How to keep track of websites updates?

reno_rita

I visit a good number of websites - around 100-200 - that don't offer RSS resources. I'm going to check through that list from time to time anyway but I could avoid wasting time in sites that weren't updated since last visit. Is there any tool that can provide me quick details any/major changes?

Originally asked by Renan on Stack Exchange (webmasters) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

It's not the ideal solution, (you would need a bot spidering the sites in question and looking for updates* - I am not aware of any free services which would provide this service, but there may be paid ones) but you could use Google Alerts to alert on an exact phrase which appears in the site template for each of the sites. (* Disappointingly, Google's site: operator is not available within Google Alerts) Example: Sign in to your Google account (Gmail) and go to the Google Alerts page Enter the exact phrase "Pro Webmasters Stack Exchange" (with quotation marks) in the textbox at the top of the page Select: Type: Everything How often: As-it-happens (or your preference) Volume: All results...

Full answer by danlefree: https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/a/18499 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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