I find that when making a new profile and setting the color, the brighter the color you select is, the more successful you are. Also use common sense when picking it, Say your in Westfall/Tanaris, were there are many shades of red, set the color to the blue feather, and also the other way around, with say Dun Morogh you would click the red bobber.
I had problems with the Bot at first but I found that doing small things like this can really improve preformence.