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The best brand reactions to website downtime

3 min read Website downtime is no laughing matter but these brands have managed to make light of it; here’s the best reactions on the internet!

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Change Log: The basics you need to know

2 min read Want to know why you should have a change log for a better customer experience? Read everything you need to know here!

DNS
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Software developer tools to increase productivity 

5 min read In this blog post I want to go over some of the software I use alongside my IDE/version control tools during my day-to-day work. These tools allow me to cut down on wasted time spent doing things inefficiently, track my work, take notes, and generally make my life easier.

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5 surprising things you might not know about StatusCake

3 min read Here’s everything you might need to know about StatusCake that might just surprise you! From the range of customers, to our check rates, this is a list that you should definitely be reading.

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The one where the Lloyds Banking Group suffered downtime

2 min read It’s estimated that over 18 million people in the UK use online banking. So when the Lloyds, Halifax, and the Bank of Scotland online banking platforms all suffered partial downtime, millions of people were unable to access their accounts properly. Find out more here!

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Apple outages: A week Apple would like to forget

2 min read We all know and associate Apple as a reliable and innovative tech giant which sets endless new trends for its industry. It’s arguably the one company that many aspire to be like and emulate with the massive global growth they’ve seen over the past decade. But even this goliath tech company has its bad days and unfortunately for Apple, it had a whole week of bad luck that tested the patience of its customers across the world.

website monitoring
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Why is website monitoring so important?

3 min read you’re not sure what the benefits are? Don’t worry, I’ve compiled a list of the top reasons why website monitoring is so important to you and your website. But you don’t have to take my word for it, read on and find out.

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The best maintenance pages for website downtime throughout the years

4 min read You might think that a customer seeing a maintenance page message when they land on your website is a bad thing but think again. If you’re clever with your branding, you can really show off your personality, and make website visitors feel better about not being able to access your website. Never thought that could happen, right?

Well I’ve put together the best maintenance pages across the years to show you exactly how you can make planned website downtime look like a breeze.

DNS
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Mobile optimisation: Is your website still struggling?

3 min read What are some of the fundamental ways that your website can change depending on the mobile and browser? There’s a variety of things on your website that can be impacted depending on what the customer is using to look at your website. Read on to find out more!

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The most shocking websites that experienced website downtime in 2021

3 min read 2021 saw some of the biggest websites on the internet experience outages that rippled across the globe. If you thought that “large” companies couldn’t experience website downtime, unfortunately, you were wrong. Website downtime can happen to any website, small, medium, or large, and it can happen when you least expect it. Thinking that the proof is in the pudding? Check out the most shocking websites that went down in 2021.

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When technology goes wrong: Tesla’s outage case study

3 min read You’d be right to think that Tesla’s technology surely wouldn’t go wrong, especially with the huge amounts of media coverage it gets. But in 2021, Tesla suffered a few awkward technological faults.  Find out everything you need to know about it right here.

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STOP PRESS: How website downtime affects your brand

3 min read Website downtime happens to the best of us, even the likes of mammoth websites like Amazon, Facebook, and Twitter all experience it. Luckily for these big companies, they’re so established and have such a huge customer base that downtime is unlikely to make them lose a large proportion of them. But if you’re not as big as Amazon, how does website downtime affect your brand?

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5 hacks to maximise your website’s potential

3 min read There are reportedly over 1.7 billion websites, making it almost impossible for yours to stand out unless your name is Jeff Bezos and you started a little-known company called Amazon. That’s why, when our customers asked us what we would suggest to help their website perform better, we thought we’d whip together 8 quick and easy hacks that can easily be implemented but make a big difference.

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The optimum page speed for your website and how to achieve it

3 min read Website page speed has become more important than ever, especially now Google’s Core Web Vitals are pushing mobile-first and penalising websites it deems to be “too slow”. This means that there is a direct link between slow page speed and lower SEO rankings, and therefore potentially, less traffic to your website. Find out everything you need to know in this blog!

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How does your website design and content affect customer interactions and conversions?

4 min read The aim of your website is obviously to get potential customers to engage with as much of it as possible, and ultimately, make a purchase. But as we well know, it isn’t as simple as someone landing on your website and instantly converting. 9 times out of 10, there’s a whole sequence of actions that take place before a customer makes a purchase. The best thing? You can see exactly what this sequence of events looks like by analysing and combining data from a couple of your tools so you can make better, more informed decisions about the content of your website.

Want to know how much website downtime costs, and the impact it can have on your business?

Find out everything you need to know in our new uptime monitoring whitepaper 2021

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