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Embracing Planned Downtime: Why It's Crucial For Your Website's Health

You’ve probably heard plenty of horror stories of unplanned website downtime wreaking havoc on businesses and costing companies thousands or even millions in lost revenue. So if you’re worried, we can’t blame you! Website downtime is usually a nightmare for any company relying on having a steady online presence. But not all downtime is bad. Scheduled, well-timed downtime can be a game-changer in keeping your site running smoothly and ensuring customer satisfaction.

Observability: A Complete Guide

As technology advances, so does the need for software engineers and DevOps teams to understand the precise inner workings of the systems they create. In 2023, observability is quickly becoming a key factor in gaining success for many businesses. The study states that many businesses are in different stages of adopting observability into their arsenal of tools, and that the need for these practices is on the rise.

The Biggest Website Outages of All Time

As much as we all love the internet and everything it offers, we’ve also all experienced that sinking feeling when we try to access our favorite website, only to find it’s down. If you run your own site, you know that uptime is crucial for your online success — so that sinking feeling in your chest when your own website is down is … well, even worse. But let’s face it: even the internet giants aren’t immune to outages.

6 Common Reasons for Website Downtime (and how to fix it)

As a website owner, there’s nothing worse than seeing a potential sale slip through your fingers because of a site outage. Imagine a customer eagerly browsing your online store, ready to make a purchase they’ve been eyeing for weeks. And then … the site won’t load. How quickly do you think those potential customers will click away and go buy the same product elsewhere? 10 seconds? One website refresh later?

February 2023: Notifications-only sub-users and 30 seconds monitor interval

As we have previously announced: Notifications-only sub-users are here! After receiving your feedback, we realized that full-featured sub-users may not be the ideal option for everyone. This new feature is ideal for our UptimeRobot users who want to get alerted teammates or clients but don’t want to share access to account or monitors. You can manage your team mates and their access on the Team page. Here you can add / edit / remove seats with write, read, or notify-only access.

6 Real-World Status Page Examples: And What You Can Learn From Them

A status page is the most effective way to stay in touch with your users and quickly inform them about any outages or ongoing maintenance. As explained in our previous article, status pages can offer many benefits such as cost savings and a reduced number of support tickets. Creating a status page can significantly improve your incident management and relationships with your customers.

What Is a Status Page and How Can it Benefit Your Business?

A status page is a great way to provide a real-time overview of your services and their uptime. It can also include any planned maintenance or other important updates to your customers. Better yet, a status page can have a massive impact on your internal processes, save you significant time and money, highlight your credibility, and much more.