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How often should you check that your website is up?

Every minute? Every five minutes? Every thirty seconds? Check frequency is one of those settings that quietly determines how fast you learn about outages — and how much your monitoring costs. Here's how to pick the right interval without overthinking it.

MyUptimeBot Team · June 2, 2026 · 6 min read · For site owners

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Why your website goes down (and why you're usually the last to know)

Most outages don't get found by the owner. They get found by a customer hitting a broken page — and then quietly leaving. Here are the most common reasons sites go down, and why a human glancing at the homepage once a day is no defense.

MyUptimeBot Team · December 1, 2025 · 3 min read · For site owners

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What is uptime monitoring (and do you actually need it)?

Uptime monitoring is the boring practice that prevents the embarrassing problem: finding out from a customer that your site has been down for hours. Here's a plain-language guide to what it is, how it works, and whether your site needs it.

MyUptimeBot Team · November 5, 2025 · 5 min read · For site owners

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