So you are monitoring your web application, but are you really covering the 3 basic levels that will fully ensure it is available and responsive?  Monitoring of a web application can be as simple as testing a single web page; however, going deeper and covering your bases is better.
 
Level 1: Monitor web server availability - […]

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Is it Just Me, or is Microsoft.com the SLOWEST site ever?!
I often visit Microsoft’s site for various reasons: get new templates for Word, read some of the forums, download software, etc.  However, as of late, it is getting so painful just to go to some parts of their site.  To be fair, I’m certain that […]

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Google’s Inside Adwords Blog recently featured the article “Landing page load time will soon be incorporated into Quality Score”. 
As part of our continuing efforts to improve the user experience, we will soon incorporate an additional factor into Quality Score: landing page load time. Load time is the amount of time it takes for a user […]

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Let me start off by stating that I am an avid gamer.  I enjoy playing games on the Wii, Nintendo DS and on my PC.  Before I commit to purchasing a new game, I usually check out the game’s website to look at screenshots, read up on the story-line, or download a demo.  In the […]

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