Chrome Page Monitor

Overview
Chrome Page Monitor is a simple Chrome extension that monitors changes in a website without the need to actually be on the website.

'''This extension allows your browser to monitor changes to web pages for you. It can inform you whenever a particular page changes without you having to go and check every time.'''

For a Firefox equivalent see Check4Change.

Download and Install
To install Chrome Page Monitor, simply follow this link to the Chrome Web Store and click add to Chrome.

Setup
Go to mTurk.com and search for a requester like you normally would.

It doesn't matter if you get results or if you get the message that "Your search did not match any HITs." CPM just needs the search URL to monitor.



Click the heartbeat icon at the top right hand side of Chrome. There will be an option "Monitor this page". Select that and you are done.



Configure
Now configure your Page Monitor for even more efficiency.

mTurk has an API limit on how often you can request searches, if you use CPM to monitor too many requesters on a short interval then you will constantly be burdened with errors on the mTurk.com website. It is best to pick a select few requesters that you want to monitor to limit these errors. Where CPM shines is it's ability to alert you for those requesters who post batches that seem to disappear as quick as they are posted (Two Lakes). Here is what the configuration page looks like:



It would be wise to name each page that you are monitoring with the requester name, that way you will know instantly who it is that has posted work. You can also change the interval time every search or you can click advanced settings to change each search individually.

Discussion
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