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April 2020

Don't let an expired SSL certificate stop your site's traffic

SSL (Secure Socket Layers) certificates tell your site’s visitors that you are whom you say you are and creates an encrypted connection between your domain (anexampledomain.com) and the visitor. If your domain doesn’t supply a valid certificate, the browser throws up a wall that warns the user that the site isn’t trusted. Many things may happen that tell the browser to issue the warning, but the most common reason is due to an expired SSL certificate.

Working from home? So are we, Uptrends style.

The shelter-in-place requirements around the world due to COVID-19 have prevented us from getting out much, but it has also opened views into a world we probably wouldn’t see otherwise. Not only do we get glimpses into celebrity homes as we watch the news, late-night talk shows, and concerts, we get to see into the lives and homes of the people we used to see in the office every day.

This is why you should use content checks with all your web monitors

Do all your synthetic monitors include a content check? Why not? Content checks are free with all our monitor types, but for the most part, Uptrends users underutilize content checks. In this article, we talk about why content checks are important for your monitoring, and we touch on some tips to help you pick the content checks that work best for you.

Seven reasons why website uptime monitoring is important for your business

We know from experience that many online businesses and website owners spend a lot of time and money on online marketing and getting conversions. However, sometimes, teams lose sight of one of the most basic of concerns, website uptime. Teams forget the impact of downtime, and they neglect to monitor their website’s uptime. As a result, when a website outage occurs—and it will—the downtime goes unnoticed, but the outage still affects visitors and potential customers.