Uptrends Blog
Explore expert insights and practical guidance to make sure your critical websites, web applications, and APIs stay resilient.
7 reasons website uptime monitoring matters to your business
Website downtime means lost revenue. Learn how to calculate its business impact and protect against it, plus six more benefits of website monitoring.
Are you getting everything you expect from your CDN?
Find out how to get the CDN performance insights you need with one quick, free test. Here’s how to get started, from setup to analyzing your responses.
New feature: API monitoring with Custom Metrics
Does your API return data you would like to track? Uptrends' Custom Metrics lets you track numeric response data alongside your performance data.
Set up a web performance budget
Here’s how to prevent creating a site that consumes user bandwidth and time by using a web performance budget during the site’s development stage.
Is your website monitoring service using the latest browser version?
Chrome 77 dropped last week and our 209 checkpoint locations are in the process of updating, but that isn’t true for many other monitoring companies.
6 ways to reduce time to first byte
A better user experience starts with your website’s time to first byte (TTFB). Here are 6 actionable tips to help you measure and improve your TTFB.
Website performance and availability KPIs you should care about
KPIs ensure your web services are fast and reliable. Learn how to define and monitor the website performance and availability KPIs that matter to you.
Protect your user journey with Web Application Monitoring
Don’t lose your users to the competition. Turn your user journeys into manageable transactions you can track and protect with Web Application Monitoring.
Using Uptrends' Speed Test Tool to improve website performance
Uptrends Free Website Speed Test tool can tell you how your page performs and be used as your main tool to improve your UX and conversions.
Man-in-the-middle attacks on the rise. Monitor your DNS
Increased DNS hijacking and man-in-the-middle attacks triggered a warning from the U.S. Government. Here’s what you must know to protect your brand.
Get hooked! New integrations & webhooks from Uptrends
We’ve added support for VictorOps, ServiceNow, and generic webhooks, so you can now hook you up with most any third-party messaging system.
Web performance monitoring load-time variations (Causes & fix)
Understand why your monitoring results vary and find out how you can make them more consistent to rigorously protect web service performance.
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