Just a quick note to let you know we’ve extended the Scribe SEO software introductory offer – where you get the Advanced Plan for the Starter price – until this coming Friday, February 26. So you still have time to take Scribe on a free test drive and take advantage of a great deal.
If you have no idea what I’m talking about, check out Introducing Scribe: SEO Copywriting Made Simple.
If you’d like to know why we’re extending the offer, keep reading.
So, we had an unexpected hiccup last week. While we did extensive beta testing, a problem with a third-party data provider led to end-of-day outages after we added in a whole bunch of enthusiastic Scribers to the mix.
The good news is that we corrected that issue last week, and we’re actually happier with the revised solution than we were with the original (even if the original had worked like it was supposed to).
Still, people who were test driving Scribe had a bit of a bumpy ride. So, in addition to fixing the issue and offering our sincere apologies, we decided to extend the introductory offer an extra week to February 26, so people didn’t feel pressured into making a decision simply to avoid missing a great deal.
That also means others still have time to take advantage of that great deal. Check out Scribe for yourself.
That’s it for now. Remember, if you have any issue whether with a free account or a paid subscription, make sure to login to your myScribe account and submit a support ticket.
About the Author: Brian Clark is founder of Copyblogger and wants you to know that Thesis + Scribe = SEO Made Simple. Get more from Brian on Twitter.
I just started using Scribe this past Friday. At first I was extremely put off by the price but I decided to give it a go anyways. I’m definitely liking some of the information it gives based after analyzing posts – that is after I was able to find the little box in the admin panel. I have my WP setup as 1 column and for some reason it was not showing the Scribe analyzer box, so I had to switch to 2 column, move the widget under my post box, then move back to 1 column.
I think some of the data can be better displayed.. some users aren’t going to know what all these keyword suggestions are. The most valuable suggestion to me was actually the tags it came up with. Hopefully with Thesis 1.7′s auto-meta-description fill-in this will solve a lot of my SEO issues!
I ran into the same thing that Paul mentioned above (in February) although this just happened in August and on 3.03 and I’ve been using Scribe since last winter as well, first time I’ve seen this issue. Paul’s fix didn’t work for me, gonna try logging out of the browser, clear the cache and maybe even run a db repair for good measure.
I actually did jump onto the pay side after just a few test posts with the service. There have been the aforementioned hiccups, and some challenges with the plugin detecting the all in one plugin when it is loaded as a MU-plugin on WPMU. But that challenge will go away as WordPress 3.0 comes out and MU is merged into the self hosted code.
The reason I jumped in and signed up for the Advanced plan was two fold: 1) It’s an insanely ridiculous value to get that many evaluation credits for such a small price. And if you’re writing more than 150 to 200 posts a month, God bless ya
, and 2) I’ve had a few interactions with Sean Jackson and the level of customer service was more than enough motivation for me to choose this as a part of my overall SEO toolbox.
Once you get the real hang of using the tool, you’ll understand just how valuable it is. My predictions are that users will start seeing some nice benefits of their posts and pages ranking higher in the SERPs after just a couple of months of steady use.
True to their word, the introductory offer is over, and the full prices are in effect. Now we’ll get to see how everyone feels about the value of Scribe. I think the intro price was great, but the full price may be a bit much for some. But that’s true about a lot of products.
I agree that Sean Jackson has done a great job providing support. I had a few issues and he responded quickly and in a way I’ve been happy with.
I’ve got a few more opinions in my review of Scribe SEO, if anyone is interested.
Pat
Hey Brian instead of doing a review I actually posted some ideas for scribe seo Killer Online Business Ideas for Scribe SEO
Yeah, a lot of us saw this a day late for the introductory offer. I think that the introductory price could be justified as this software seems to be really well done, but the normal pricing is just way overboard. If you run a business site, the cost may be acceptable, but for bloggers there is no way to justify hundreds of dollars a year.
Well Will wouldn’t that depend on WHY they wee blogging?
IF they are blogging for profit and doing this helped (alng with keyword research) you rise in the serp rankings faster then the traffic converted to sales would pay for it.
However if the purpose for your blogging is more personal semi personal then I agree with you sir.
I don’t necessarily agree that “for bloggers there is no way to justify hundreds of dollars a year.” The way to justify it is to make more that a few hundred dollars a year from your efforts. Right?
I mean, if people are blogging and not making any money from it then what they really have is a hobby and hopefully they enjoy it. But I’ve never had a burning desire to blog just for fun.
If they’re blogging for fun, what do they care about SEO? If they do care about SEO, and want to make money from their blog, they’re probably going to have to spend some money to make that happen. Now, I’m not saying that Scribe is necessarily the thing they should buy, or that it will guarantee that they will make their money back. But this whole attitude of “bloggers don’t make money and can’t pay for anything” is a bit strange to me.
At least it seems strange on a website dedicated to copywriting and marketing.
Money isn’t evil folks. We all buy stuff. We all give our money to somebody, for some reason, and quite often we feel good about doing so. Now, just turn that around and be the person that other people feel good about giving their money to.
That’s how you justify the cost of doing business – treat it like a business and make a profit. I’m just saying…
No money is not evil, but as I commented somewhere earlier today, I think I have seen it said that 99.9% of bloggers do not make more than a few hundred dollars a year from their sites. So it is more an issue of reality for them rather than a philosophy that disagrees with making money from blogging. I suspect that the .1% of people making decent money from their sites will be enough to support this software.
By the way, many people who are not trying to make money care deeply about SEO. Good SEO can not only bring in dollars for those in the business of bringing in dollars. It also brings in readers for those that just like to write and create discussion around topics they are passionate about.
Well I didn’t say no money was evil Will. Thats why I asked. As for your blogger stats I would say this isnt something for “the staus quo” so to speak.
Any if you want to grow those numbers you have to get higher amounts of blog traffic.
Scribe SEO may be part of that formula (along with other things)
Sorry Darren – I did not see your comment above. I was responding to Patrick. I understand what both of you are saying. I guess time will tell if the pricing is an issue for the masses.
James, or anyone else that knows, How do you resolve the All-in-one SEO issue on WPMU? I can’t find an answer anywhere but it sounds like you got it to work, any info would help, thanks
Daniel, please submit a ticket to support through your myScribe interface:
https://my.scribeseo.com/
Actually, Brian, support was never actually able to provide a satisfactory answer when I submitted the ticket to them. They did help with other issues, and for that I’m definitely grateful.
Here’s the skinny Daniel. If you are using AIOSP on a WPMU install (2.9.2 or ealiear) and are using it as a mu-plugin, the only way you’ll be able to employ Scribe is by using one of the stated themes. The Scribe plugin is unable to determine that AIOSP plugin is there and being used (has to do with how WP deals with sitewide plugins vs. ones you activate per site.)
What I did was to simply delete AIOSP as a mu-plugin and started using it as a regular WP plugin. Once you do that, you should have no problems with Scribe detecting that your site has it activated.
Hope that helps, Daniel. Cheers.
Yeah, we’re using All in one in the plugin, not mu-plugin, folder and it still doesn’t recognize it. Had several clients requesting this product and one told me today that Scribe told them that they were hoping to resolve for MU sites in a week or two. Thanks for the help though, didn’t mean to turn the comments section into a tech support forum, but nobody else is talking about this new plugin yet.
It’s all groovy, Daniel. Strange that your not getting that to work. I’d be happy to look into it further if you like. Several of my WPMU installs are fine with using it as a regular plugin. Please feel free to connect with me if you’d like some troubleshooting help on this one. It would be my pleasure. My link above should take you to my contact info page. Please don’t hesitate!