If you’re like most people thinking of switching to AutoBlogger, you’ve got lots of questions. Here are the answers to our top 10:

AutoBlogger frees the busy blogger to a life outside computers, by giving your readers the impression you are constantly online.

2. What is the difference between AutoBlogger Express and AutoBlogger Pro?

AutoBlogger Express offers all the basic AutoBlogger functions (including AutoUpdate, AutoNotify, and our award-winning AutoCalendar) at an affordable price.

AutoBlogger Pro offers additional features for power-users, including:

•   AutoPhoto: generates 'photo essay' entries by stealing newswire images and Google Image Search results and claiming them as your own. Create fake 'vacation pictures' by selecting a city from the drop-down menu, and AutoPhoto will populate your blog with 'snapshots' from your fictional trip to London, New Zealand or Rio de Janeiro while you're sitting on your fat ass in your mother's basement playing WarCraft 3.
  
  
•   AutoBanter: writers who allow a comment section on their blogs know that responding to readers greatly increases the 'stickiness' of their site. AutoBanter helps to keep a lively 'discussion' going in your absence, and can be set to generate authentic-sounding 'responses' to user comments in a style and tone consistent with the existing index of your previous comments.
  
  
•   AutoChat: arguably the most powerful tool in sustaining the illusion of constant online presence, AutoChat integrates with AIM, MSN, ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger or Trillian and has been hailed "The Ultimate Away Message" by busy bloggers worldwide. Leave it on and watch as AutoChat maintains up to sixteen independent instant message conversations with friends or strangers.

3. What are the system requirements?

•   500 MHz Pentium II or equivalent
•   128 MB of RAM
•   125 MB HD space (210 MB for AutoBlogger Pro)

Macintosh® OS 9.0 or higher/ Mac OS X 10.1.3. or higher

•   400 MHz G3 processor
•   128 MB of RAM
•   125 MB HD space (210 MB for AutoBlogger Pro)

4. What platforms does AutoBlogger support?

Naturally, the more data AutoBlogger has to work with, the better it can capture the idiosyncrasies of your individual writing patterns (vocabulary level, preferred sentence structures, propensity for profanity, etc.). At a minimum, AutoBlogger's AI needs to process fifteen (15) individual entries of at least 250 words apiece to establish a baseline.

Writers with peculiar quirks (writing in all lower case, '7337 5P33K' word substitutions, and other non-standard uses of the language) are advised to enter at least thirty (30) entries to give AutoBlogger a chance to 'learn' your unique style.

6. How does AutoBanter work?

Like its big brother, AutoBanter requires the user to input a block of sample text to establish a baseline for your writing style. Once enabled, AutoBanter will post comments in your blog under your name, exchanging repartee with your readers based on the parameters you set. In the AutoBanter command console, you can set variables like "Response Frequency %," which allows you to adjust the probability that any single comment will result in a reply from "you."

(Keep in mind that setting "Response Frequency %" to zero effectively disables AutoBanter, while setting that variable to 100% means AutoBanter will never disengage from any dialogue until it gets the last word.)

7. What can you tell me about AutoBlogger's users?

According to the user survey from AutoBlogger's two hundred thousand registered users:

•   64% are male
•   Average daily traffic: 244.7 unique vistors
•   Percentage of AutoBlogger-authored entries: 15%

Some of the most well-known AutoBlogger users include a Tin-Can-rattling Millionaire Panhandler, an Inveterate Liar, a Pr0n-Obsessed Shock Author Wannabe, and a Whole Bunch of Technology Wankers. 

8. How long can I keep AutoBlogger running?

Without periodic input of fresh original content to update its baseline style, AutoBlogger-authored entries can become predictable and repetitive. Therefore, it's recommended that you run AutoBlogger only when you can't update on your own. While certain high-traffic blogs have been known to continuously run AutoBlogger for months or even years, we suggest that you use AutoBlogger for no more than two weeks a a time for best effect.

9. I have a favorite writer who doesn't update as frequently as I'd like. Can I use AutoBlogger on his journal to generate entries in his style?

While the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled (N Gaiman v. H Kornfeld) that use of AutoBlogger to generate fake journal entries by public figures for private consumption constitutes 'fair use,' publishing the entries is not protected by law and can put the user at risk for a civil lawsuit by the source writer.

10. Will AutoBlogger attract more readers?

While AutoBlogger can't increase your hit traffic, it has been successfully used by many popular bloggers to maintain their existing readership in their absence. As veteran internet writers know, repeat traffic to blogs and journals is built through consistent updates; studies indicate that even a brief interruption of regular updates can obliterate hit-traffic gains earned from months of quality posts.

You have a life. AutoBlogger helps you live it.™