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samedi 12 novembre 2016
5 Must-See Website Uptime Monitoring Services
In developing any business online one of the most overlooked areas in business management strategies is having a service oversee their website uptime. Many people assume that their web host is going to be responsible for alerting them when their website goes down. This is a big myth and in fact it runs entirely contrary to what a website hosting company would do. Think about it. Why would a web hosting company tell their clients there service is having troubles causing their site to be down temporarily? They are going to hope a client doesn’t spot it as it directly affects the claims that most web hosting companies say they can provide 99.9% uptime.
An online business is only as good as the amount of time that it’s up online. When I first got started running multiple websites online I heavily relied on my sites being up especially when I was running pay per click campaigns. Now if your just running a personal blog that doesn’t rely on being available for members, readers or advertising campaigns then you might not be too bothered by half an hour of down time but for companies who rely on their site being online every minute of the day. A 30 minute or longer down time can have devastating effects on their long term goals.
Why Website Uptime Monitoring Service Matters?
The truth is not all web hosting company can provide 99.9% uptime as many web hosting companies are packing servers with clients and multiple people are sharing servers even on reseller plans. If you are seeking a stronger and more reliable solution they will need to look into dedicated plans that are either self or fully managed. The challenge for many small based businesses is that going dedicated requires a huge investment of money each month when a shared or reseller plan would suffice at a fraction of the cost. So what is the solution? Website monitoring services are, but which ones are the top services in their industry? Why are they the top? And what do you really need vs what they offer?
Key Things to Look For:
- What is the interval between each time they check your site?
- What methods do they provide to alert you to down time?
- What Reporting do they provide for tracking long term site performance?
- What are the price options?
Track Your Websites With These Uptime Tracking Services
Well, here goes the top 5 uptime website monitoring services.
Pingdom
Also, note that Pingdom also offers its services via free apps on
In case you not know, Pingdom is actually my favorite tracking service. I’ve been using these guys to track all my test-site including WebHostingSecretRevealed.com. My recent
Website:
Key Features
- Monitors every 1 min
- Packages prices: 0 (free), 9.95, or 39.95
- Alerts by SMS, Twitter and Email
- 20 SMS alerts are free as well as email
- Excellent reporting
- Reputable – Pingdom is used by companies with big brand name
- 30 Day free trial on the paid services
Mon.Itor.US
Website:
Key Features
- Monitors every 30 mins
- Sends alerts via email and RSS
Good reporting - Packages prices: 0 (free), .98, .98 or Custom
- Offers 15 days free trial
Service Uptime
Established 2004, ServiceUptime provides website, port and server monitoring and alerting services. ServiceUptime’s monitoring servers are located around the world in reliable carrier-class data centers with nearly 0% downtime. What
Website:
Key Features
- Monitors every 30 minutes
- Sends alerts by email and sms
- Free and Paid at .95, .95 and .95
- No Free trial
- Detailed reports
Host-Tracker
Not to be confused with Microsoft’s prototype software HostTracker, Host-Tracker is another site monitoring service. The service has 91 nodes and multuple monitor points from all over the world. Host-Tracker is special as it comes in several different language package, including French, English, Spanish, and Greek.
Website:
Key Features
- Monitors every 30 mins
- Sends alerts by email, ICQ, Gtalk or SMS
- Free and paid service
- Uptime reporting
- 30 day free trial
BasicState
BasicState is another website monitoring service that make sure your homepage is running properly. The service is totally free for unlimited number of sites and users can get alert from BasicState via n email or text message.
Website:
Key Features
- Monitors every 15 mins
- Sends alerts by email or sms
- Free service on unlimited Sites
- Reporting features are not as nice as other two above
- Have to use exactstate for paid pro version which monitors every 1 minute
What’s next if you found your site is down?
So
- The scripts you are running on your site can add increased strain on servers and usually are responsible for down time
- Contact your web host and make them aware that you know this is going on as you have reports to show. See what they will do about it. Don’t leap to the assumption that they are aware of it, they may have 1 server and are piling too many people on that server causing added strain or one person on that server could be using a script that is affecting the server and in turn going to cause issues with other sites on that server.
- Visit
For long term solution,
What can you do to avoid downtime?
- Be sure to use a website monitoring service that offers checking your site at least every 15 mins
- Do you homework, read at least a few
- If you plan on running a service, membership site or store, consider getting a dedicated server as that way you will be the only one on the server and there will be less strain placed on it.
