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#### The debut of several new tech tools is making it easier to sign up for the Covid-19 vaccine nearby – some more helpful than others.

#### Check out the top tools to snag a slot in your area: Facebook groups, maps and alerts.


By May 1, the United States aims to have Covid-19 vaccines widely available to all U.S. adults. But that doesn’t mean signing up for the vaccine hasn’t been a fiasco.

The onset of 2021 saw mass confusion and frustration as the most vulnerable struggled with poorly designed websites, broken links and endless series of portals to click through. Each state had to organize its own eligibility groups, phases or tiers, and slap together its own distribution plan. Disjointed sign up systems and buggy websites fueled confusion as people scrambled to secure a shot.

That's why tech conassiours like Joanna Stern, from the Wall Street Journal, and Geoffrey A. Fowler, from The Washington Post, reported numerous tools to make it easier for people to sign up for the vaccine. The best of which are organized here, into three general categories: **Facebook groups**, **maps** and **alerts**.

With eligibility groups pouring in, it's a good idea to set a plan in motion as to how you'll **vamp-up your strategy to sign up for the vaccine in your area**.

Read on for the top tips and tricks.

![image](https://cms-service-strapi-uploads.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/blog/post-post-33-img2.jpg)

##### Top Tools to Get the Vaccine Near Me

* **Facebook groups** are handy for connecting with your community to learn general vaccine information. Group members also post when local pharmacies release a surge of new appointments. Keep in mind you’ll be sifting through posts and comments to find the information you want. Be on high alert for vaccine misinformation -- Facebook is ridden with it.

* **Maps**, such as Google and Apple Maps, provide users with geographical views of nearby locations that could be administering shots. But the results are not real-time, and they don't tell you if slots are actually available.

* **Alerts** from tools like **[Visualping](https://visualping.io/)** and **Dr. B** notify you the moment slots become available. Visualping lets you monitor vaccine-related pages and [be alerted when they change](https://visualping.io/blog/how-to-be-alerted-of-covid-19-vaccine-availability-in-your-local-pharmacy/), such as for slot openings or eligibility group updates. Dr. B, depending on your eligibility, can alert you of leftover shots in your area.

Below are the pros and cons of how these tech tools make it easier for you and your loved ones to get vaccinated. 

#### Facebook Groups: Pros

"Facebook groups are your best friend", Joanna Stern, from the Wall Street Journal, [has said](https://www.wsj.com/articles/booking-a-covid-19-vaccine-more-tools-and-tips-plus-help-from-apple-facebook-and-google-11616068801).

Out of the fog of mass confusion, many have turned to local Facebook groups to try and sign up for a vaccine appointment.

Group members come together and post as soon as they see a surge of slots become available at the local pharmacy. Moderators in the New Jersey group, for example, post screenshots of CVS openings daily, at around 5 and 6 a.m.

You’ll also find questions about general vaccine information, accompanied with a series of answers from local folks in the comment thread. Facebook groups are a thrumming vessel for helpful Covid-19 vaccine information from the community.

Once you find a Facebook group for your area, simply go to the Discussion tab and refer to the “Recent Posts” to see the latest activity.

##### Cons

There are several things to keep in mind when using Facebook groups.

For one, not every city or state has a group.

And, for some, particularly the groups where access to vaccines is more scarce -- like Florida, Oregon and Philadelphia -- the feed is extremely active. You may have to sift through a slew of questions and answers until you find the post or comment that’s most relevant for you and your situation.

Geoffrey A. Fowler, from The Washington Post, says, while Facebook is useful, it's also "[a hotbed of vaccine misinformation](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/02/12/covid-vaccine-appointment-websites/)." Pages discouraging the shots remain easy to stumble upon. When researching vaccine information on Facebook, be sure to check the facts with trusted news and medical organizations.

#### Maps: Pros

For viewing local vaccination sites, tech tools which map features are incredibly useful. Big tech giants Apple and Google have released geographical map views of vaccine sites in your neighbourhood.

![image](https://cms-service-strapi-uploads.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/blog/post-post-33-img4.jpg)

In **Apple Maps**, which is accessible through an iPhone or iPad, you can search suggestions for vaccine locations and see the results plotted out on a map. Attached to each location is its address, hours, phone number and a link to its website.

