use case · monitoring
Website change monitoring for whole sites, not single pages
Track every page in a section — a regulator’s guidance library, a competitor’s changelog — and get a clear summary of what changed. Cookie banners, timestamps and rotating widgets never raise an alert.
01the problem
Why most page monitors let you down
They watch one URL at a time. They alert on every banner. They miss JavaScript content. And they cannot tell a page that was deleted from a page that simply failed to load.
02what is different
Whole sites, and only the changes that matter
- Whole-site coverage: monitor a section like /guidance/* through its sitemap. New pages appear as added the day they are published.
- Noise filtered first: consent banners, rotating widgets and “last updated” stamps are removed before anything is compared.
- Changes you can act on: the exact paragraphs that moved, plus field-level changes to titles, dates, canonicals and prices.
- Removals you can trust: a run that reached under 90% of the site holds its removals back and says why, so an interrupted crawl never reads as a mass deletion.
- Alerts where your team works: Slack, Discord, Teams, Google Chat, email digests or signed webhooks, with an optional model-written summary focused on what you care about.
03who watches what
Who uses it
- Compliance and legal: regulator guidance, consultations and policy pages.
- Public affairs and journalism: government pages that change — or disappear.
- Product and competitive intelligence: pricing, feature and changelog pages.
- Partnerships and procurement: supplier terms and tender portals.
questions
Frequently asked questions
How do I track changes on a website?
Create a project with the site’s URL and the sections you care about, choose a schedule — hourly, daily or weekly — and connect Slack, email or a webhook. The first run sets the baseline; every run after it reports what changed.
How often can MeshArc check for changes?
As often as hourly. For prices that move every few minutes, a live feed is a better fit than a crawler.
Does it detect changes on JavaScript-heavy pages?
Yes. Pages are rendered in a real browser when they need one, and compared like any other page.
Stop checking. Start knowing.
One project covers a whole section, and says nothing on the days nothing moved.