Ask HN: What are the best tools to detect website changes?

I would like to get notified when certain websites change.

I used visualping so far, but many websites have way too many moving elements. Comparing screenshots to detect changes caused too many false alerts. What other tools I should try?

sergesalager 4y

Have you tried Visualping's action tools? There is one called "blocker" that prevents dynamic elements from loading. You can use this to prevent false alerts coming from them.

Here is a nice YouTube tutorial: https://youtu.be/cQEMypuoX0E

Also check the resource center for more details: https://help.visualping.io/en/articles/5948932-how-do-i-use-....

Hope this helps!

gregsadetsky 4y

I use ChangeTower in addition to Visualping.

iamandrasOP4y

Interesting. ChangeTower seems more powerful. Thanks for the suggestion.

hmahncke 4y

trackly.io

iamandrasOP4y

Thanks. I'll check it out.

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