dotTech Exclusive: 30 free licenses of Linkman Pro!
April 17, 2010 111
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Linkman Pro was one of the first software I reviewed way back when dotTech was first launched; yet, to this day I remember it because of how much I was impressed by it. So, with great pleasure I would like to announce a dotTech-Outer Technologies giveaway of 30 free licenses of Linkman Pro!
For those that don’t know, Linkman Pro – which also has a Linkman Lite version which is freeware – is a professional, feature filled bookmarks/favorites management tool. In other words, it helps you easily manage your bookmarks/favorites if you use multiple browsers, multiple computers, or would like to be able to create back ups for safe keeping. Here is an overview of the features that Linkman Pro has, as per the developer:
- Compatibility with all major Windows browsers
- Firefox 1.x-3.x, Internet Explorer 3.x-8.x, Google Chrome 2.x-5.x, K-Meleon 1.x, Maxthon, SeaMonkey 1.x, Opera 4.x-9.x, Avant Browser, Neoplanet, Netcaptor, SlimBrowser
- Use the same link collection across different browsers (automated synchronization between Firefox, IE and other browsers)
- Synchronization support to share links between multiple computers
- Supports keywords, ratings, comments, descriptions, shortnames and user defined data
- Ability to handle large databases (even millions of links) without performance or stability issues
- Optional installation on removable drives like USB sticks
- Internet Explorer integration
- Firefox 3 integration
- Optional Desktop Toolbar (supports all browsers including Chrome and Opera) for fastest browsing ever
- Optional Internet Explorer Toolbar
- Highly customizable user interface
- Tray Icon
- Detects duplicate links, even if they differ in subdomains, ports or login data
- Query for URLs on the same domain or subdomain and display results in groups
- User defined rating system
- Synchronization
- Extensive help file and PDF Tutorial
- Ability to check URLs for dead links, intelligent (only major) content changes, and page movements
- Retrieves keywords, descriptions and custom metatags from web pages
- Password protection
- Multiple import and export formats
- Direct Internet Explorer Favorites support (including correct item order)
- Firefox Bookmarks
- Google Chrome
- Powermarks
- SeaMonkey
- Opera Hotlist
- Html
- Separated Value files
- Any data file containing links
- Editable Export Templates (XML, TSV…) with UTF8 support
- Fully customizable Html Link webpage generation
- Search and Replace
- Text and Status Query
- Link Collector
- Printing support
- Sort feature with multiple sort orders and autosort
- Drop Basket for faster browsing and URL addition
- URL Path associated launch
- URL Launch History
- Fast Links for fast access to your favorite URLs
- Daily Links feature to launch several bookmarks with one click
- Full Drag and Drop support including link drops from browser to Linkman
- Advanced Tray Icon (configurable click actions)
- User defined browser support
- Auto save
- System-wide hotkeys for easy use, even when working with another application
If you want to learn more about Linkman Pro, you are welcome to read my review, or watch the tutorial video. Do take note, however, that both the review and the tutorial video are of old version of Linkman Pro – the latest versions have made many improvements. (A full changelog of improvements made to Linkman Pro with each new release can be found the bottom of this page.)
That all being said, 30 lucky dotTechies will have the chance to own a copy of Linkman Pro for free! All winners will receive free updates. Here are the rules for this promotion:
Version being given out for free: 7.9.0.30
Free updates: Yes
Supported OS: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Win7
Download size: 7.7 MB
- If you want a chance to win a license of Linkman Pro, you must post a comment below answering all of these questions:
- Have you ever used a bookmarks/favorites manager or synced bookmarks/favorites across multiple browsers or computers? If yes, please name the software/service you have used.
- What will be the main task you will use Linkman Pro for (sync bookmarks across browsers, sync bookmarks across computers, backup bookmarks, etc.)?
- Is there anything Outer Technologies can improve in Linkman Pro (bug fixes, more features, etc.)? If yes, please specify.
