A Brief Guide on Monitoring Website

2007-03-08 10:33:40

( Web Hosting-SEO-Web Design )



Monitoring website or website monitoring is the process of checking on whether a website or web application is working properly on the Internet. Monitoring websites can provide you a statistical report on the number of unique visitors that have visited your website daily, weekly or monthly, the number of page views and information on which website your visitor visited prior to landing on your web page. Monitoring website can also provide you information on any problems encountered with connectivity.

By utilizing a website monitoring tool, you are able to efficiently correct any errors or problems in the proper manner at all times. This will attract satisfied customers and can help you in obtaining advertisers for your website.

There are two types of web site monitoring:

Real time monitoring watches the sessions of visitors on your website in order to discover errors and causes for the slow down of a website’s performance.

Synthetic monitoring is performed using simulated web browsers to test a website, and correct any problems before it occurs.

Monitoring website should be performed every once in a while so that you can check whether an outside party is using your website for a number of restricted activities such as hacking. Once an outside party hacks into your systems, you hosting account may be used to send spam mail or to perform phishing activities, and thus result in the shut down of your site. Phishing is the process of making an exact copy of your website. The hacker then displays the web page on the Internet as if it were the real thing. Once a consumer enters any personal information, the hacker uses this information for illegal activities.

You can also prevent any hosting and server problems if you monitor your website. Any downtime problems can also be fixed immediately.

Lastly, by performing web site monitoring, you will avoid the spread of forum and blog spamming.


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