Updates to the Dotcom-Monitor DNS Server Monitoring Platform
The Dotcom-Monitor DNS Server Monitoring platform has been updated to further ensure that your DNS services are working, resolving properly, and responding quickly.
Time to Interact: A New Metric for Measuring User Experience
A new performance metric has come on the scene that is less about measuring the actual time it takes for an entire page to load and more about measuring how long it takes for the page to deliver the experience the website visitor is seeking. Time to Interact (TTI) pinpoints the most critical moment in a page load—the moment the page’s primary interactive content is displayed and becomes interactive –from the end user’s perspective. Proponents say this is the new metric to watch because users do not need to wait until the entire page loads to begin to interact with the site. Ideally their experience with a website using TTI as an indicator would be better than using TTL (Time to Load).
New Image Formats Aim to Combat Website Bloat
Not much progress in supporting image formats has been made since the standard JPEG, GIF and PNG formats were brought to market more than 15 years ago. The reason is simple: Supporting new image formats across different browser types is hard. However, two new image formats have come on the scene in the last few years and have recently started to gain traction as a way to optimize images: WebP (put forth by Google) and JPEG XR (backed by Microsoft).
DNS Resolution Options – DNS Monitoring Functionality and Feature Updates
DNS Monitoring Functionality and Feature Updates. The first of several functionality and feature updates for 2014 have been made to Dotcom-Monitor.
Websites Grow Rapidly While Performance Expectations Stay the Same
The web is trending bigger in absolute terms of size, requests and content. User expectations are, however, trending in equal measure towards faster speeds.
Bluehost Down Again – Worldwide Bluehost Network Outage
December 31, 2013 – Dotcom-Monitor has been tracking a Bluehost outage, first detected Tuesday afternoon at approximately 12:30pm CST. Dotcom-Monitor’s worldwide network has detected a consistent outage from all 20 global monitoring locations.
Dotcom-Monitor Web Performance Blog: Top 5 Most Read Posts of 2013
At years end we like to bring you a roundup of the very best of the Dotcom-Monitor web performance blog. Here are our top 5 most read blog posts of 2013…
Target Credit Card Breach Impacts Web Performance
Dec. 19, 2013 – Dotcom-Monitor, a web performance monitoring company, detected a short spike in connection times to the Target.com website that occurred on Dec. 18, 2013 at approximately 12:30 pm CST. The spike in connection time at the Target.com website corresponded to widespread announcements in the media that Target had suffered a massive data breach. According to news sources, such as the Huffington Post, Los Angeles Times and others, Target credit card systems were hacked and user information was exposed in its entirety, including security codes (CVV numbers), credit card numbers, names, addresses – to unknown perpetrators.
How to Improve DNS Resolution Time Through Network Monitoring
We break down the importance of DNS resolution, why resolution time is important, and how website and network monitoring can improve your DNS resolution time.
Your Holiday Wish List: Website Uptime Running at Peak Performance
We all know that Black Friday and Cyber Monday can strike fear in the minds of e-commerce companies but let’s take a look at why. These two dates represent the busiest times of year for e-commerce companies and this year, industry pundits predict that traffic will be the highest in history. Learn how website monitoring can help protect revenues and keep your customers happy.
YouTube Down | YouTube Website Goes Down for 30 Minutes
YouTube Down – Dotcom-Monitor worldwide monitoring network has confirmed 500 Internal Server Error issues with Google’s YouTube website.
Minnesota Give to the Max Day 2013 – GiveMN Razoo Website Crashes
Minnesota Give to the Max Day website crashes – The big giving day, Nov. 14, 2013, for GiveMN and the Razoo charity website that administers it, crashed today due to a reported overloaded system leaving contributors without a easy online avenue for contributing to favorite charities.
