If you run a Web service, or even just a network of popular sites, you know how difficult but important it can be to communicate with your visitors any technical issues that you might have. If a site goes down, you likely get barraged with emails from well-intended (or angry) visitors letting you know about [...]
If you are wondering whether your site can handle the stress of a traffic spike, there are two ways you can find out. First, you can wait around for Digg, Reddit or a similar site to pick up something on yours and send a slew of people your way, possibly crashing your server and causing [...]
If you monitor your Web sites and enjoy doing so from your iPhone, there are precious few applications to choose from. Though many monitoring services have mobile-friendly versions of their site, if you want a native iPhone app, which enables a variety of new features (including push messages and easier/faster access to settings), there are [...]
Pop Quiz: How fast does your site load? Under ten seconds? What about five? Does it make it there in two? One? Don’t know? You should! A fast site should be one of your top priorities. It’s one of the easiest ways to ensure that you get more visitors and that they stick around longer. [...]
Last month, I did a side-by-side review of five of the big uptime monitoring services. Since then, Pingdom announced a major change that changes the game completely. Pingdom (previously a paid-only service, now offers free accounts. Most amazing is that the free accounts come with 20 free SMS alerts (more can be added if desired) [...]