Apple sources the information from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s VaccineFinder, which is operated by Boston Children’s Hospital.

**Google Maps** is very similar. Enter a query for “Covid vaccines” and you’ll get a list of potential locations administering shots in your neighbourhood. Like Apple Maps, each location comes with an info card of their address, hours and even eligibility information.

Google sources its vaccine locations through working with "government agencies and retail pharmacies" to provide the data.

![image](https://cms-service-strapi-uploads.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/blog/post-post-33-img3.jpg)

##### Cons

The maps are extremely useful tech tools in making it easier to spot local sites administering shots.

But they [don’t tell you if doses are actually available](https://visualping.io/blog/how-visualping-compare-facebook-apple-google-covid-vaccine-tools/) at a given site. To do that, you have to click the location's website from the map, then manually check the appropriate pages for open slots in its vaccine schedule.

To be [monitor vaccine slots and be alerted when they change](https://visualping.io/blog/where-to-sign-up-coronavirus-vaccine-top-pages/), more than 80,000 Americans, across the U.S., use Visualping to sign up for appointments before they vanish. There’s more on this below.

The maps are also not **not real-time**. The only real-time data you’ll find here is current traffic conditions.

#### Alerts: Pros

Snagging open vaccine appointments has often been the trickiest part of the vaccination process. Tech tools like Visualping and Dr. B address these challenges by sending you real-time alerts of available shots.

Visualping, [a website change detection tool](https://visualping.io/faq), has been [covered extensively by major news publications](https://visualping.io/press), such as The Wall Street Journal, NBC and Fox News.

![image](https://cms-service-strapi-uploads.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/blog/post-post-33-img6.jpg)

It’s an online tool that sends you alerts when local vaccine slots become available. You can also monitor updates to your area’s eligibility groups and new vaccine locations.

But you can really monitor and receive alerts of anything -- including updates to your area's eligibility groups and new vaccine locations. It's up to you which pages you monitor.

But you can really monitor and receive alerts for a [variety of purposes](https://visualping.io/blog/best-free-website-change-detection-monitoring-tools/), including [monitoring Facebook pages](https://visualping.io/blog/how-to-monitor-facebook-pages/) to receiving [in stock alerts](https://visualping.io/blog/in-stock-alert-track-product-availability/) for your favourite product. It’s up to you which pages you monitor.

Depending on the frequency you choose, the alerts are real-time. Visualping offers a free plan, as well as several [paid plans for higher frequency monitoring](https://visualping.io/pricing).

When new slots become available, such as at your local pharmacy, Visualping sends you an email with a screenshot of the highlighted changes, and a link to navigate straight to the monitored page to take action. 

![image](https://cms-service-strapi-uploads.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/blog/post-post-33-img5.jpg)

**Dr. B** is another vaccine tool that sends you alerts. It works with local vaccine providers to alert you of extra leftover doses. All you do is sign up on the website, providing your phone number and a few other pieces of information. Depending on your eligibility, Dr. B send you a text alert of an extra dose.

Visualping and Dr. B connect anybody to these alerts – regardless of whether you’re on Facebook, or if you have Apple products. For Visualping, you just need an email and access to a mobile or desktop. For Dr. B, you need a phone number and access to a mobile and/or desktop.

If you receive an alert from Visualping or Dr. B, act fast -- vaccine slots can vanish within seconds.

##### Cons

Visualping or Dr. B don't geographical map views of local vaccination sites.

#### Best Tools to Get the Vaccine Near Me: Conclusion

While Facebook groups and maps help people learn about vaccines and where they may be able to get vaccinated, they’re not the only gadgets to leverage in your mission to sign up for the vaccine.

Perhaps it’s not so much a matter of comparing the tools, but using them together, in tandem, to fashion together the optimal vaccination strategy. Maps can provide you with a pool of nearby vaccine sites, and, if slots are full, Visualping can tell you exactly when to sign up. Use Facebook groups and Dr. B on the side to increase your chances of signing up for the vaccine as soon as possible.



The top tech tools to sign up for the Covid-19 vaccine near me, using Facebook groups, maps and alerts.

Best Tech Tools to Sign Up for the Covid-19 Vaccine Near Me | Visualping Blog

Best Tech Tools to Sign Up for the Covid-19 Vaccine Near Me



##### This is a tutorial for our [dedicated Tesco page](https://visualping.io/tesco-grocery-slots). This page pre-fills all your settings in our main site to be able to track free delivery slots availability on your Tesco online grocery slots.

