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What software or online service could one use to keep track of changes that occur on a given web page?
It would be nice to get an RSS feed for updates but other notification methods are fine too. Also more advanced logic that tries to ignore ads and other dynamic and irrelevant content would be useful.
hasseg
Posted 2009-08-10T07:29:43.243
Reputation: 956
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Update scanner is a Firefox add-on which does just that.
Monitors web pages for updates. Useful for websites that don't provide Atom or RSS feeds.
Features:
- Select how often each site will be scanned
- Changes to pages are highlighted automatically
- Minor changes can be ignored
- Full international support
fretje
Posted 2009-08-10T07:29:43.243
Reputation: 10 524
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I'm quite happy with Follow That Page. It's good for pages that rarely change as it only scans once a day. (You can ask it to scan one URL hourly.)
You get an email message when a page changes.
Nifle
Posted 2009-08-10T07:29:43.243
Reputation: 31 337
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hyperslug
Posted 2009-08-10T07:29:43.243
Reputation: 12 882
changealarm.com doesn't work, but changedetection.com is excellent! – Leftium – 2010-04-18T09:21:39.903
http://watchthatpage.com/ is also useful but I prefer Update Scanner nowadays. – Michael S. – 2017-03-21T09:49:00.810
Unfortunately I happen to use Safari instead of Firefox but otherwise this seems quite nice. +1 – hasseg – 2009-08-10T07:37:53.117