Sometimes it is interesting to have control over the changes of a website . We may have our own page and we want to monitor that everything works well or we may simply be waiting for a change in a website that we usually visit. In this article we are going to talk about a series of online services with which we can monitor web pages. We may, for example, receive alerts when there is a variation.
Why monitor a website
You may be wondering what these services are actually for and why it might be important to monitor a website for any changes. There are different reasons, as we will see. They range from being informed to being able to solve possible problems as soon as possible.
One of the reasons for wanting to monitor a web page is to be able to detect changes as soon as they occur. For example, if we are waiting for them to publish a certain article or upload some new content, these types of tools will notify us as soon as they detect that change.
It may also not be a new article, but simply something that already exists and is about to receive an update . A new version of a program that is available, a change in a text, etc. We will also be permanently informed of whether it has occurred or not.
On the other hand, if we have a personal page and we want everything to work well, that there is no problem and detect any variation that may exist, we will be able to count on this type of services. All this, in addition, in an automated way so as not to have to constantly open a page.
Services to monitor changes in a website
There are different online tools that we can use for all of this that we mentioned. We will be able to monitor a web page that interests us and receive alerts in case there is a change or even a problem such as a cyber attack that changes the appearance of that site.
Visualping
The first service we want to show is Visualping . It is a very popular tool, which has many private users and also companies that trust it to monitor their web pages. It stands out for its simplicity. We can enter your website and find all the information.
We can select an area for Visualping to act on. As soon as it detects that there has been a change, such as a new article, that an image has changed or whatever, it will send us an email so that we are informed of it.
It has a wide range of options, such as an advanced tool to detect if a specific word or phrase appears on a page. We can monitor up to 14 weekly sites for free and also configure if we want it to analyze a page every 15 minutes, 30 minutes, every day, every week, etc.
OnWebChange
Another option with which we will be able to monitor websites is OnWebChange . It is more focused on being able to keep track of a specific information . It’s also straightforward and has a public tracking feature. This means that we will be able to add a button on our website and allow visitors to monitor a certain area of the page.
In addition, we will be able to share that report with third parties. It will track any type of change in the content, such as images, documents, PDF files … We will be notified of all this once it detects a variation that appears in the selected sites.
We will be able to monitor three web pages for free. It can be more than enough for users who just want to analyze their website or a specific page. However, we can use the paid version in case we need more.
ChangeTower
The ChangeTower service also allows you to monitor up to three websites for free. It is a tool that is based on the cloud and is capable of showing any visible change on a certain page, such as the change of a headline, an image, a new article …
It allows us to monitor for possible updates to the code, words or any visible variation on the site. In addition, it allows us to know what the status of a web page is. In this way we can receive alerts if any change or error appears.
If we need to export the data to Excel to be able to manage it better, it is possible to do it on data up to three months old. We can enter your website and test the service.
Wachete
Among the most popular tools to monitor a website we must mention Wachete. It is quite complete and its remarkable point is that it is capable of monitoring web pages that are protected by a password. We can even monitor what requires a click.
As in other options we have seen, Wachete also allows you to monitor only a specific section of a page. For example, if we are only interested in a certain section of a website such as this article, we can simply mark it and start monitoring it.
Another feature is that it sends information in real time . We can configure it to send us information via email or through a mobile application. We can do it on five web pages for free. We can also download the entire record in an Excel file and be able to manage it better.
Sken
A service that we can also use to monitor a web page is Sken . It allows us to insert a URL , on which we are interested in detecting changes, and it will automatically begin to analyze any variation that may occur while we are not pending.
It also allows us to select only a part of that site. We will only have to mark what interests us and it will act on those elements. Later we will configure the time interval that we want to pass so that it detects changes and the method for it to notify us.
Fluxguard
With Fluxguard we are going to have a similar tool to be able to detect possible changes that appear on a web page . It allows you to create filters and alerts, as well as being able to check up to 50 sites in the free version and thousands in the paid version. It is ideal for website managers who want to boost SEO.
On its website we can find all the information to start using it. We will see that it shows information about changes in cookies, HTML code, texts and even pixels. We can have all kinds of details to achieve total control.
In short, these are some options that we have available to monitor a website for free. We have seen some tools that allow us to detect any changes that appear and also avoid certain problems that may appear on our site.