Don't Get Caught with Your Site Down. Monitor Your Website's Uptime

When asked what is considered a top priority of running a successful website, most webmaster would reply: "minimizing downtime". Downtime can cause a number of problems for website owners, one being lost of traffic. Other problems that can arise are lost of revenue, lost of potential customers and drop in search engine placement.

Many of us have found ourselves online and in search of information. Just when it seems that we have found the perfect link on Google, we are disappointed to find the page down or non-existent. Minimizing this unpleasant online experience can be achieved through Website Uptime Monitoring. There are many sites out there offering this service at a reasonable price.

Webbitext.com

Webbitext is a text-based monitoring service. Unlike other Uptime Monitoring Services that monitors websites in intervals, Webbitext allows the webmaster to check in on their websites through their cell phone. A request is done by texting in your request and receiving your website(s) uptime on your cell phone soon after, usually within seconds. Webmasters are able to simultaneously monitor up to 20 website/URLs.

Siteuptime.com

Siteuptime is more of a traditional monitoring service in that it monitors users' sites in intervals of 2, 5, 15, 30, 60 minutes. When a downtime is detected, users are noticed via email or SMS.

There are many other website monitoring services out there offering different services at different prices. Find a monitoring service that fits your current needs. Simply depending on the 99.9% uptime guarantees of most Hosting Companies may prove to be a very costly mistake.