Statistics show that the average web host is down for
over two and a half hours each month, but for
some hosts it is much worse than this.
If you web host is down, your whole business is completely
shut down.
Potential customers arriving at your site will simply
click away to your competitors.
Existing customers and users may be frustrated and go
elsewhere.
Worst of all, expensive advertising and
pay-per-click costs will be wasted.
Although most web hosting companies monitor their servers
regularly, they do so at the server level, not through
accessing the hosted websites.
There are many faults that do not show up at the
server level, which means that websites can be down for
considerable periods without anyone even knowing about
it.
This problem has led to many site monitoring services being
set up, which continually check websites and tell the owner
(usually by email) if the site goes down.
This allows the website owner to contact his or her
hosting company to get the site restored as soon as
possible.
The drawback with these services is that they generally
involve paying a monthly fee. Even $10 a month can soon
mount up, especially if you're just starting out.
Accessing this type of online service also
generally lacks the convenience and ease
of use offered by a Windows software tool.
Now there's a quick and easy completely FREE alternative,
which runs on your own PC, continually monitoring all your
websites automatically.
Quick And Easy Website Monitoring From
Your Own PC
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