Most Websites Are Susceptible To Outages And Losses

Most Websites Are Susceptible To Outages And Losses - Is Your Site?

(EMAILWIRE.COM, January 26, 2011 ) Oakdale, MN - Websites are susceptible to web server outages because they happen more often then most people realize. Because when websites go down it can one of many reasons that made it go down. For example, what happens if one of the routers or switches with the server company have a problem?

Realistically, the problems can be a hardware issue or possibly a software issue, since it is software that runs the server and allows it to function in its current capacity. Now what is important to point out is the fact that when this server fails or any of the associated associated hardware fails like the routers, hubs, switches, or fiber optic lines the hosting company will more then likely not be notifying you of any issues.

It is much easier for these types of companies to fix the problem and get the server back online then it is to notify a customer that there website was just down for 'X' number of minutes or hours while the server is fixed and brought back online.

Basically, a website monitor will check your server to make sure it is still present on the internet. If it is not, it will then try checking it a bit more and if it still is not available it will then send off an alert to the person who set up the website server monitors via email, cell phone message (SMS), facebook, twitter or through a Windows desktop application if the monitoring service company offers such an option.

The website owner needs a way to protect his website income. Because the sooner he finds out about the outage the sooner he can do something about it. The website owner needs a way to monitor the network. In other words, he needs to perform a server check. This check could be personally done by the owner every 10 minutes or so by simply going to his website on the web and seeing if it comes up or not. If it does then all is well. But if it does not he needs to contact his server hosting company and tell them about the outage.

There is a service called Remote Monitoring Services located at: http://www.RemoteMonitoringServices.com and they do just what is described above. They monitor your website remotely and notify you immediately if your website is not accessible from various locations around the world. Matt of fact, they are one of the most affordable services on the internet today.

For about $1.50 a month a website owner can have their website monitored every 10 minutes from any one of Remote Monitoring Services locations across the USA, UK and Australia. Of course they offer other options as well that allow users to have more then one monitor watching their website at once.

Remote Monitoring Services
Robert Barnard (CMO)
(651) 964-3829
Media@RemoteMonitoringServices.com