###### What is Visualping?

We created Visualping to monitor absolutely anything online. From a drop in prices, to out of stock, to the social media profile or your kids (or ex-significant other), etc. Visualping is also used by many professionals and large companies (some with thousands of users) like traders and law firms.

###### Why we are doing this?

The problem is that monitoring free online delivery slots in your account takes time as it requires you to input several steps in our system. Also, many users (especially that are not computer savvy or our seniors - that have less patience with computers ; - ) have reached out to us asking for a simpler method to track delivery slots.

Because we know time is money, we created [a separate page](https://visualping.io/tesco-grocery-slots), only dedicated to Tesco shoppers, that will reduce all the complexity and save you time.

![image](https://cms-service-strapi-uploads.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/blog/post-post-6-img2.png)

###### Step 1: Input your Tesco credentials

We just need the credentials of your Tesco account and the email to where you want to receive the notifications to (usually it is the same but you have the option for it to be different).

###### Step 2: Select the frequency of checks

We recommend monitoring every hour, so you don’t miss out on the best delivery slots. If you are more ambitious, you can track every 15min but this has a cost implication (see below).

###### Step 3: Select what week you want to monitor

Tesco offers “This week”, “Next week” and “Week after”. Each week is a separate monitoring job and you will need to fill this page for each week. You can optimize things by tracking at a high frequency “This week” and at a lower frequency “Week after” when it is less competitive.

###### Step 4: Click Go and check everything is working

Click Go, so you will be taken to the main Visualping page where all the settings for monitoring Tesco online delivery slots are pre-filled for you. If you recognize your Tesco account, you can then click on Start free monitoring.

###### How much does this cost?

We start all users with 65 free checks (we call them credits), so you get to experience Visualping for free.

The frequency of checking and the number of weeks you choose to monitor will affect how quickly you consume your available credits. Each check will consume 1 credit. Because it is a jungle out there, these credits may not be enough to monitor over many days and at hourly frequency.

For people tracking only 1 week hourly, we recommend the $13 a month subscription, and for those tracking more than 1 week, we recommend the $24 a month subscription. Tracking 3 weeks every 15 minutes (or one week every 5 minutes) will cost you $58 a month.

You can also buy on a "pay as you go” way where you buy 300 checks for $10, for example. The more you buy, the less expensive it is.

You can subscribe directly from [https://visualping.io/pricing](https://visualping.io/pricing) or by clicking on Subscribe or Buy. Subscribing to our service helps us build more solutions in the future to allow you to save you time for things that matter most.

###### What about other grocery shops?

Too many shoppers were using our system and triggered an automatic security threshold at Morrisons, Ocado, Waitrose and Asda. We are discussing with the retail chains and asking whitelist our servers as we allow shoppers to save valuable time and a good business practice.

###### What about privacy?

We will never, ever sell your data. We will also keep your inbox free of spam... are so busy right now that the last email newsletter was sent exactly a year ago. If we ever hire a marketing person, she will not send you any newsletter more than once a quarter.

###### Are my Tesco credentials safe?

Yes. We use highly sophisticated internet protocols to keep your data safe as we transmit and use your information for our servers to check your delivery slots. Your data is also protected on secure servers at Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud with encryption protocols.

You can also check or privacy and terms and conditions at the bottom of our email.


Check out our easy tutorial to be notified when Tesco delivery slots become available with Visualping. Be easily notified when a Tesco delivery slot becomes available with our new and improved tool.

How to monitor Tesco delivery slots using Visualping? (The easy way) | Visualping Blog

How to monitor Tesco delivery slots using Visualping? (The easy way)



#### New vaccine tools have been launched by Facebook, Apple and Google to help people get vaccinated against Covid-19.

#### But how do they compare to Visualping, the top website change detection tool that alerts you of available slots and other vaccine updates?

#### Read on for a comparison between Visualping and Facebook, Apple and Google's new vaccine tools.

Poorly designed websites. Scarce slots that open and close in the same breath. Broken links and crashing sites. For most, securing a vaccine has been as tricky as it is essential for you and your loved ones’ health.

