer. So, if you submit a comment in Fast Blog Finder and see a blank page, try to open the same blog in Firefox, for instance, and submit the comment using Firefox.
This is great . . . blog commenting is a hall mark for our SEO campaigns and this seems like it will out perform BCD . . . . good work guys!
I just got done usingyour free program and am getting redy to sign on for the program. What am i buying, and how much is it cosing me if i sign up this week, Sort of confused when i read about the 3.0 version…. Thanks… Ted
Hi Ted,
If you purchase a license for Fast Blog Finder v2.6 Gold edition now, you will get the upgrade to the v3 for free when the v3 is released. So, you will pay a one time fee of $49.