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New in that it is new to this site. Dave Morton originally posted this guide on Chatbots.org back in 2011, but I think a lot of the information is still very useful to those starting out. So with the kind permission of Dave I have published it here too. Thanks Dave

Basically, there are several options available to the prospective new botmaster for creating a new chatbot, and while I can’t cover every option here, I’ll try to briefly cover some of the more popular options, citing advantages and disadvantages of each. Then I’ll outline a couple of brief, step by step guides to setting up your own chatbot; one of them a stand-alone bot app, and the other one a web-based chatbot. Let’s start with some basics first, though.

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