WebSite Watcher is a very comprehensive software that can manage a list of your favorite websites and track all changes. The features of this program are also quite numerous and here are some of the features you need to know!
Features of WebSite Watcher
Monitor many types
Web Pages: WebSite-Watcher monitors all kinds of web pages and highlights all changes in the page.
PDF / Word / Excel: PDF/Word/Excel documents are automatically converted into HTML format, so you can use all available features to monitor these documents. For example to only alert an update if specified keywords are detected in PDF documents.
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages are automatically converted to RSS feeds, this makes it very easy to monitor these types of pages. You are notified as soon as new posts are published.
Password protected pages: Logins to password protected pages can be recorded with the integrated Check-Macro feature. These macros are executed when WebSite-Watcher checks the bookmarks. This technique can also be used to automate search queries to monitor the search results.
RSS Feeds: RSS/Atom feeds can be monitored like normal web pages with all supported features.
Screenshot Method: Each page you can open in your Internet Browser can be monitored with the screenshot method. WebSite-Watcher will make screenshots of the pages and compare them to detect updates.
Check features
Flexible check intervals: You define when and how often bookmarks should be checked. For example every 5 minutes, once a day or every Monday at 9:00.
Run Actions: Perform pre-defined Actions when an update is detected. For example to export the monitored page and post-process it with your own system.
Keywords: Only get update notifications when specified words are detected in new or changed content.
Whole site or single page: The Follow-Links feature allows you to monitor complete websites instead of single pages. Linked pages will automatically be inserted as new bookmarks.
Filter content: A powerful filter system lets you ignore the content you are not interested in. The integrated Filter Assistant lets you easily create filters with just a few mouse clicks. WebSite-Watcher supports simple wildcard filters and regular expressions.
Add logic with plugins: The logic of bookmark checks can be enhanced with the integrated Plugin system. For example to monitor a page for a specific price and alert only an update if the price is within a certain price range. Plugins can be written with the integrated programming language Basic.
Lots of other features
Smartphone / App: Read changed bookmarks on your Smartphone when you’re not sitting in front of your PC. The WebSite-Watcher App is available for Android and iOS devices
Send e-mails: Send changed bookmarks by e-mail to one or more recipients and read them in your e-mail client or webmail interface.
Create reports: Create reports of changed bookmarks in HTML, CSV, JSON or XML format. A flexible report system makes it easy to export and prepare information for post processing.
Archive pages: Archive updated pages permanently with our add-on Local Website Archive and keep a history of previous changes.
Synchronize bookmarks: Simply synchronize your bookmarks between your PC and your Notebook by using the CloudSync feature.
Many more powerful features: Import/Export, Monitor discussion forums, Monitor local files, Scripting language, Statistics, Plugins, and much more.
