Keyword Density Software

After more than a year in development (whew!!), one of my applications is nearly complete. Now I seek advice from others who are qualified and willing to test this program and expose its shortcomings and/or errors on different operating systems and environments. In exchange for testing the application, I'll grant full license rights (including version upgrades) to those who do qualify (please read the end of the post regarding those who do and those who do not qualify for this software beta version release).

About the program: Keyword Examiner 1.0 (written in Visual Basic 5.0 Professional) was designed to be the ultimate non-opinionated, unbiased research tool to fully examine websites that attain high search engine rankings per selective keywords. It enables the end user to analyze those websites and adjust their own websites accordingly.

A tutorial is included and the Help File is complete for those who need assistance.

About the author: With 7 years experience as a programmer and 5 years experience in search engine placement, all of the clients who've sought my advice now enjoy high search engine rankings for the keywords which they've targeted. I have tested and experimented with search engine algorithms for the past 5 years and have been using my application to help my clients achieve success for the past year. After exhaustive redundant checks, my program has performed flawlessly for me for the last 2 weeks but I need a broader analysis. I realize that my program may not perform as anticipated on other machines.

Qualifying Candidates Include: Those people with 3 or more years experience programming with Visual Basic and have developed successful (by successful, I mean popular... including freeware) software applications themselves, providing links that are available to download samples of those applications.

Unqualified Candidates Include: People who are highly critical of every shortcoming in software applications (i.e., You should only use CTRL + V for pasting, this menu item should be disabled when... etc.). I'm sure that these overlookings exist and in your opinion, it's important, but please advise me of those items that are critical and detrimental to the integrity of the application only.

Product Availability: This product will be available by 12/17/03 and I anticipate (at least I hope for) a very positive response. Please email me at [email protected] for more information.

Concluding: My sincerest thanks to all that visited this thread and I wish you much success as a fellow programmer (sometimes, programming can be tough!).

While keeping in mind that this is the most “ultimate”, not to mention “non-opinionated or unbiased” application currently in beta, whether this is a play on words as apart of a marketing strategy or what have you, no technology within our worldly knowledge could reach a conscious of this type of critical thinking. Artificial intelligence, including what may be used in current search technology today does not poise the ability to analyze and think critically such as the human mind does. Even at that, humans even have difficulties with being rational, and un-biased. The mere attempt for a computer application to define the English language, or any language for that matter into a context in which it can interpret and react upon is yet another milestone in itself. Humans write programs, and sometimes poorly at that, not vice versa. Not yet at least. Although, this is analogous to the point that I am trying to contextualize, my intentions are not geared towards nave comments about this software application, but rather the idea that software is slowly evolving towards independence from its host, namely humans. While this may sound like science fiction, it is more-less science fact. The preludes of this can already be seen in some of the more advanced propagating viruses/worms that have been written, except for the fact that one day, McAfee and Norton won’t be there to keep us safe. Let’s reverse this situation shall we? If in fact clams are to be made that is new search technology is designed to be the most ultimate, it seems that ignorance has the best of it, and the developer. If the application is in fact said to be “non-opinionated” and “unbiased” that would mean that the software does poise the ability to think critically, which we know is not possible.

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If the application is in fact said to be “non-opinionated” and “unbiased” that would mean that the software does poise the ability to think critically, which we know is not possible.

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Not strictly true. Alan Turing (the father of AI) suggested that this was indeed possible, and created a test to demonstrate whether or not an application had achieved this.

The human brain after all is subject to laws like everything else; the problem at hand is whether these laws have been correctly modelled.

I do not think EZapps could have correctly analysed and modelled these laws in a year; and besides if EZapps had managed to do this he would not be in this forum asking for our help; I imagine he would be rich beyond belief - and have streams of testers working for him . . .

I reckon it's marketing rubbish.

I never said it was impossible. I merely stated that with our current day ingenuity, it is impossible. Alan Turing also said this, the difference is, he said it back in 1950 and it’ still holds true today. Machines can be simulated to think like a human, made to look like a human, but as of yet, they can not, and do not think critically. There is a severe difference in ‘though’ and ‘critical thinking’. A machine can add/subtract/and multiply it can not summarize a book or sonnet a poem.

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Machines can be simulated to think like a human, made to look like a human, but as of yet, they can not, and do not think critically

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And how do you know this? Because they do not tell you? Well an ant cannot talk, either - do you know if an ant thinks critically?

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Well an ant cannot talk, either

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- Actually, Ants do communicate so I don't know where you are getting that from. Other species can communicate, insects, as well as mammals. Did you know that you can teach a dog some sign language? Well, not the whole language, but surly quite a few hand singles.

But I am refering to a Model of Critical Thought. Yes, there are many levels of thought, these are two different things that I am discussing. There are certain requirements that must be met in this model for it to be considered Critical Thinking, so I highly doupt that insects, or mammals (except for humans) posses this ability. You could argue the possiblity that chimpanzees are an acception, but chimpanzee must meet the language requrements to be considered human, but they are not human because they lack some of the qulities that make this true. Consult a psychology book if need be.

Anyway, I am not arguing with you. Just having a normal discussion. I think it's intresting stuff.

Sorry, I guess I did post this in the wrong forum. I expected that some nullsayers would critique my work harshly, but I never expected to be bombarded with criticism without anyone actually having tried the application itself. And yes, "unbiased" and "un-opinionated" are terms which I chose to "market" my product. Should I rather have said, "Try my stupid program... hee hee hee... I've been working on it for a year and... golly geee... it ain't worth anything, but shucks, let me know...".

To further clarify, and I'm certain that someone will point out my misquote in stating: "miserable creature is miserable, until he meets more miserable creature... then he is happy".

I will resume in the Projects Forum as suggested.

The question remains: How do you know?

EZapps> I was thinkin of try your app, but when i readed your words about qualification for testing your app, then i changed my mind. Yes i would qualify! If i was using betatesters ( and i have a couple of times ) then a good betatester for my app is that kind of people that i think is going to use my app, and not an expert programmer. No offence, but you might think this over.

Libero

Thanks for your input. You may be right; I'm new at trying to gather beta-testers and wasn't sure how to qualify candidates completely. Anyway, as our colleagues have pointed out, this is not the right forum.

If you're still interested, email me at [email protected].

Thanks for your interest and input!