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Table of Contents Intro What is Application Monitoring? Types of Web Application Monitoring Factors To Consider in Web Application Monitoring Web Application Monitoring Best Practices Establish Clear Monitoring Objectives Select the Right Monitoring Solution Define the Key Performance Metrics Set Up Custom Alerts and Notifications Test and Verify Web App Monitoring Analyze and Respond to Monitoring Information Why is Monitoring Web Applications Important?

Now, you can access our extensive service directory directly from your StatusGator account, putting status information for over 3,900 services at your fingertips. Each day, this number continues to grow, expanding the breadth of services you can monitor and manage effortlessly.

A study estimated that 88% of users will not return to a website if they experience issues. It’s a huge number. And even if this may not be the case for all online platforms during downtime, it indicates how devastating the impact of downtime can be. That’s why prompt communication and efficient user updates are essential. The standard solution is a status page. A public status page can help businesses retain customers by reassuring them that you know the issues and do your best to fix them.

In today’s digital landscape, relying on multiple services is inevitable, as is the occurrence of outages. According to Trilio, over 80% of organizations have experienced an outage in the past three years. Even if your services avoid incidents, scheduled maintenance downtime is unavoidable. Given the heavy dependence on third-party services, monitoring the status of cloud services is crucial.

We know a lot of you have been waiting for this for a while, and we are super exited to announce that StatusGator now supports Custom Monitors. These monitors are items displayed on your board and status page that you control the status of via incidents.

New Status page update is here! Now you can enhance your status pages by adding custom links, providing more information and resources right where your audience needs them. Here’s what you can do with this new feature.

Exciting news! We’re rolling out an update: You now have the ability to upload custom icons for any monitor, including service monitors. Previously, you were stuck with the platform-provided icon for services monitors. This enhancement is all about giving you more control and customization. Let’s take a closer look at how this update can enhance look of your board and status page.

Whether you run your web app or rely on third-party services such as HubSpot, Slack, Basecamp, and Gmail, staying on top of web applications has become a part of many businesses’ daily business activities. As a result, modern web application monitoring software has become necessary for every company. Web application monitoring software allows users to monitor and assess various aspects of web apps, including functionality, efficiency, and performance.

We’ve just opened up the StatusGator API to all users on all plans — even the Free plan. Previously, our REST API was a feature only of our higher level plans. But we’ve opened up the API to all plans to allow more people to take advantage of our status data. The API limits vary by plan by are generous enough to employer real-time dashboards and other uses.