[1,222 words, 6 minute read time] Most teams think “the website is down” means hosting or code. But a surprising number of outages start somewhere else entirely: DNS problems masquerade as hosting or “random outages.” DNS and domain failures create the classic chaos: This guide explains DNS monitoring (and domain monitoring) in practical terms: what … Read more
[1,169 words, 6 minute read time] When an SSL/TLS certificate fails, users don’t think “hmm, a certificate problem.” They think: “The site is down.” Browsers throw scary warnings, apps refuse connections, and many users bounce immediately. That’s why SSL monitoring (certificate expiration monitoring + TLS error detection) is one of the highest-ROI checks you can … Read more
[1,315 words, 7 minute read time] If you run a SaaS product, your API is the product—at least for some percentage of customers. And APIs fail in a way that classic “ping the server” monitoring simply won’t catch: APIs can be “up” but failing—validate what matters. This guide explains API uptime monitoring for technical teams: … Read more
[1,208 words, 6 minute read time] If you’ve ever heard, “The site is down,” checked it yourself, and thought, “It loads fine for me,” you’ve already met the biggest trap in monitoring: Single-region monitoring lies when CDNs, DNS, or routing change. That’s why multi location uptime monitoring matters. It checks your site from multiple geographic … Read more
[1,060 words, 6 minute read time] If you’re building a monitoring stack for a SaaS product, ecommerce store, or growing website, you’ll quickly run into two terms that sound similar but solve different problems: Here’s the simplest way to remember it: Synthetic tells you fast; RUM tells you truth at scale. Most growing teams end … Read more
[1,102 words, 6 minute read time] Your site can be technically “up” and still be losing money. Pages that load in 8–15 seconds (or time out intermittently) drive users away, tank conversions, and trigger support tickets—especially for checkout, login, and forms. That’s why response time monitoring matters: Performance incidents are downtime in disguise.They may not … Read more
[1,002 words, 5 minute read time] One of the first decisions you’ll make when setting up uptime monitoring is uptime check frequency—how often your monitoring service tests your site. It’s tempting to treat this like a purely technical setting. It isn’t. Monitoring intervals are a business decision, not a technical one.They determine how quickly you’ll … Read more
[1,213 words, 6 minute read time] HTTP monitoring is the backbone of modern website uptime monitoring because it checks your site the way the web actually works: by requesting a URL over HTTP/HTTPS and evaluating the response. But it also creates one of the most common frustrations in monitoring: “It says we’re down… but the … Read more
[1,096 words, 6 minute read time] When you’re setting up uptime monitoring, one of the first choices you’ll see is Ping (ICMP) vs HTTP/HTTPS checks. They sound similar—both can tell you something is “up”—but they answer different questions: For most websites, HTTP monitoring is the best default, and ping monitoring is a helpful infra add-on … Read more
[1,048 words, 6 minute read time] If you run a website that customers, readers, or leads depend on, downtime isn’t just “a technical issue.” It’s a business problem that can cost you sales, credibility, and sleep. Uptime monitoring is the simplest way to protect against that: it continuously checks your website and alerts you when … Read more