Copernic Tracker for Windows

By Copernic
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Key Details of Copernic Tracker

Monitor Web pages and get notified when they change.
Last updated on November 22, 2024
There have been 6 updates
Virus scan status:
Clean (it’s extremely likely that this software program is clean)

Editors’ Review

Download.com staffNovember 22, 2024

It's easy enough to add Web pages for Copernic Tracker to monitor for changes, but narrowing down the results may be more of a challenge. The program integrates with Internet Explorer, adding a context menu option to quickly add the current page to your list of tracked URLs. You can also go directly to the program to add URLs, and the simply designed interface doesn't take long to figure out.

By default, you'll get daily alerts when more than five words change for each page you enter. You can change the frequency and word-change limit with ease, but you could be notified each time an ad changes. Even the help file admits that the word-change option could be "hard to manage and sometimes even useless." (You have to admire the brutal honesty.) The developers recommend setting parameters that seek only user-specified words or entering a Boolean query, and PC newbies might struggle in coming up with effective keywords to get the best results.

Copernic Tracker effectively traced changes in our test pages, and the yellow highlighting makes the new text or image easy to find. Even so, with so many sites offering RSS feeds, and the easy availability of free RSS readers, this program seems a bit outdated in its do-it-yourself technology.

What’s new in version 1.1

Version 1.1 build 129 adds convenient automatic scrolling feature, Previous/Next buttons to let you scroll through the modifications.

Copernic Tracker for Windows

By Copernic
Trial version
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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: October 13, 2009

Latest update: November 22, 2024

Version: 1.1

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows ME
Windows 98
Windows NT
Windows XP
Windows 98 SE
Windows 2000

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 1,816

Downloads Last Week: 1

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User Reviews

3/5

4 User Votes

Good, but long-in-the-tooth and limited in capacity
egadsJanuary 2, 2010
Pros
Boolean search capability Multiple revision archiving Ability to monitor specific frames Excellent reporting and view options
Cons
Can't handle all character sets Can't handle all login-required sites Can't be configured to ignore/skip deleted content Deal-Breaker! - Performance slows to a crawl and automatic scheduling breaks down if monitored page count exceeds ~ 1,500 pages.
Summary
Bottom Line - Copernic products (were) all great stuff, but the current owners have been mining their value with no recent significant upgrades in code - sadly, this great old workhorse doesn't have what it takes to satisfy the advanced/heavy-duty user. I'm currently evaluating Check&Get and WebSite-Watcher as potential replacements.
The worst support service I have seen.
elber73December 4, 2009
Pros
mmm... nothing
Cons
See below:
Summary
Cons: 1.- The worst support service I have seen. 2.- Don't have a NOT function to track when a concrete text disappear from pages. It is a page change that this program can't track. 3.- If you request the 30 day money back guarantee, they will ignore your requests. In summary: Copernic Software sell DEAD SOFTWARE. You pay for the programs, but when you have a question because the help provided is incomplete, nobody answer to your questions, or their answers is about wrong product (automated answers?). Shocking.
Doesn't work in Vista
SamphonicDecember 4, 2007
Pros
Copernic software is awesome and helped me in my work as a journalist greatly until I switched to Vista. I love that it would email me a changed web page with the changes highlighted! If you aren't using Vista, I recommend this software highly.
Cons
Web page tracking in Vista doesn't work anymore because the programmers can't handle Vista's scheduling routine for some reason. They told me I'm out of luck. :(
Summary
Great Works well
September 1, 2004
Pros
Cons
Summary
JUst want i was looking for. you can track pages set a time to check them and notify you by a popup that a keyword that you have entered has appeared on that web page and by opening the program you click the link and on the same page below you see the web page with the keyword and the Paragraph Highlighted.. i Havent found a better program yet.. only concern is that it crashed. but maybe a fresh install will remedy that..

Developer’s Description

Monitor Web pages and get notified when they change.

Copernic Tracker is a software that monitors Web pages and notifies you when they change. It keeps you up to date with what's new on sites you're interested in and saves you countless browsing hours. Copernic Tracker automatically looks for new content on Web pages as often as you like. When a change is detected it can notify you by sending an e-mail including a copy of the Web page with the changes highlighted or by displaying a desktop alert.