Web Page Monitoring

Background

A wealth of content is available on the Web.

When leveraging dominant search engines like Yahoo or Google, most Internet users have mastered new content detection.

On the other hand, keeping track of content updates is another story for most Internet users, but not for those that use ChangeDetect.com.

Some users have turned to "RSS feeds" which are slowly increasing in popularity. In addition, some websites have deployed proprietary content update alert technology, but not all users are interested in managing the complexity of new technology like RSS feeds. Others do not want to invest precious resources learning yet another update notification service that only applies to a particular website.

These days, everyone can name their favorite website and most people are comfortable with using e-mail services. RSS technology, however, is still not widely understood and/or adopted. In addition, most on-site update notification implementations are firmly under the control of the website owner's webmaster.

Therefore Internet users are finding value in centralizing web page monitoring and change notification with one, simple third-party service.

Similarly, most corporate Internet users have business needs for change monitoring sensitive content for any web-enabled content such as (1) a new product announcement from a competitor, (2) competitive price changes or (3) public disclosures such as executive compensation.

Timely business information about the internal workings of a company comes easily to insiders but those on the outside want and need much of the same information as insiders. Many would argue that some of those outside parties may be entitled to more information than insiders (at least in the case of outside investors, government regulators and even watchdog organizations). In all cases, the information delivery must also be in as timely a manner as possible.

However the typical goals and objectives provided a webmaster are not likely to be in harmony with the business needs of organizational "outsiders" who very often demand an easy solution to monitor content changes specific to certain areas of the public website.

Internet users value centralizing web page monitoring and update change notification with one, simple hosted solution.

Web Page Monitoring: The Inner Workings

Definition: Web Page Monitoring is a service that saves a user's favorite web content, monitors it for change and sends an e-mail alert with the changes included in the notification.

The two ways in which web page monitoring solutions are delivered as follows:

* Download software

* Online web services

Of the two web page monitoring delivery channels, online web page monitoring services are far superior because there is nothing to download and new features can easily be added to the service in real time.

Having to download and then install software onto your hard drive is a virus risk. Most companies and many savvy internet users try to avoid downloading unknown and/or unproven software onto their computers.

With an online web page monitoring solution, the system runs safely on the Web as a secure service.

Benefits

Benefits

Top 10 reasons why you need a web page monitoring solution today!

1. Be the first to know about important content changes to the web content that is the most relevant to your interests

2. Automatically, track any web-enabled content for updates

3. Track high value content typically obscured by password protection

4. Track changes to dynamic web searches and HTML forms

5. Pass custom cookies to further unveil the hidden web to content update monitoring

6. Avoid computer viruses because there is nothing to download when you use a web service

7. Monitor sensitive content such as a competitor's website, press releases or online price changes -- all done confidentially and privately from the web page monitoring service's (anonymous third-party) proxy servers

8. Leverage a unique, self-healing technical implementation for proactive web page change tracking that consistently delivers results that other services are unable to match

9. Collaborate with content monitoring experts offering premium web page monitoring services

10. Work anywhere as you work online...

Business Case

Web users from all walks of life use web page monitoring services to track their favorite content for changes.

* Sales Professionals

* Business Executives

* Intellectual Property Attorneys

* Newsletter Publishers

* Librarians and Information Researchers

* Software Developers

* Software Buyers

* Message Board Subscribers

* Job Seekers

TIP: The most popular web page monitoring solution features content changes with color coded highlights, often in red and green. Red is used for removed content while green is often used for recently added content.

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J. Farley works as an author for the most popular web page monitoring online service provider ChangeDetect - http://www.changedetect.com/ . Sign Up for your free account.