A test monitor determines the type of inspection and is reserved for one website. The number of monitored websites or types of inspections for one website is limited by the number of test monitors available under the rate plan. The Simple rate plan allows you to use two test monitors for monitoring of each of the two websites according to one of the inspection types or monitoring of one website according to two inspection types.
The monitoring system sends a HEAD request to the web resource specified in the settings. If the re-source fails to respond within a certain time, an additional inspection will be conducted by another service. If no response is received, a notification of the website unavailability will be sent to the specified contacts.
Google and Yandex search bots regularly scan available websites. If a search bot detects a virus or considers a website unsafe for users, such website will be included in the dedicated database and wont be displayed in search results. Many popular browsers also use virus databases and can block a website or display security warnings to its visitors. The website status will be updated by a search bot and the changes will be detected by the monitoring service once the cause of the website blocking is eliminated. This procedure usually takes a few days.
You can only monitor the availability of one word within one test monitor. The number of words corre-sponds to the number of test monitors available for the rate plan you choose, provided that other in-spection types do not apply. E.g.: you may launch up to 5 and 20 inspections of the word availability on the website under Advanced and Professional rate plans, respectively.
Each rate plan provides for a specific number of contacts: 2, 10, and 20, respectively, including emails and telephone numbers.
There is a certain number of test monitors under each rate plan: 2, 5, and 20, respectively. Each test monitor can only be customized for one type of inspection. You can monitor several websites under one rate plan by customizing the test monitor for a particular type of inspection for each website. E.g.: the Advanced rate plan allows you to monitor one website according to all three available types of inspection and customize the availability check for another one/two website(s).
Monitoring services are spread all over the world, including:
— Moscow (Russia)
— St. Petersburg (Russia)
— Novosibirsk (Russia)
— Frankfurt (Germany)
— Prague (The Czech Republic)
— Amsterdam (Holland)
— Kharkov (Ukraine)
— Hampshire (England)
— Toronto (Canada)
— Milan (Italy)
— Fremont (California, USA)
— Zurich (Switzerland)