Maintaining a popular web site can be a huge task. Imagine having a robot that can maintain much of it for you!

This is now a reality. There are "bots" on the web which you can enlist to answer common e-mail questions and much more. I personally have more than a dozen bots continuously working on my web site; they respond to requests for information, subscribe interested visitors to my newsletter, or record traffic to my site and pass statistics and detailed reports to me whenever I ask.

Such automation takes care of repetitive tasks that would otherwise be humanly impossible, boring, or expensive (i.e., if you had to hire people) to handle. These bots also record and compile complex statistics and amass detailed information that would stifle even a mathematical genius!

Such automatic services can also help manage your life. One company provides a gift service for which I’ve registered to notify me of approaching birthdays, anniversaries and holidays before it's too late to send gifts. I get a reminder via e-mail, which includes the address of the gift service – so I can buy a gift directly from that company online.

It's possible to find these online services throughout the web; but if you need some suggestions, you may e-mail me at learn@website101.com.