- Do you think $25 (for a single license) is a fair price for Linkman Pro? If no, please specify the price you think is fair.
Anyone that does not answer all four of these questions will be disqualified.
- 10 licenses are reserved for dotTech donors, authors, and artists. If you fall in this 10 license reserve category, please specifically state so in your comment (i.e. say “I am a donor” if you are a donor, etc.), otherwise I may not know. Also if you are a donor, please be sure to use the e-mail you donated with in your comment (do not post your e-mail in public, just use the e-mail in the “e-mail” form when posting a comment) so I can confirm.
- The other 20 licenses can be won by anyone.
- I reserve the right to award specific people licenses if I feel they have helped foster the dotTech community by being very active (the people who fall into this category is at my sole discretion).
- You may only enter the drawing once and may only win one license. If you try to enter more than once, you will be disqualified.
When posting a comment, please make sure you enter an e-mail that is 100% valid and an e-mail you will check because the licenses will be distributed via e-mail by me. If you win and don’t have a valid e-mail or an e-mail you don’t check, your license will go to waste. However, please don’t post your e-mail in your comment! You should never post your e-mail on a public form. Just enter the e-mail you want to be contacted at in the “E-mail” field when writing your comment – I will be able to get your e-mail from there. Or if you are a registered dotTechie just post a comment while you are logged in and I will be able to find your e-mail.
The winners of this giveaway will be announced after the giveaway has ended in 72 hours, or on Tuesday April 20, 2010.
Good luck to everyone!
Anyone that misses out can always purchase Linkman Pro (scroll down to the bottom of the page to find Linkman Pro) for $25 (USD).
Please enter me in the drawing as this looks quite useful.
1. Have you ever used a bookmarks/favorites manager or synced bookmarks/favorites across multiple browsers or computers? If yes, please name the software/service you have used.
Yes; I have been using Foxmarks/Xmarks for over 2 years now to sync my bookarks between Firefox/Chrome/IE. If it supported Opera then I would not need other sync software. I keep two accounts for Xmarks so I can periodically make a secondary backup in case anything happens to my primary account.
2. What will be the main task you will use Linkman Pro for (sync bookmarks across browsers, sync bookmarks across computers, backup bookmarks, etc.)?
My main use for Linkman Pro will be to keep Firefox/Chrome/IE in sync with Opera rather than the manual method I use every quarter now (which puts me out of date fairly quickly in Opera).
3. Is there anything Outer Technologies can improve in Linkman Pro (bug fixes, more features, etc.)? If yes, please specify.
I see it supports Opera Hotlist, but I see nothing about Opera Bookarks. That would be my main use so I would say this is a missing feature if it does not already support it.
4. Do you think $25 (for a single license) is a fair price for Linkman Pro? If no, please specify the price you think is fair.
Considering that Xmarks does most of what I need for free why would I want to pay for a license? I have gotten by so far by manually syncing my bookarks with a basic HTML export of my bookamrks and importing them into Opera. I think it would be more likely to sell better if the price came down at least $10 per license.
Very nice Ashraf!!! Sign me up please… The answers:
1. Yes. I’ve used Plain Old Favorites for Firefox
2. Main task will be to synchronize bookmarks across browers, make backups and hopefully to *easily & intuitively* organize my bookmarks. I also hope to be able to regularly create a master bookmark list on USB drive as well.
3. Haven’t worked with Linkman before, but inspecting their webpages suggests they have done a very thorough job.
4. Is $25 fair? Quite possibly. It seems to be a very thorough, mature and well-thought-out product. Of course, in my case I live below the poverty level and there are very few programs that I purchase. The question for Outland, of course, is finding that pricing sweet-spot that maximizes their market share vs cash flow.
I always used google to sync all my bookmarks across browsers or opera bookmark syncing if i’m using opera.Have also used xmarks.
I will use it for backing up my bookmarks ,checking for duplicates and sorting as i have hundreds of bookies..
