Comments on: How to Monitor Websites that don’t have RSS Feeds

By: Cees

Cees — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:44:44 +0000

Thanks a lot, this post and the comments helps me on my way. I am gonna check out a couple of the things mentioned. Will let you know about it.

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Make Use Of « Blog-Feast.com Blog Collection — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:45:29 +0000

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By: campaign intelligence

campaign intelligence — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:39:18 +0000

Does anyone have any idea what the name of the Firefox theme used in the screenshots is?

By: Notifixio-us: Monitor Websites For Updates | MakeUseOf.com

Notifixio-us: Monitor Websites For Updates | MakeUseOf.com — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 04:38:18 +0000

[...] The application works with any website that provides RSS, Atom or XML feeds. For websites that does not support feeds check out previously published How to Monitor Websites that don’t have RSS Feeds. [...]

By: PageTiki: Get Notified When some Site (or Webpage) is Updated | MakeUseOf.com

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:09:44 +0000

[...] PageTiki is not the first tool for tracking pages for updates, we have also reviewed Page2RSS, FeedMySearch and Feedity. Plus a couple of more sites and Firefox plugins were mentioned in How to Monitor Websites that don’t have RSS Feeds. [...]

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Introducing ClipMarks.com « Vincent Wright’s Blog — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:47:54 +0000

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By: No RSS? No Problem! | Daily Tech Bits

No RSS? No Problem! | Daily Tech Bits — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:02:50 +0000

[...] still don’t make these available, so what can you do? MakeUseOf.com provides an article on monitoring sites without RSS feeds that highlights a couple of tools you can use. Of course, you’ll need Firefox to use them, [...]

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Great Blog Posts in April | A New Morning - Blogging, Technology, News — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:38:29 +0000

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By: Discover the Best RSS Tools and Resources on the Web « Yaser’s Blog

Discover the Best RSS Tools and Resources on the Web « Yaser’s Blog — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:17:28 +0000

[...] How to Monitor Websites that don’t have RSS Feeds: Make Use Of mentions some ways to get notified about site updates when the site doesn’t offer RSS feeds. [...]

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:37:55 +0000

Before firing up an extra piece of software or service, check the source code of the site in question. You may just find out that it loads behind a frame. In that case, just open the frame to find the feed.

By: Firefox Evangelism » Blog Archive » Use Firefox to monitor sites without RSS feeds

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:31:39 +0000

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By: Free Quiz

Free Quiz — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:40:53 +0000

How convenient, I was planning on programming this same tool however you guys just saved me the time and effort.

By: How to Monitor Websites that don’t have RSS Feeds « Chronicles of Alva

How to Monitor Websites that don’t have RSS Feeds « Chronicles of Alva — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:38:06 +0000

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By: theMoore

theMoore — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:29:34 +0000

http://www.dapper.com could be an option

By: links for 2008-04-28 « Tathata - d’ Observer

links for 2008-04-28 « Tathata - d’ Observer — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:09:12 +0000

[...] How to Monitor Websites that don’t have RSS Feeds | MakeUseOf.com If you’re a Firefox user then you can try Update Scanner. It’s an extension that lets you monitor webpages for changes. You have an option to choose how often the website should be checked for changes (tags: rss web monitoring firefox extension monitor website norss without feature) [...]

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links for 2008-04-27 « toonz — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:31:22 +0000

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links for 2008-04-27 « 個人的な雑記 — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:33:12 +0000

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By: Aditya

Aditya — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:08:36 +0000

There is another service called Ponyfish (http://www.ponyfish.com) which does the same thing. It lets you create RSS feeds for pages that do not have any. It lets you customize your RSS feeds the way you want, which is pretty great in my opinion.

By: Saul

Saul — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:31:49 +0000

Another way is to use Feed43.com service: it allows to parse any site and to create RSS-feeds

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lo-fi librarian» Blog Archive » This Week’s Useful Tools — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:15:34 +0000

[...] Update Scanner – Firefox extension that monitors webpages that don’t provide feed (via Makeuseof.com). [...]

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:03:42 +0000

You could also simply use Google Alerts with a "site:" search term and something unique to the website - such as the header text on article postings.

By: How to Monitor Websites that don’t have RSS Feeds « Designerz Web

How to Monitor Websites that don’t have RSS Feeds « Designerz Web — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:42:37 +0000

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By: Chuck

Chuck — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:48:47 +0000

I have used Watch That Page (http://watchthatpage.com/) for over a year now to check for software updates and other site updates. It emails out a daily digest with clips of changes. Highly recommended to try out. It’s also free, of course.

Personally, I always recommend using an online service versus a desktop app so you (as well as the application data) are not tied to your PC.

I just attended a conference where Kapow demonstrated their product, it was very impressive. I’ll be trying that one out at work, but it looks a little more complicated and full featured than what you need for this purpose. If you want to tie in these page changes to some other company service or do other SOA-ish integration, than it would be awesome.

By: Macskeeball

Macskeeball — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:30:14 +0000

I use Comic Alert for that. It generates a single feed combining all the comics I subscribe to. It includes newspaper comics as well.

By: Bill Pier

Bill Pier — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:16:55 +0000

The Firefox add-on Page Update Checker (PUC) is probably the most flexible and customizable web page checker, though not as "pretty" as Update Scanner.

By: Paul B.

Paul B. — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:52:34 +0000

I love and use UpdatePatrol: www.updatepatrol.com. It monitors both normal web pages and RSS feeds. It can highlight page changes and display them in a built in browser, or it can send you the page with changes highlighted by email. A real time saver.

By: Webhmaster

Webhmaster — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:52:29 +0000

Yep. I did this too.

By: Dagonet

Dagonet — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:25:51 +0000

watchthatpage.com

By: ORB

ORB — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:15:10 +0000

Pity, u r using linux

By: kapow

kapow — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:11:00 +0000

Check out http://www.openkapow.com. You download a RoboMaker application and visually create RSS feeds that you publish to their server. If the page changes, it’s easy to modify the robot you created and republish it. You can also create RSS feeds with images in them.