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MonitorServerUptime is a monitoring solution for small websites
Large websites (like DownloadSquad or any other major blog/site) have full-time sysadmins, dedicated hosting facilities, and a ton of fail-safe mechanisms to ensure that they're always up and available.
However, if you have a small site that's running off of a shared host you may sometimes be surprised to discover that it's down. That rarely happens, but when it does happen you usually discover it yourself -- or a friend tells you. By then, there's no telling how many visitors you may have lost (dozens, usually, but that's a lot of visitors for a small, personal site).
MonitorServerUptime is an inexpensive service (US $3 per URL/server per month) that promises to send you an email or SMS alert (worldwide) whenever your site goes down.
What you do from there is really up to you. When you're using a shared server and need to rely on your host's support services, though, there's often not much that you can do (outside of sending an email and hoping for a quick and effective reply). But still, being one of the first to know that your own website is down does help.
Know of a similar service which you think is a better deal? Tell us!
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Subscribe to commentsjessebwallaceAug 13th 2010 11:30AM
www.uptimerobot.com
50 websites for free, monitored every 5 minutes.
fantastic service!
blasztaAug 13th 2010 11:37AM
I use Pingdom.com. The free service offers 1 minute interval, and 20 free sms.
AzmanAug 13th 2010 11:40AM
I prefer Montastic to monitor my website...
NnyanAug 13th 2010 12:28PM
Pingdom allows only one domain to be monitored, Montastic is pretty decent, I also recommend mon.itor.us and basicstate.com
blasztaAug 13th 2010 3:13PM
I prefer 1 minute interval check compare to multiple sites. I do have several pingdom account, just use several email account (or forwarding account).
scottixAug 13th 2010 12:48PM
Doesn't take long to setup nagios and good to know.
ToniAug 14th 2010 2:46AM
One minute checks are coming on http://SimpleWebsiteMonitor.com . Keep an eye on it cause it'll rock your website world :)
impulsedAug 14th 2010 7:12AM
Mehhh.... Nagios feels dated/tired, it's basically cron on roids, my company went with Nimsoft and hasn't looked back since!
macabeusAug 18th 2010 3:50AM
I'm using Reactor to check cpu and websites. Windows only: http://www.anfibia-soft.com/products/reactor/index.html