Your Non Profit Web Site Up Time is Critical and a Reflection of Your Brand - Easily Monitor Your Web Site for Free
Whether you are a non-profit or charitable organization offering online volunteering opportunities, providing a Web-based client service or allowing your donors to contribute online, your Web site up time is critical and a reflection of your brand. In this context, do you know how often your Web site is down and thus not accessible to your donors, potential online volunteers or clients? "WasItUp" provides such a free Web site monitoring service. Monitoring your site every five minutes, WasItUp will send you an e-mail when your site is down and when it returns. To start monitoring your Web site or blog, visit http://wasitup.com. As shown in the above screen capture image, (1) type your Web site address (such as: http://www.RandyTyler.org or https:// if you have an SSL connection), (2) next type in your e-mail address where you would like to receive Web site status updates and finally, (3) click on "Start Monitoring My Site". Completing their short form as herein instructed will check for a 200/OK (successful) http response using a get request. This free service, operated by a single individual, currently allows you to monitor up to 10 sites per account. For further information about how a non profit organization can develop a productive virtual volunteering program through the use of appropriate technology, please visit this Online Volunteering Resource.
