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How does this compete against screaming frog?
The main difference from Screaming Frog (which is legitimately awesome) is the reporting. Once it has finished crawling it will do a lot of pre-processing for you and build graphs, lists of hints, etc... I've written a more comprehensive answer to this here:
https://sitebulb.com/resources/guides/how-is-sitebulb-differ...
This looks really good. My only comment I have is that if I am purchasing a piece of desktop software I expect there to be at least the option of an annual license. Monthly feels more like a service than a product and I think of desktop software as a product. But I realize Desktop software pricing is evolving so this may just be old school thinking on my part. Also, if I'm a Mac user (I am) I expect to be able to buy…
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Sorry, maybe I misread, but I kind of read the comment as 'what separates this from other cloud products on the market?' So I wasn't trying to argue what is and isn't possible with cloud architecture, simply what is and isn't possible with (our) cloud-based competitors. The process is along the lines of: 'Click Start', get taken to a screen which says 'Initializing' or similar, then maybe 2-3 minutes later you'll see…
> Sitebulb, and desktop crawlers in general, has a much quicker feedback loop. I wasn't denying that. I'm sure it does. I am confident this is way better than most (if not all) current cloud solutions. I just think it is unfortunate because there is no technical limitation of the cloud that prevents it from being instant on the cloud as well. The cloud can't handle spikes well (1,000 customers all unexpectedly try to…
Their honesty bought me! Nice going bros.
This looks really good. My only comment I have is that if I am purchasing a piece of desktop software I expect there to be at least the option of an annual license. Monthly feels more like a service than a product and I think of desktop software as a product. But I realize Desktop software pricing is evolving so this may just be old school thinking on my part. Also, if I'm a Mac user (I am) I expect to be able to buy…
In a sense, all software is service. After all, what you buy is a license, the right to use the software, you don't buy the software itself. I suppose the US doesn't view it this way, but it definitely varies from country to country.
As futile as it is, I'd rather see the concept go away than see it further enshrined in subscription services.
How does this compete against screaming frog?
Answered this one below already. For completeness: The main difference from Screaming Frog (which is legitimately awesome) is the reporting. Once it has finished crawling it will do a lot of pre-processing for you and build graphs, lists of hints, etc... I've written a more comprehensive answer to this here: https://sitebulb.com/resources/guides/how-is-sitebulb-differ...
This looks really good. My only comment I have is that if I am purchasing a piece of desktop software I expect there to be at least the option of an annual license. Monthly feels more like a service than a product and I think of desktop software as a product. But I realize Desktop software pricing is evolving so this may just be old school thinking on my part. Also, if I'm a Mac user (I am) I expect to be able to buy…
What's this doing differently or better than screamingfrog? Which is also a desktop program and provides quite robust information. SF has been one of the standard industry tools for those doing SEO for years.
In addition SF works on Ubuntu, which is another point in its favour.
Hey HN, Sitebulb is a desktop crawler for Windows and Mac, specifically designed for SEO consultants/agencies. Me and my business partner have been building it for the last 2 years or so, and we're finally launching it today. It's main differentiating factors: 1. Scale – it can comfortably crawl 500,000+ page websites despite being a desktop program. 2. Reporting – it does a lot of data manipulation and processing so…
- Why require the email confirmation before using the software? Not really necessary, is it?
- No Umlauts in project name?
- Standard/advanced settings switcher is confusing
- Crawl Maps is not linked from the "Product" dropdown
- "Recent audits" shows finished and queued ones, but not running ones (which also have no menu point)
- Super simple option to limit crawl to "internal" URLs would be nice (or did I miss it?)
- "Filtered URL Lists" is a strange navigation option, above the main selection especially
- Why no endless scrolling in tables? This is what a desktop app should do better than browsers
Nice tool!