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Importance of Website Monitoring

Repeatedly observe your site speed and load indicators in order to ensure smooth running of your website and efficient content serving. It is very disappointing when you see your company's website working slow, having a broken sign up form, embarrassing page display or a cart failure. To make sure that this does not happen with your company's site take advantage of website monitoring services.

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Presently, there are several less expensive and free of cost website monitoring services available. These services take care of everything from the websites functionality to links to load time and cart. There are many examples from our visibility practice that can easily explain the importance of website monitoring. Broken sign up form is the most common problem found, resulting in many visitors leaving the website frustrated. Another problem found is wide fluctuations on key web pages. However, with website monitoring services all these problems can easily be solved.

Regardless of whether your site works well or not, website monitoring is essential. This is because if your website performed well in last few days, does not mean it will also function well in the upcoming days. There are several reasons why website issues can occur. Some of these include:

?? Web hosting vendor could incur problems or difficulties from software upgrades or improvements, changes in bandwidth and power outages. Since hosting companies doesn't declare such changes until serious issues occur, its better to act proactively by making use of website monitoring services.

?? Changes in browser can change the way your site works and appears.

?? Serious security failures can result in your site being attacked or hacked. Though monitors cannot stop security breaches, but they can make you aware of the few problems that occur.

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Website monitoring through various software is done in a manner that it does not cause any changes on your website. Software just goes to the website and performs a test on regular basis. All you need to do is select the pages that need to be tested and also the reports you require. Testing options consist of location of where the test has taken place, emergency procedures and the test frequency. To begin with, start hourly testing as many companies offer website monitoring services free for the first 30 days. In this duration, if you incur problems mainly load time problems then increase your testing frequency. During your free trial period, you can decide the most cost effective testing frequency from the wide range of services available. You also have an option to discontinue after the trial period in case you are dissatisfied with the service.

You should most importantly test your website on the following issues:

?? Test whether your ISP is functioning well and is up almost 100% of the time.?? Test whether your pages are loading completely and in less time. Don't forget to include your cart provider or any other external website monitoring service.?? Ensure the all car transactions and sign up forms are working smoothly.?? Test also for broken link including both, internal and external links.