11-19-2015, 08:03 PM
Build your own Website Uptime Monitor
You can use Google Spreadsheets to monitor the status your website(s) and, unlike the commercial services, Google imposes no restrictions. You can track any number of websites and it will send email /text alerts in case of any issues. The website monitor is written with Google Scripts and is absolutely free as well.
Here’s how you quickly configure Google Docs to monitor the uptime /downtime of your website(s). This has to done just once and the spreadsheet will continuously monitor all your sites in the background. Let’s get started:
Sign-in to your Google account and then click here to copy this Google sheet into your Google Drive. You may use Gmail or your Google Apps account to sign-in.
Put your website URLs in cell B2 (comma separated) and your email address in cell B3. If you wish to receive alerts by text messages, put Yes in cell B4.
You’ll find a new Website Monitor menu in your Google Sheets toolbar. Click Initialize and you’ll get a pop-up asking for authorization. Grant the necessary access.
Go to the Website Monitor menu again and choose “Start Website Monitor” to begin the monitoring process. Close the Google Sheet.
That’s it. The Google sheet will monitor your website in the background at 5-minute intervals and will send alerts whenever it has trouble accessing the website. If the issue is resolved, you’ll get another notification saying “all’s well.”
The uptime and downtime times get logged in the same Google Spreadsheet so you can use that data to analyze the performance of your web hosting company.
............. etc
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It's FREE. If you are interested follow the full tutorial here
You can use Google Spreadsheets to monitor the status your website(s) and, unlike the commercial services, Google imposes no restrictions. You can track any number of websites and it will send email /text alerts in case of any issues. The website monitor is written with Google Scripts and is absolutely free as well.
Here’s how you quickly configure Google Docs to monitor the uptime /downtime of your website(s). This has to done just once and the spreadsheet will continuously monitor all your sites in the background. Let’s get started:
Sign-in to your Google account and then click here to copy this Google sheet into your Google Drive. You may use Gmail or your Google Apps account to sign-in.
Put your website URLs in cell B2 (comma separated) and your email address in cell B3. If you wish to receive alerts by text messages, put Yes in cell B4.
You’ll find a new Website Monitor menu in your Google Sheets toolbar. Click Initialize and you’ll get a pop-up asking for authorization. Grant the necessary access.
Go to the Website Monitor menu again and choose “Start Website Monitor” to begin the monitoring process. Close the Google Sheet.
That’s it. The Google sheet will monitor your website in the background at 5-minute intervals and will send alerts whenever it has trouble accessing the website. If the issue is resolved, you’ll get another notification saying “all’s well.”
The uptime and downtime times get logged in the same Google Spreadsheet so you can use that data to analyze the performance of your web hosting company.
............. etc
It's FREE. If you are interested follow the full tutorial here