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Robots News
What is an AIM Robot? To put it simply, it's a program that signs in to AOL or AOL Instant Messenger and performs tasks based on commands you send it. Rare Artifact is, among other things, a developer of these AIM Robots and has produced a couple of cool ones that you can play with. Just click their names to add them to your AOL or AOL Instant Messenger buddy and check them out!

SmallCapWatch
Designed for SmallCapWatch.com, enter any stock or mutual fund ticker and get a quote! You can also set it up to get an IM whenever a stock you're watching goes up or down, moves a certain percentage, trades at an unusually high or low volume, or when a press release is issued. SmallCapWatch also has a Virtual Trading Game, playable over IM, where you can win a $5,000 stock portfolio every month!

RareArtifactNews
Get the latest news from any of our news sites delivered right to you as it happens. Add this AIM bot to your buddy list and type list to see the available subscriptions.

IMUtilities
Offers a collection of utilities ranging from stock quotes and financial calculators to domain checking, carfax reports, and even e-mail functions all through your IM window.

SmarterCamper
Find campgrounds and RV Parks anywhere in the United States! Just type in a city and see what's available and users can specify a radius of up to 20 miles. More than 9,000 campgrounds exist in the database, so it may very well be the largest online! Attention Campground owners: If your campground or RV park is not yet in the directory, email me and I'll make sure to get it added.

IWEBTrack
Designed for the IWEBTrack.com web analytics services, customers can view their web stats via this AIM Robot just by typing in their site name. If you're not an IWEBTrack customer, you can see how the bot works by typing "show demo".


Getting your own bot
Last but not least, if you would like a custom IM robot for your organization, contact me at robots@rareartifact.com.

These applications can do all kinds of two-way communication and can interact with your website, database, or whatever you need it to do. Any situation where a user can send a command and data would be returned to them can be done via an AIM Robot, so the possibilities are fairly limitless. Give me a shout with your ideas and we can go into more detail about it!

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