We all know how complicated and time consuming it is to monitor our favorite webpages and although most of them are now using RSS to keep readers up to date with the latest content posted online, some don’t.

That is where WebMonit might come in very handy for those who want to keep track of their favorite websites without having to actually visit the links every once in a while. The whole principle is quite easy: the application connects to a certain website at a selected interval and checks for potential modifications. If there are any, users are notified so they can visit the website and access the new content.

WebMonit’s installation requires very little time, effort and resources. The interface is basic and minimal and it doesn’t come with eye-candy elements; instead, it provides a simple and comfortable environment to run the monitoring tasks.

WebMonit’s engine is able to monitor various types of pages, such as HTML, ASP, JSP or PHP. The application can work with several tasks, which means you get to monitor a bunch of websites at the same time.

The first step to setting up a task is to enter the desired website and to pick the areas you want to monitor. Then you can start defining a few rules for normal/numerical content, useful for keeping an eye on product or stock prices for instance.

The next step is to configure the notifications settings that include mail sending and program execution features. Afterwards, the application sits in the System Tray and notifies you every time there’s new content on the websites you entered earlier.

All in all, WebMonit is a reliable solution that can ease the task of manually monitoring the activity on specific websites. It can play a major role when you need to watch a large volume of information and you don’t want to miss not even the tiniest change.