Tech connoisseur Joanna Stern from The Wall Street Journal, [who recommended Visualping](https://www.wsj.com/articles/tech-tips-to-help-score-a-covid-19-vaccine-appointment-at-cvs-rite-aid-walgreens-and-more-11614594600) as a tool to score slots, says registering for the vaccine is like a cross between “Vegas poker and the Hunger Games.”

That’s why Facebook, Apple and Google have recently swooped in and launched new vaccine tools for users to search for potential vaccine locations plotted out on maps. The aim is to help people learn where and how to get vaccinated in their area.

The information comes from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s VaccineFinder, a website for locating vaccination providers. Google is also working with “government agencies and retail pharmacies” to provide its vaccine location data.

But there’s a catch. Although the vaccine tools suggest locations for **where** doses might be administered, they don’t tell you **if slots are actually available**.

That’s been [Visualping.io’s](https://visualping.io/) job since late last year, when the vaccines were first approved by the FDA.

For many, securing a slot has been the most treacherous part of getting the vaccine. That’s why **thousands of people**, across the U.S., have been using Visualping, the top website change detection tool, to monitor not just nearby vaccine availability, but [to be alerted the moment slots become available](https://visualping.io/blog/where-to-sign-up-coronavirus-vaccine-top-pages/). This is a feature neither Facebook, Apple or Google have accommodated at this point.

So. How do these vaccine tools really compare? Read on for a **comparison between Visualping and Facebook, Apple and Google’s vaccine tools**.

#### Facebook: How to Find Nearby COVID-19 Vaccines

##### What it Does

"First, we're launching a tool that shows you when and where you can get vaccinated, and gives you a link to make an appointment."

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO and cofounder, [made the official announcement](https://about.fb.com/news/2021/03/mark-zuckerberg-announces-facebooks-plans-to-help-get-people-vaccinated-against-covid-19/) on Facebook. "This will be in the Covid Information Center, which we'll show people right in their News Feed."

![image](https://cms-service-strapi-uploads.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/blog/post-post-30-img2.jpg)

The vaccine tool connects Facebook users with information on potential vaccine locations in their neighborhood, hours of operation for vaccination sites, contact information and links to make an appointment.

That is, if slots are available. [Unless you use Visualping to recieve real-time alerts of vaccine availability](https://visualping.io/blog/how-to-be-alerted-of-covid-19-vaccine-availability-in-your-local-pharmacy/), you have to manually check these websites yourself.

There are also increasing concerns of rampant misinformation on Facebook. The Los Angeles Times says [tens of thousands of comments](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-03-17/facebook-instagram-tool-aims-to-connect-people-to-vaccines-but-disinformation-runs-rampant) on Zuckerberg's announcement revealed users think of the vaccines as "poison", and praised the use of hydroxychloroquine -- which [hasn't been proved](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-07-04/the-latest-who-ending-hydroxycholorquine-trial-for-covid) to reduce mortality from COVID-19. CNN Business says Facebook groups protesting against vaccines are still [easy accessible](https://abc7news.com/health/facebook-taking-steps-to-crack-down-on-vaccine-misinfo/10322064/) on the platform.

##### How It Works

On mobile, tap the three lines in the bottom right, select See More and then tap “Covid-19 Information Center.” If you’re on your computer, click See More on the left toolbar, and you’ll see it there.

To use the tool, you have to be a **U.S. Facebook user**.

Meanwhile, Visualping is available to anyone in the world **with an email account and access to a desktop and/or mobile**.

#### Apple: How to Find Local COVID-19 Vaccines

##### What it Does

Facebook, Apple and Google’s vaccine tools are fairly similar. They each provide people easier access to potential vaccine sites plotted on a map.

As it’s an Apple product, you can **only access it on an iPhone or iPad**.

Like Facebook, the locations include addresses, hours of operation, phone numbers and website links to book an appointment (**if slots are available**).

![image](https://cms-service-strapi-uploads.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/blog/post-post-30-img5.jpg)

##### How it Works

Simply open the Apple Maps app, and search “Where can I get a Covid vaccination?” The nearest locations will appear.

#### Google: How to Find COVID-19 Vaccines

##### What it Does

Like the others, you can use Google Maps to search for possible vaccine sites. The suggested locations, plotted on a map, show contact information, hours of operation, and even current eligibility groups.

