What tools can be used to keep track of changes on web pages?

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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.

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 10 '09 at 07:34

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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

answered Aug 10 '09 at 07:34

fretje

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Unfortunately I happen to use Safari instead of Firefox but otherwise this seems quite nice. +1 – hasseg Aug 10 '09 at 07:37

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 21 '17 at 09:37

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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.

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answered Aug 10 '09 at 07:39

Nifle

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 10 '09 at 07:54

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You can give these a shot:

http://www.changealarm.com/

http://www.changedetection.com/

answered Aug 10 '09 at 07:54

hyperslug

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changealarm.com doesn't work, but changedetection.com is excellent! – Leftium Apr 18 '10 at 09:21
[http://watchthatpage.com/](http://watchthatpage.com/) is also useful but I prefer Update Scanner nowadays. – Michael S. Mar 21 '17 at 09:49

What tools can be used to keep track of changes on web pages?

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