Amsterdam – August 22, 2007 – Uptrends.com ( www.uptrends.com ), the leading remote website and server monitoring company with worldwide checkpoints, today reported that Google’s popular service www.blogger.com and www.blogspot.com have experienced serious downtime for more than an hour. The website and thousands of blogs could not be reached by thousands of users and visitors. The downtime started today at 9.47 AM US Eastern Time. The problem was solved and the website and blogs could be reached at 11 AM US Eastern Time.. [More]

Webmetrics extends globalwatch monitoring platform to support open source Watir

San Diego, CA - August 22, 2007 – Webmetrics, a leading provider of collaborative monitoring solutions for enterprise web ecosystems, today announced that the Company has significantly enhanced its GlobalWatch Monitoring platform to enable Watir (Web Application Testing in Ruby) open source technology.  By supporting Watir, a Ruby-based programming language for automated testing purposes, Webmetrics’ GlobalWatch platform provides an open, flexible monitoring solution for the various web performance management requirements of agile eBusinesses. GlobalWatch now delivers unprecedented interoperability between script-driven technologies and extends their usability across multiple departments within an organization.. [More]

WatchMouse research finds poor site performance for ASX listed companies - Telstra scores the worst 

Utrecht, the Netherlands, 19 March 2008 - WatchMouse, a leader in website performance monitoring, tested the sites belonging to Australian’s largest listed companies for errors, availability and performance. Of the 51 monitored sites, 63% were found to have ‘good’ or ‘OK’ uptime while an alarming 37% ranked as ‘poor’. The most concerning inclusion in the list of ‘poor’ performers is that of Australia’s leading telco provider, Telstra with 98.1% uptime. Newscrest and Alumina sites recorded the worst uptime with 89.7% and 88.5% respectively which equates to both sites being unavailable for more than 3 days during the month of monitoring.. [More]

 Companies Jointly Deliver Free 30-Day Application Monitoring Service and Consultative Web Performance Analysis

San Diego, CA and Annapolis, MD - August 14, 2007 USi, an AT&T company and a leading Application Service Provider (ASP), and Webmetrics, a leading provider of collaborative monitoring solutions for enterprise web ecosystems, today announced that the companies will jointly deliver an E-Commerce Performance Analysis service to clients. Under the offering, USi’s eBusiness clients and prospective clients receive a complementary 30-day subscription to Webmetrics’ GlobalWatch Monitoring for Applications and two customized competitive performance benchmarks.. [More]

WatchMouse Urges AdWords Advertisers To Act Swiftly To Avoid Costly Mistakes

Utrecht, The Netherlands, 12th March 2008, Research has long confirmed that slow websites drive away potential customers. As Google announces changes to the way they score their immensely popular AdWords, it also appears that sites with slow landing pages create issues for online advertising.. [More]

Top Direct Retailer iFLOOR.com, Selects AlertSite for Website Performance Monitoring

COCONUT CREEK - January 8, 2008 - AlertSite®, a leading provider of web site performance management solutions that help businesses ensure optimum web experiences for their customers, announced today that iFLOOR.com has chosen AlertSite for its web site monitoring service. iFLOOR.com is America's largest online flooring retailer and ranked #169 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 ranking.. [More]