Similarily, Visualping can **send you real-time alerts of eligibility updates from your local government, pharmacy or clinic page.**

##### How it Works

Simply open Google Maps on your desktop, phone or tablet, and search “Covid vaccines”. You’ll see a list of the nearest sites offering vaccines.

App aside, you can also search “Covid vaccine” in Google proper to see an overview of vaccine doses in the country, compared to worldwide doses, as well as information on vaccine side effects, statistics, effectiveness, priority groups and other useful information.

But Google doesn't notify you when this information updates. You can use Visualping to **monitor this page and receive regular alerts** of, say, the percentage of your country's vaccinated population.

![image](https://cms-service-strapi-uploads.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/blog/post-post-30-img3.jpg)

#### Visualping Vs Facebook, Apple and Google: Comparing the Tools

##### What Visualping does

Fox News, The Washington Post and NBC, among others, [have recommended](https://visualping.io/press/) Visualping as a nifty tool to **receive alerts of available vaccines in your area**. You can also receive other vaccine-related updates, including your area's **eligibility groups**.

As opposed to using Facebook, Apple or Google to type your Covid vaccine enquiry, swipe through the map for a location, click the website link and manually check for available slots, Visualping checks these pages for you.

When new slots become available -- perhaps at your local pharmacy, or that clinic just around the corner, Visualping sends you an email alert. You just have to decide which pages are best to monitor, first.

Visualping also connects anybody to this information -- regardless of where you are in the world, and whether you're on Facebook, or if you have Apple products.

![image](https://cms-service-strapi-uploads.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/blog/post-post-30-img4.jpg)

##### How Visualping Works

By making your first Visualping monitor, you also register your account. 

Simply copy and paste the URL of the page you want automatically checked into the search bar on Visualping’s website.

Then you customize the settings (the part of the page you want checked, frequency of checks, whether you want to monitor visual, text or HTML). For monitoring vaccine-related pages, [we recommend Visual-compare](https://visualping.io/faq) -- when page changes are detected, Visualping sends you an easy-to-read screenshot.

Once you click “Start Monitoring”, Visualping sends you an email to verify the address and submit a password. And that’s it -- you’ve registered with Visualping, and made your first monitor.

Visualping does not send you any marketing campaigns or spam. The only emails you’ll receive are of change alerts from the pages you’re tracking, which you can unsubscribe to any time.

#### Conclusion: How Visualping compares to Facebook, Apple and Google's Vaccine Tools?

So, while Facebook, Apple and Google now provide some new tools to help people learn about vaccines and where they may be able to get vaccinated, they’re not the only gadgets to leverage in your mission to snag a slot.

Perhaps it’s not so much a matter of comparing the tools, but using them together, in tandem, to fashion together the optimal vaccination strategy. Apple, Facebook and Google can tell you the closest location to get the vaccine, and, if the slots are full, Visualping can tell you exactly when.


An analysis of how Visualping compares to Facebook, Apple and Google’s vaccine tools. Read on for a comparison of Visualping vs Facebook, Apple and Google vaccine apps.

How Does Visualping Compare to Facebook, Apple and Google’s Vaccine Tools? | Visualping Blog

How Does Visualping Compare to Facebook, Apple and Google’s Vaccine Tools?




#### It's tricky to monitor COVID-19 vaccine availability when you don’t know where to look.

#### More than 80,000 users, across the U.S., use [Visualping.io](https://visualping.io/) to be notified of available vaccine slots.

#### That's why we've crowdsourced from our database and compiled a list of the 200 most popular pages, by state, to help you monitor local slots.

#### Use Visualping to be notified of available vaccine in your area. We refresh the list as new data emerges, so use Visualping to monitor the list, too.

The U.S. is in the thick of the largest public-health mission ever launched.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized [emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines](https://www.hhs.gov/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccines/distribution/index.html) — critical weapons in the nation's pursuit to stop the spread of COVID-19.

From FDA-approved vaccines, the spotlight has swiveled to how quickly high-risk groups, such as people in long-term care facilities, medical staff, seniors and those with compromised immunity, can register for vaccination.

**But how do you know where to look to monitor COVID-19 vaccine availability in your area?** How about changes to your state/county’s current eligibility criteria? 

Even when you do find vaccine appointments online, slots fill up quickly. Seconds after they open, slots vanish at the speed of light. 

