Montastic

Running a Web site can be a job that requires a lot of time and effort on your part. Not only do you have to make sure that your content is fresh, but you also have to make sure that your visitors are pleased with the experience that you’re giving them. If you begin to fall short of the quality mark that they expect, then they may continue to stick around for awhile, but eventually, they’ll go elsewhere. Another thing that has to be factored in is the status of your Web site. Downtime can be damaging to any online establishment, and you have to make sure that you have a system in place that will notify you when things go haywire. Montastic is a free Web site monitoring service that, according to them, doesn’t suck.

The interface for this tool is simple and self-explanatory. Basically, all you have to do is type in the sites that you want to monitor, and Montastic then goes to work. If a site goes down, you’ll receive an e-mail. When it comes back up, you’ll receive another e-mail. The status of these items can even be read via RSS or a Yahoo! Widget. By keeping you aware of what’s going on, Montastic will help you to get problems resolved before you lose out on too much of that precious uptime.