Because it is so customizable i can’t really think of anything that can be improved,and i’ve only used lite version so i’m sure pro version is even better
I could never afford $25 for a program unless i absolutely have to have it(which is only security software so far)…I think $15 is more like it and would end up making more dosh due to many more sales(my opinion)
Excellent program,not one i could buy ,but would be great to have full version,I hope i get one!
1. Yes, I currently use xmarks to sync my bookmarks and passwords between computers and browsers (firefox and chrome; don’t use IE often).
2. Mainly to sync bookmarks between browsers and computers. Ability to backup bookmarks is pretty much taken care of syncing between computers.
3. Haven’t used it yet; will try the lite version. Main suggestion would be possible compatibility with linux or mac. Xmarks is compatible with Linux.
4. Considering the amount of time used to gather your bookmarks, $25 is probably a fair amount to charge for a full-featured application of this sort.
1) I Use Firefox and it Has inbulit BookMark Manager by Which I Can back up my bookmarks
2) The Main Task I Would Use It For Would Be To sync bookmarks across browsers.
3) I think it is not able to take snapshot or not able to show preview of bookmarked URL/website
4) It is A Great Software but price should be within $15 – $20.
Hope, I Win This Giveaway.
1) I Use Firefox and it Has inbulit BookMark Manager by Which I Can back up my bookmarks2) The Main Task I Would Use It For Would Be To sync bookmarks across browsers.3) I think it is not able to take snapshot or not able to show preview of bookmarked URL/website4) It is A Great Software but price should be within $15 – $20.Hope, I Win This Giveaway.
1) No
2) backup bookmarks and syncing
3) Features: export bookmarks to html with different choices for templates so I can use it on my website
4) $25 is not that expensive, but with many free alternatives around it really needs to stand out of the crowd. $25 would be a great price if you could use it, for personal use only, with a site license
First, I state that I don’t want to have linkman Pro because the last time I tried its free version, I was surprised that It doesn’t support arabic language. I think the same is true for other Rt to Lt languages. I think they should consider supporting these language to expand the base of users.
Have you ever used a bookmarks/favorites manager or synced bookmarks/favorites across multiple browsers or computers? If yes, please name the software/service you have used.
I think that Xmarks (formerly FoxMarks) is the best bookmark manager. Having FF, IE and Google Chrome addons gives it a positive point. Other positives: Online Sync – Sync Other browsers – Tag suuport – Tag suggestion – Similar websites and more. One more is It is FREE.
What will be the main task you will use Linkman Pro for (sync bookmarks across browsers, sync bookmarks across computers, backup bookmarks, etc.)?
I don’t want or need linkman.
Is there anything Outer Technologies can improve in Linkman Pro (bug fixes, more features, etc.)? If yes, please specify.
I think they should consider uincode support – translate program in other language – keep an eye on XMARKS
Do you think $25 (for a single license) is a fair price for Linkman Pro? If no, please specify the price you think is fair.
I think 25$ is very high price to a bookmark manager.
10-15 $ is good and affordable.
Hope I’m not too late for this drawing!
1) For cross-browser / machine bookmarks I use Yahoo Bookmarks
2) The main use will be to try and keep a master set of links between my home computers and browsers and my work computers.
3) I haven’t used Linkman Pro so I can’t really make any suggestions but if I don’t win this I’ll try Linkman Lite.
4) $25 seems fair but I would be much more likely to buy it if it were in the $10-20 range.
I am a donor.
Karl
I forgot to enter earlier, like Karl said, I hope I’m not to late.
1- I’ve never used a bookmarks or favorites manager before or synced between browsers/computers.
2-I would use Linkman Pro mostly for syncing bookmarks between FireFox and IE. Altho with all the other things it does, I could end up using it for much more.
3-Having never used Linkman before, I can’t give any ideas for improvements.
4-From the sounds of what it’s supposed to be able to do, I’d say it’s probably a fair price. Lower is always better tho.
The drawing has now closed. No new entries will be accepted anymore. Stay tuned for the winner announcement.