With the infinite supply of internet noise and that distant-yet-lurking *survival of the fittest* sentimentality, it can be tricky to **identify the best pages to monitor for COVID-19 vaccine availability in your area**, and snag slots before they disappear.

Alas, we've pulled thousands of data points from our Visualping database and published them here, in this post, for you and your loved ones' reference: a list of the **top 200 most popular pages U.S. Visualping users are monitoring for vaccine updates**.

Use Visualping to monitor these pages for you, and be notified the moment vaccine slots become available. 

#### Tutorial: How to Monitor Vaccine In My Area

For those who are not familiar with [Visualping](https://visualping.io/), we are a **free** and **easy-to-use** website change detection tool that allows users to **monitor changes to web pages**, and **be notified when pages change**. 

With over 1.5 million users, Visualping is used to monitor pages for a variety of reasons. Users [track product availability by receiving in stock alerts](https://visualping.io/blog/in-stock-alert-track-product-availability/) when products are available again. It's also a [price tracker](https://visualping.io/blog/price-tracker-how-to-deal-alerts-free/) that sends users [price drop alerts](https://visualping.io/blog/price-drop-alerts-how-to-track-price-changes/) when a specific product goes on sale. 

Users keep tabs on social media by [monitoring Facebook pages](https://visualping.io/blog/how-to-monitor-facebook-pages/) and [changes to Instagram profiles](https://visualping.io/blog/how-to-monitor-your-instagram-competitors/). Businesses use Visualping as a [tool for competitive monitoring](https://visualping.io/blog/build-a-free-competitive-analysis-arsenal-under-5-minutes-2021/), and to produce [competitive intelligence](https://visualping.io/blog/what-is-competitive-intelligence-ci-2021/) and [regulatory compliance](https://visualping.io/blog/what-is-regulatory-intelligence-and-compliance/) by [monitoring changes in the regulatory landscape](https://visualping.io/blog/regulatory-compliance-how-to-monitor-changes/).

Visualping offers [subscription upgrades](https://visualping.io/pricing) for higher frequency monitoring.

When the page changes (due to, say, appointments becoming available), Visualping detects the change and sends the user an email alert. The email includes a screenshot of all the page changes, highlighted so you can easily spot them. 

Monitors [set-up with Visual-compare](https://visualping.io/faq) -- the monitoring type featured in these examples -- display page changes highlighted in red, such as the Open registration slots below.

![image](https://cms-service-strapi-uploads.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/blog/post-post-20-img3.png)

#### Using Visualping's Action Features to Monitor Vaccine (i.e., Password-Protected Pages)

For some pages, when you set up your Visualping monitor, you will need to instruct the bot on how to navigate the page. These instructions are necessary when you need the bot to, perhaps, fill in a login form to access a password-protected page, select from a dropdown menu, fill in a form, click a button, etc. 

When you set-up your monitor, use the [pre-action tools](https://visualping.io/faq#action), under **Perform Actions**, to instruct the bot to navigate the page so it can access the information you want monitored for vaccine availability. 

Don't worry, it's easy.

Below is a screenshot of the Los Angeles County vaccine page, with an example of the settings you need to configure to monitor available vaccination appointments.

![image](https://cms-service-strapi-uploads.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/blog/post-post-20-img4.png)

**The gist**: to track a page that requires pre-action features, when you set up your monitor, click **Perform Actions**, and then select the action you want Visualping to execute from the dropdown menu, like **Click**, **Type** or **Wait**. 

If the bot needs to type something, such as your email/username into a form on the page, then type the given information into the **Words to Type** form. 

Next, click the element selector (the white arrow), and use it to click the corresponding web page element, up above in the viewport. This is to instruct the bot to click the appropriate web page form, before it types the information. 

If the bot needs to perform another action, such as type your password into a form in order to access a page, then click **+ Action**, and then the desired action from the dropdown menu. Type the information into the **Words to Type** form, like your password. Use the white element selector to click the corresponding web page element in the viewport.

Repeat this process until you have instructed the bot to do all the actions it needs to properly access the page to check updates for you. 

For a more detailed description of monitoring password-protected pages, check out our post [How to Fill In Forms Using Pre-Action Features](https://visualping.io/blog/how-to-use-pre-action-tools-to-monitor-pages/).



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