How to Monitor Your Website Uptime
You should never learn your site is down from a customer. A free external monitor checks your site every few minutes and alerts you instantly if it fails.
Step-by-step
- Choose a free uptime monitoring service (several reputable ones offer free plans with 5-minute checks).
- Add your site's URL as an HTTP(S) monitor.
- Set the check interval (e.g. every 5 minutes) and your alert email or phone.
- Add a keyword check (optional) — have it look for a word that appears on your homepage, so it catches "page loads but is broken" cases.
- Test the alert to confirm notifications reach you.
- If you get a downtime alert, check the site yourself, review error logs, and contact EconomicalHost support (011-46563177) if the server is unreachable.
💡 Good to know
- External monitoring is essential — internal checks cannot tell you if the whole server is unreachable.
- Brief blips can be network hiccups; sustained downtime needs investigation.
- Keep the EconomicalHost support number handy for genuine outages.