I’ve given News Sniffer a huge overhaul – the culmination of over a year’s work (on and off part time). The biggest change is that we’re no longer checking for censored comments on Have Your Say. This was an intensive system to run and maintain and I just can’t dedicate the time and resources to it any more. The archive is currently removed but will be restored soon.

News Sniffer’s focus is now on monitoring changes to news articles on the web.

The whole news article version checking system has been overhauled making it much more efficient and easier to maintain. This makes it much easier to add features, particularly additional parsers for other news websites (we’re currently only watching the BBC). Watch this space over the coming months.

The check scheduling system is now much more reliable too, allowing more regular checks of more articles with less resources.