cre8pc - 3:34 am on Jul 8, 2000 (gmt 0)

I was a harsh critic of Zeus at first, especially after I received reciprocal link requests from sites I couldn't possibly link to.

I gave Cyber-Robotics a pretty hard time in a public forum. As an SE opt specialist and a QA/UI Engineer, I had issues with the website, the claims, Zeus, the presentation, sheesh, you name it <g>

David took my critical remarks seriously and cleaned up several areas of his site that I, and others, pointed out needed work.
In the months to come I saw many changes on the website, and read overwhelmingly positive feedback from Zeus users.

My main concern was over unsolicited email (SPAM) coming from Zeus to sites that simply aren't links type portal sites. In addition, I feared some of the myths about reciprocal linking (such as quantity vs quality of site) were being overlooked by Zeus users.

I had researched recip linking and posted the article on my website. There was a section of it that was written with Zeus in mind, and I sent the article to David to see. He liked it and felt it supported his feelings for how he preferred Zeus to be used. In fact, he links to the article from his email FAQ

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I came away from the whole Cyber-Robotics site experience as a supporter of both David, his hard work, and Zeus. His product comes under scrutiny often, but he stays balanced and does listen to constructive criticism. Zeus is the sort of software that, like cloaking, and doorways, is easily abused or mis-used.