{"id":450,"date":"2014-04-14T06:00:57","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T11:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extrapolatethis.com\/blog\/?p=450"},"modified":"2015-03-07T15:34:23","modified_gmt":"2015-03-07T21:34:23","slug":"monitor-websites-for-updates-easily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extrapolatethis.com\/blog\/archives\/450","title":{"rendered":"Monitor Websites For Updates Easily"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/extrapolatethis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/UpdateScanner.jpg\" alt=\"Update Scanner\" width=\"308\" height=\"78\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extrapolatethis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/UpdateScanner.jpg 308w, https:\/\/extrapolatethis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/UpdateScanner-300x75.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve written before on how to keep on top of updates to your favorite websites <a href=\"https:\/\/extrapolatethis.com\/blog\/archives\/362\" target=\"_blank\">utilizing a feed reader such as Feedly<\/a>, but what if there&#8217;s a website that you want to keep tabs on that doesn&#8217;t offer an RSS feed? That&#8217;s where the Firefox add-on, <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/update-scanner\/\" target=\"_blank\">Update Scanner<\/a>, comes in handy. <\/p>\n<p>With this simple little add-on you can control how often each site will be scanned and which level of changes you want to be notified about (i.e. if just a few characters are changed you can set the add-on to ignore those). <\/p>\n<p>What kind of sites are best to use with this add-on? Well, for me, I like to keep tabs on job openings at specific companies or government locations where I may be interested in working. I also like to check out the newest potential pets at the local Animal Control. Basically any site that infrequently updates their content but doesn&#8217;t offer an RSS feed is perfect to track.<\/p>\n<p>If you try out Update Scanner, or already use it, share what you like to keep tabs on in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve written before on how to keep on top of updates to your favorite websites utilizing a feed reader such as Feedly, but what if there&#8217;s a website that you want to keep tabs on that doesn&#8217;t offer an RSS feed? That&#8217;s where the Firefox add-on, Update Scanner, comes in handy. 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