Chatbots are becoming popular, are they efficient too? Back in 90s , during the dot com bubble when more people started using the desktop computers at their homes. I remember when my friends started talking about computers, I thought of it as robotic pet intelligent enough to do whatever you say. This myth was quickly busted once I bought one. Chatbot story is not different than this. I am going to discuss the performance criteria of the bot that makes it efficient. Though it is true that... chatbots can test limits of your imagination since they are not bound by constraints, their behaviour is quite limited when you integrate them in any business. People expect a chatbot to be artificially e.g. if you trigger a bot with a question “I am Umair from Melbourne”, a chatbot with AI should responds with a customized greeting which may include a comment about the city or if there is any event going on in Melbourne, response may include a reference to it. However, do you really wan

One of the perks of using facebook  for your business is that you get a messenger platform for free. However when you business grows, it becomes difficult to respond to each query from the user. If you want to maintain your excellent response rate on facebook messenger, you need to have a chatbot solutions. In this article we are going to learn how to link your facebook page and then test with hostedbots chatbot. Step1: Login to the the hostedbots member's area You can log into the hostedbots login are by following this link  Log In . If you have not created your hostedbots login, you do it for free through this link  New User . Step2 : Navigate to facebook channel section Once you are logged into the Member's area, you will see a dashboard. You can now navigate to facebbok channel section once you click on "Smart Channels" as shown here Navigate to the facebook channel, if you have not configured your facebook page, then you should see this

You can create a username on hostedbots.com with just a few clicks. All you need to do is to click on this link https://www.hostedbots.com/sm/GUI/new_user.php on this link you will see a form like this and fill in these values Email = Your email address Name =  Your first Name (Note: It is only your first name) Password = Password that you want to choose for this account Confirm Password = Re type your password, so that any typo can be ruled out Create username on hostedbots.com Once you fill these values, click on the button "submit" That is it! Creating a username was never that easy.

Building a bot was never that easy. You need to have basic knowledge of coding language, then you need to have server where you will be able to host your bots. Once you sort out these thing, you need to work out an algorithm on which your bot will work.  Luckily  now you do not have to worry about these things, with hostedbots.com you can now build bots in minutes just with few clicks. In this article I will be showing you how to build a most simple bot in few steps.  How should this bot respond? First of all you need to think what should the bot do. Since this is just an example, so we will start with the most simple bot. It can be triggered with the command "first_bot" and it will reply "first bot tested" back to you. Step1: log in to your member's area You need to log in to your member's area by clicking on this link and enter your credentials.  https://www.hostedbots.com/sm/GUI/members.php  . If you have not created an account on hosted

One of the biggest mistake in choosing a chat solution is that people don't work on their target audience. Ability to add chat solution on website is always a plus,however choosing the right one is what makes your business standout than the others.  There are many factors that influence your decision of choosing the right chat solution for you: Your hosting platform. Budget. Web developer. Target audience. Customer behavior. Unfortunately most people just think of the budget and nothing else. This is the BIGGEST pitfall. You get monkeys if you give peanuts. With today's age where the world has become a global village and you have access to every developer in the world through freelancing websites, it has become a major issue of choosing the right guy for the right job.  courtesy:pexels.com Developer can quote an amount that in reality you would have paid in one hour to a professional firm. You are losing you time and money both in this case. What you sh