Which timezone does "8 o'clock in the morning" consider?

SleepingSpider will try to determine your time zone and, if it can't, default to "Pacific Time (US & Canada)." You may contact support to have your time zone changed.

What is considered to be a change?

Any difference in the textual content of the page is considered a change. This includes small changes such as correcting typos. Changes to the page's Stylesheets, Javascript, or other invisible elements will not trigger an alert.

Can I follow non-English pages?

Sure.

I mean non-UTF8 pages?

Yeah. I know. (maybe a little to informal)

Can I follow password protected sites?

There is a security risk in allowing this site to access protected information; however, this feature is planned.


Does this site respect robots.txt?

It does not, but if you're a webmaster you can contact us and we'll be happy to accommodate your concerns.

Does it render JavaScript content?

Not yet, but it might in the future.

Does it exclude or include comments... if I watch a blogpost with comments will every new comment cause an alert or only blogpost changes?
Does it understand twitter so if I watch a user, it only alerts me of tweets, not e.g. a change in the number of followers?

At present, it does not go out of its way for special cases, such as this, but we're researching how these issues can best be handled.

Does it scrape only once per day or more often and alert only once a day?

It scrapes about every 4 ~ 8 hours.

Does it auto-detect pages with rss feeds or pubsub feeds and subscribe to them?

No.

Is there a limit on the number of sites I can watch?

Not right now, but be considerate. Under 100 watches would be a reasonable goal to keep in mind.