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Current Awareness Tools
Last updated Jul. 12, 2023.
by Greg R.
Call them alerts, trackers, current awareness, selective dissemination
of information, or whatever you like, but these tools can keep you
updated when Web sites, Usenet postings, and news sources change or add
new content. These are just a few selections divided by the type of
material which the tool tracks. Most of these provide email alerts when
new or changed information is found.
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Service |
Type |
Comments |
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Track Web Page Changes |
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ChangeDetect |
Online |
For Web pages; free |
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InfoMinder |
Online |
10 Web pages for free; $14.95/year for up to 100
pages |
| TracerLock |
Online |
Covers search engine changes, Usenet groups,
URLs, and news; fees $4-$19.50/month |
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WebSite Watcher |
Download |
30 day trial; $29.95 personal edition or $99 for
business edition. |
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WebSpector |
Download |
Downloadable software tracks up to 200 pages for
free |
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WatchThatPage |
Online |
Configurable alerts collect new information from
specified pages; free |
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Track Search Engine Results |
| Google
Alert |
Online |
Looks for new Google search results up to once
per day. (Not run by Google)
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SearchAlert.net |
Online |
Tracks new search results, but does not specify
which search engines. |
| TracerLock |
Online |
Covers search engine changes, Usenet groups,
URLs, and news; fees $4-$19.50/month |
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Track News Sites |
| Google News Alert |
Online |
Google's alert services for its News database. Free. Once/day or "As it Happens." |
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News Index |
Online |
Tracks news Web sites, no longer free, $120/year |
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TracerLock |
Online |
Covers search engine changes, Usenet groups,
URLs, and news; fees $4-$19.50/month |
| Yahoo! Alerts |
Online |
For news, stocks, weather, auctions, and more. Free.
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Dead Alert Services |
| Spyonit.com |
Online |
Web sites; chat, IRQ, email, Web page delivery
[Defunct 7/02, may be back] |
| Deja.com Tracker |
Online |
For Usenet, email delivery [Defunct 2/01] |
| EoMonitor |
Online |
For Web sites, Web page history tracking; Web page
delivery (formerly javElink) [Defunct 4/01] |
| The Informant |
Online |
For Web sites, email delivery, merged with
TracerLock [Defunct 9/01] |
| Mind-It |
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For Web sites, email delivery [Defunct 1/02] |
| Northern Light Alerts |
Online |
For Northern Light's news wires, email delivery
[Defunct 1/03] |
For more information on alert services, see the following:
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