Website change monitoring software tracks changes to specific web pages and notifies users of these changes. These products typically can monitor public pages such as competitors’ websites and news sites, and private pages such as intranets, customer portals, and wikis. Change monitoring tools are able to track entire websites, specified pages or particular sections of pages, at preset intervals, saving users time and resources.
Monitoring tools have several use cases, and thus have several different end users. Using these tools, website administrators can conduct regular health checks to make sure web pages are running properly and content wasn’t added or changed without their knowledge. Marketing and/or product teams can track their competitors’ content, products, and pricing. They can also be used by web developers to track any changes made to HTML code, and service businesses providing law compliance audits to effectively monitor their customers’ content changes.
Website content monitoring software can be used in conjunction with other monitoring tools, such as website monitoring software, which is used to diagnose website performance issues, or digital experience monitoring software, which is used to optimize web-based resources to create an optimal user experience.
To qualify for inclusion in the Website Change Monitoring category, a product must:
Monitor web pages or specific sections of web pages to track any changes to content
Allow users to specify how frequently the platform checks for changes
Alert users when changes are made
