Articles by KeepUpTime Team 7
How to Check If a Website Is Down for Everyone or Just You
A site will not load, but is it really down or is the problem on your side? Follow these quick checks to find out in under two minutes, and learn what to do in each case.
What Is Website Uptime Monitoring and Why Every Business Needs It
A plain-English guide to uptime monitoring: how checks work, what 99.9% really means, and how to get alerted before your customers notice.
DNS Records Explained: A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT and NS for Website Owners
DNS decides where your website and email go. This plain-English guide explains each common DNS record, what TTL means, how to check your records and how to avoid the mistakes that take sites offline.
Website Down? 12 Common Causes of Downtime and How to Fix Each One
Your website is down and customers are noticing. Here are the 12 most common causes of website downtime, how to tell which one you are facing, and how to fix it fast.
SSL Certificate Expired? How to Fix It and Stop It Happening Again
Why SSL certificates expire, what visitors see when they do, how to renew quickly, and how to get warned before it happens.
How to Monitor Cron Jobs and Get Alerted When They Fail
Cron jobs fail silently. Learn how heartbeat monitoring works, how to add a one-line check-in to any scheduled task, and how to get alerted the moment a backup or sync stops running.
What Is a Status Page? Benefits, Examples and How to Set One Up
A status page tells customers whether your service is working before they have to ask. Here is what to put on one, how it cuts support tickets during outages, and how to set one up in minutes.