What are the Different Types of Web Monitoring Software?
There are many different types of web monitoring software, intended for different purposes. Generally, however, web monitoring software comes in one of two flavors: active web monitoring software and passive web monitoring software. Active software limits what internet users on a computer can access and see, being used to keep children from accessing sites deemed unacceptable, or employees from wasting time at work, or a number of other uses. Passive software, on the other hand, allows users to do whatever they wish on the internet, but it tracks everything they are doing into a log, which can later be retrieved by a parent, boss, or other interested party to monitor how people are using the internet. Active web monitoring software is by far the most common type of web monitoring software, and includes products such as Guardian® Monitor Family Edition and Spytech® SentryPC. Active web monitoring software is most often used with children, to make sure they cannot access sites deemed dan
