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How Does Website Downtime Affect Your Company?

sandrapaul — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:33:37 GMT

How Does Website Downtime Affect Your Company?

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 If money makes the world go round, then having your website up and running is crucial. The amount of revenue that is affected every time your services aren’t available online is staggering.

If money makes the world go round, then having your website up and running is crucial. The amount of revenue that is affected every time your services aren’t available online is staggering. Let’s take a look at Google as an example. Googles’ net earning in a recent quarter were $1.2billion. Assuming GOOG has uniform traffic over a 24 hour period a .01% downtime would cost them $480,000 per year. I don’t think even Google wants to lose that pocket change.

Most markets are incredibly competitive when it comes to consumer sales. When they are online, most typical consumers don’t mind going to someone else’s website to buy the item they are after. This can have a major impact on business if you are selling a high priced item. Online marketing departments are always trying to come up with new ways to bring traffic to their website. To have the website go down would negate those efforts as customers will willfully go to another site.

Another impact website downtime can have on your business is customer satisfaction. Consumers want to do business with companies who are dependable. If they can anticipate problems every time they visit your website, they will most likely assume the rest of your business is run the same way. You have a small window of opportunity to attract and keep a consumer. It would be tragic to know that a long term consumer was lost because of website downtime. Something that is so preventable.

Consumers aren’t the only ones looking at your website. Potential investors will also be impacted by website downtime. If your website happens to be experiencing a technical glitch when an investor happens upon it, it won’t reflect nicely. Negative publicity of any kind is taboo for an investor.

Making sure your website is constant and dependable should not just be the CTO’s responsibility. As a company, every department should be concerned with website downtime. The revenue brought in by the internet is only predicted to grow. Ensure your company is set to handle that growth appropriately. The Impacts of website-downtime on company’s business. So if you have your company’s website, make sure your website is constant; you may keep a watch to monitor your website –analytics with Website URL Monitoring.

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With 3 different plans for server monitoring, ObservePoint is your solution to server uptime. Let us know if you need any help with your monitoring software. ObservePoint will help you maximize your internet traffic by monitoring your own, your partner's and even your competitor's web services and enable you to answer critical server performance issues.

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With 3 different plans for server monitoring, ObservePoint is your solution to server uptime.  Let us know if you need any help with your monitoring software. ObservePoint will help you maximize your internet traffic by monitoring your own, your partner's and even your competitor's web services and enable you to answer critical server performance issues.

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ObservePoint is the best Web Server Monitoring system available. Able to monitor any server or website, with pricing plans available to meet any network budget. It supported HTTP and HTTPS URL types and Configurable instant alerts that email you when your site is up, down, or at a warning state.

Advantages of a Dedicated Server

sandrapaul — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:37:44 GMT

Advantages of a Dedicated Server

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Web Server Monitoring

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Imagine a server that is setup to handle your company’s every online computing need. Having your own dedicated server will allow you to handle just that. Your web server is extremely crucial in today’s market. Making sure your server is able to handle high traffic levels and provide quick data access must be a top priority for any company wanting to establish a web presence.

An alternative to a dedicated server is a shared server. Although sharing a server can save you some money to begin with, the downside may not be worth it. You have a say in what applications are put on the server, but then again, so does every one else you are sharing the resource with. Sharing your server removes a level of control in an area where control is critical. Is up time critical for your site? If it is (and it should be!) you need to decide if you are more likely to experience down time on a dedicated server or a shared server? When deciding whether or not sharing is for you, make sure you know what the limitations are and how they will impact your business.

With a dedicated server, a business can begin to customize the hardware and software setup to match their specific needs. Instead of being assigned a “one size fits all” approach, a dedicated server will let you use only the resources needed and none more. This also will allow for additional server performance gains.

Having your own dedicated server can also save you a bundle of money if you are in need of several different domains. A larger business will definitely notice this as a great benefit to their company. Instead of having to pay for each division to have their own host space on various web servers, you will be able to have them centrally located.

The client will also benefit from doing business with a company who has a dedicated web server. When trying to access data, they will have a faster experience than with a shared server. You will also be able to facilitate high traffic without any problems.

A dedicated server is definitely worth considering. Take into consideration the growth of your company down the road and decide if investing in a dedicated server is the right path. The peace of mind it can bring you may be worth shelling out a few extra bucks.

Expressing Your Personality Via Ringtone

sandrapaul — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:10:31 GMT

Expressing Your Personality Via Ringtone

Welcome to the new era in cell phone ring tones, an age that allows users to go way beyond the simple downloaded song clip, way past the personalized jingle, and even further than the most customized ditty. Welcome to the video ringtones.

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How are you feeling today? Are you channeling Rhianna’s Shut Up and Drive, or perhaps Timbaland…Apologize? And of course there’s always the oldie but goodie I Just Called to Say I Love You by Stevie Wonder. What do these songs have in common? They could be your ringtone! With the newest phones available (and even some of the old ones, to be honest) you can set your Video Ringtones to anything you can imagine. So how do you choose?

First, start by going through the music you listen to daily. Is there a song you listen to every time you get in the car? What’s at the top of your most-played list? This might be your best bet for expressing your personality through your ringtone. Pick a few of your favorites from artists and see what they have to offer.

Second, look at a few websites. ITunes music store, MTV, wherever you get your music from- check out what’s new and exciting right now. Be the first to download the ringtone- your claim to fame in a couple months when the song hits #1 on the charts.

Finally- listen up. Have you ever been in the mall or in a restaurant when someone’s phone rang- and although annoying, you thought, “That is a cool ringtone?” Emulation is the highest form of respect. Don’t be afraid to ask, “What’s your ringtone?” If he or she didn’t want attention, she would have left her ring on “Classic Nokia.”

A few words of caution: Don’t forget to consider what you want others to hear. If you love Got Your Money by Ol’ Dirty *** (who doesn’t?) you might want to think about how you would play that off if your phone accidentally rang in a job interview.

Also, do you have a song that’s important enough to warrant special occasions only? Do you really want the song you danced to at your wedding play when your grandmother calls you? Sometimes hearing something all day, every day can kill your passion for it. Don’t make your favorite, memorable songs tortuous to listen to.

Many cell phones will actually allow you to choose ringtones or Video Clips for different people. This is incredibly beneficial in a variety of ways. For example, you can know that your roommate is calling without bothering to look. The only reason he calls is to ask if he can eat your food. Better left unanswered. Choose tones specifically for family (Sister Sledge, perhaps?), for your girlfriend or boyfriend, for your best friend, and of course- undesirables. That way you’re not only expressing yourself, you’re expressing how you feel about others.

As with everything- you get points for variety! Change your ringtone often to match the changing seasons, holidays, moods, or trends. You can download them from the web, or use software designed for your phone, usually available through your provider, to make your own ringtones straight from your music library. Daily routines can become monotonous- why not create your own, personalized soundtrack? Just go through free mobile phone ringtones and video sharing.

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Video Clips

Share mobile video clips with your friends when you call them. Vringo provides free mobile video clips, mobile phone video clips, cell phone video sharing and allows you to share video clips with your friends.

Free Mobile Video Ringtones

Download video to your cell phone and share video downloads with your friends. Vringo provides free mobile video ringtones to sharing with your friends.

Video Sharing

Share video with your friends each time you call them on your mobile phone. Vringo provides free cell phone video sharing, mobile phone video sharing and allows you to create and distribute mobile phone video to your friends.