Is there a way to get notified of updates from a website that doesn't have an RSS feed?

Asked by erichw1504 (26453

) September 17th, 2009

I’m looking for a way to get an RSS feed from a site that doesn’t let me. Hopefully using my Google Reader.

For example: the site www.drawergeeks.com does not have an active RSS feed, but I really would like to get notified when they add a new gallery. Is there a way to get around this? What’s the best method?

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You can try manually entering in the website address inside your feedreader and see if that works.

perplexism (926

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@perplexism No go.

erichw1504 (26453

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ChangeDetection.com will send you an email when a site updates.

robmandu (21334

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Also consider WatchThatPage.com.

robmandu (21334

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@robmandu ChangeDetection.com seems very simple, thanks!

erichw1504 (26453

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Dapper also allowed you to get new content delivered to you in a feed, so more than just a notification of a changing page. I never quite got the hang of how it worked though, and Dapper.net seems to have changed its focus. It did work to some extent for me, though.

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