Website monitoring tells you when a site becomes unavailable or starts responding slowly. It is not a replacement for good hosting, but it gives you visibility before customers start reporting problems.
Monitor the Right URL
Monitor a public page that represents the real site. For shops or apps, also consider monitoring checkout or login flows with a more advanced tool.
Choose Alert Channels
Email alerts are useful, but they may be missed. For important sites, add SMS, chat, or incident-management alerts.
Avoid False Alarms
Set a sensible check interval and require more than one failed check before alerting. One failed request may be a temporary network issue.
Review Incidents
When monitoring alerts, record what happened and what fixed it. Over time, patterns become easier to spot.
Monitoring is most useful when someone is responsible for responding to it.
