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#0, Commentz and Hubz
Posted by Kurt on Sep-08-09 at 08:29 AM
This thread is dedicated to Commentz and Hubz. Hubz is the same tuel as is Commentz, however Hubz has a hidden, secret feature: A extremely powerful page dripping feature.

Before I get into that, I'm guessing most here will think of Hubz/Commentz as a way to allow your visitors to add comments to html pages, and this is correct.

But what is also does is all you (and them) to paste in text/html had have Hubz/Commentz add a template to your content, create an RSS pheed for it, automatically add a link to you index page, and ping your RSS pheed. It's really like a blogless blog.

Why not just use WP? You can. But I prefer the flexibility of individual html pages, where you can edit and modify single pages.

Now, about the Hubz "drip feeder". It seems simple enough to create a drip feeder. But Hubz does some special stuff to remove any fingerprints that the pages are being automatically drip-fed:

(You do need to supply the content, such as articles, etc.)

- First, the pages are copied, then re-created in another folder. This gives the pages different "created on" times and dates. For example, if you've used the Bomber technique for creating pages, the pages will all have the same "creation" time stamp.

- Random upload times. You still have control of this, but Hubz will at random pick at time within a range of +/- 15%. So all the pages aren't uploaded on a strict time schedule.

- Random number of pages uploaded. Hubz will randomly add/subtract 3 to the number of pages you select to upload each time, with no less than 1 page being uploaded. For example, if you select "3", then Hubz will upload between 1-6 pages, selected at random.

These three factors go along way to removing any fingerprints that say "automation".

In addition, Hubz also creates links for each page uploaded and adds then to the index page specified in your main Commentz project.

It also modifies the RSS pheed, which can then be pinged.

I think most of the problem with Hubz/Commentz is how many variables you can change. But you don't have to mess with most of them. The ability to change so many things is so you can remive fingerprints and every site of your's doesn't use the same names for everything.

But you don't need to change a thing for your first couple of projects.

The part of Hubz/Commentz that takes the most effort is prepping the template you'll use with each project. It's sort of a catch-22, you need to add certain "markers" to your templates, and you need to enter your template into Hubz/Commentz, but can't do it until you know what to do.

I'm starting working on a quick start guide, as well as some basic templates you can use to make things a bit easier.

Note: Hubz will only be available to Bombsquad members. If you cancel your membership, Hubz will stop working. However, Commentz is your's even if you end your membership here.