Detect Appcast
Appcast is a service that allows job advertisements on a 'pay-per-applicant' basis across a network of career and consumer sites, instead of the traditional per-click or per-post charges.
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Websites using Appcast
2 hostnames in the PluginView corpus for this technology.
| Hostname | Last seen |
|---|---|
| yearup.org | 8/4/2026 |
| jagranjosh.com | 8/5/2026 |
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What a detection means
- Establishes
- One or more public signals on the scanned page matched a known Appcast signature at the time of the scan.
- Does not establish
- A sitewide install of Appcast, an active vendor contract, exclusive use, or that Appcast is still in place today.
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How to check a site for Appcast
- 1. Enter the website URL in the scan form — homepage, pricing, checkout, or login pages usually expose the strongest Appcast signals.
- 2. PluginView reads only public responses and scores them against proprietary Appcast fingerprints. Rule bodies and identifiers are not published.
- 3. Review the confidence score and text explanation for Appcast on the results page.
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FAQ: detecting Appcast
- Can PluginView detect Appcast without logging in?
- Yes. PluginView only reads publicly accessible responses when checking for Appcast. It does not bypass authentication or paywalls.
- What category is Appcast?
- Appcast is classified under Recruitment & staffing in the PluginView directory.
- Does PluginView publish Appcast fingerprint rules?
- No. Detection uses proprietary fingerprint rules that are not published. Scan results explain matches in plain language without disclosing rule bodies or identifiers.