- Have someone manage your dedicated server – many hosting companies, in fact, offer website monitoring as part of their hosting package (but then again, you gotta make sure that they are trustworthy).
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8 Must-See SEO And Online Marketing Monitoring Tools
If you’re like most businesses, you’ve questioned social media and online marketing efforts. Maybe you saw a benefit, but how in the world are you actually supposed to know if it’s working?
Social media, SEO, and online marketing are all game changers in the world of marketing, and rightly so. If you’ve heard it once you’ve probably heard it 1,000 times, consumers don’t want just the one-way conversation that traditional advertising channels provide,
But how do you measure “conversation”? How do you know if the time you are investing in building community is actually affecting your bottom line? You’re in luck, as soon as online marketing and social media were deemed the next generation of marketing channels, developers, marketers, and analytics teamed up to provide a myriad of tools to gauge and track your online efforts.
The following list is by no means conclusive, but it showcases some of the best options, both paid and free, that you can use to monitor your online efforts.
Of all the tools on the list, this is by far my favorite. Used by both agencies and in-house professional alike, this is an incredibly powerful solution to not only tracking your online presence, but building it as well.
Key Features
- Integrates with Google Analytics and Google Adwords – In other words, you don’t have to scrap what you are already doing. Raven Tools allows you to increase the effectiveness of your current tracking process.
- Simple, intuitive dashboard and tools.
- Read-only user access – This is great for your team to know what’s going on while making sure nothing is adversely altered.
- White-labeling options.
- Simple reporting.
- Manage SEO, PPC, Social Media and more.
SEOmoz is an all-in-one SEO and Social Media tracking software. A clean interface with accents to call statistics to your attention, this is a great tool for those looking for a little help planning their SEO strategy.
Key Features
- Great resources: including support questions, advanced online marketing guides, and discounts on SEOmoz seminars.
- Weekly Crawls: keeps working in the background and will notify you of anything that goes astray.
- Competitive Analysis.
- On-Page Recommendations.
Two of my favorite acronyms: DIY and SEO. This tool is great if you are a small business and have the means to tackle your own online marketing or even if you are a large company and prefer to track your progress in-house rather than hiring an agency. They also offer a plan in which they will help you get your strategy on mark.
Key Features
- Step-by-step, customized action plans
- Competitive Analysis
- Partnership opportunities – white label, affiliate, co-branded.
This software/online tool is great for agencies! Not only do they have a wide variety of tools that aptly track your online efforts, they offer white labeling, customized reporting, and an affiliate program.
Key Features
- Free account: no time limit, no credit card required.
- White-labling.
- Web-accessed SEO Reports.
- Link Building, Site Optimization, and Visibility Monitoring Tools.
Authority Labs is scalable so it works great for both small and large agencies and businesses. The system is incredibly intuitive and provides a plethora of information in easy to read reporting.
Key Features
- Simple Domain Setup.
- Group and Sync Domains.
- Competitive Analysis.
- Multiple Access Levels – manage which employees can access which information. Perfect for account managers, interns, and clients.
- White labeling.
Teamed up with one of the top customer relationship management tools, Radian 6 is a powerhouse. Everything you could possible need or want in an online monitoring tool can be found in this software.
Key Features
- Outstanding Customer Service.
- Access to a multitude of resources.
- Mobile Friendly.
- Community Management.
- Intuitive Dashboard.
While Hootsuite is thought predominately as a way to manage social networks and not as much to monitor and track the analytics, the program does offer both options. If you are already using Hootsuite, it sometimes works best to keep everything in one program.
Key Features
- Free Plan.
- Customizable Analytics Reports.
- Integrates Google Analytics and Facebook Insights.
- Customizable Levels of Access.
- Mobile App Friendly.
Similar to Hootsuite, this is an all-in-one marketing software. HubSpot is a leader in the industry and has a phenomenal team that not only help you understand their software, they help you understand online marketing.
Key Features
- All-in-One Software: provides assistance from the launch of your site through your arrival as an online powerhouse.
- Blogging Content Assistance.
- Lead Generation Tools.
- Easily Syncs with CRMs.
You may also want to check out a few other blogs regarding the topic: Klout (social media influence) and Twitter tools. Have any other tools that you live and die by? I’d love to hear which one is your tool of choice and why.
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