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How Can I Be Notified When a Website Down?

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How Can I Be Notified When a Website Down?

Websites on the Internet are mostly constantly up and running. However, there might be times when some websites may go offline without any notice of downtime. Users of that website would then not be able to access it or use its services which could cause
December 29 2021
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How Do Uptime Monitors Work?

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How Do Uptime Monitors Work?

By definition, an "uptime monitor" is a server service that regularly connects to one or more servers and verifies whether they are active and available. The uptime server should regularly ping the monitored server and if it fails to do so for a certain amount
December 29 2021
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What Is a Status Page Used For?

Monitoring Definitions

What Is a Status Page Used For?

The term "status page" may be new but the idea of keeping users informed about system issues isn't. In fact, years ago companies kept users updated by sending them email notifications whenever there were problems with their services. This wasn't very effective since many didn't
December 23 2021
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Why Do I Need a Status Page?

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Why Do I Need a Status Page?

If you're running a website, it's important to have a status page. A status page is a page on your website that displays the current status of your website. This can include information such as the current status of your website and any recent outages.
December 22 2021
4mins read
How Does Status Page Work?

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How Does Status Page Work?

Status pages are an important part of keeping your business running smoothly. By monitoring your status page, you can quickly and easily see if there are any problems with your systems. This helps you to troubleshoot and solve problems quickly, before they cause too much
December 22 2021
4mins read
How Can I Monitor My Website Performance?

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How Can I Monitor My Website Performance?

Every website is different, with different needs. You need to cater for these differences when you are choosing which website performance monitoring tool will monitor your site effectively. Some website performance monitoring services are general purpose and can monitor the performance of any type of
December 21 2021
5mins read
What Is Website Performance Monitoring?

Monitoring Definitions

What Is Website Performance Monitoring?

It is a reliable way to keep track of your site's availability, identify potential problems before visitors do and resolve issues in real-time. Website performance monitoring is the proactive measurement of a website's response time and availability. This information can be used to alert website
December 15 2021
5mins read
What Is Rubber Duck Debugging?

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What Is Rubber Duck Debugging?

The rubber ducking method is one of the debugging methods used by software engineers.Let's say you have a bug in your code. It could be anything really, but let's just say it's an off-by-one error. An off-by-one error is when the index or counter you
December 8 2021
3mins read
How Do I Monitor Website Availability?

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How Do I Monitor Website Availability?

Many people contact us about using a tool to monitor website availability. The most common questions we get are: How can I monitor downtime? and What is a website availability monitoring tool? If you own or work for website, then website availability is definitely something
November 4 2021
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