Comments on: Site Back Up http://www.j2fi.net/2007/08/12/site-back-up/ Battling Imaginary Windmills Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:18:59 +0900 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Web Site Down Time - A Threat to Your SEO Efforts http://www.j2fi.net/2007/08/12/site-back-up/comment-page-1/#comment-320 Web Site Down Time - A Threat to Your SEO Efforts Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:07:36 +0000 http://www.j2fi.net/2007/08/12/site-back-up/#comment-320 [...] marketing and other such techniques is typically something I leave to the experts but, after some recent troubles on my site, I’d like to discuss one of the biggest threats to any SEO effort: web site [...] [...] marketing and other such techniques is typically something I leave to the experts but, after some recent troubles on my site, I’d like to discuss one of the biggest threats to any SEO effort: web site [...]

]]> By: Jason http://www.j2fi.net/2007/08/12/site-back-up/comment-page-1/#comment-319 Jason Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:18:21 +0000 http://www.j2fi.net/2007/08/12/site-back-up/#comment-319 If a server is no longer available on the network it doesn't count as downtime? At my last work place, if a server disappeared from the network then people were threatened with bodily harm until it was up and running again. I would think that a webhost would work under a similar premise. Whether the box is off or not is none of my concern. If people can't access my site, then it's a failure. Oh well, these things happen. Aside from a few days worth of frustrations, I didn't lose anything. Hopefully the admins will have a "hands-off" approach to the boxes for a while. It seems that every time they perform an upgrade (which is almost every 2 weeks) this site disappears for a day, or my MySQL database is corrupted and it needs a complete repair. If a server is no longer available on the network it doesn’t count as downtime?

At my last work place, if a server disappeared from the network then people were threatened with bodily harm until it was up and running again. I would think that a webhost would work under a similar premise.

Whether the box is off or not is none of my concern. If people can’t access my site, then it’s a failure.

Oh well, these things happen. Aside from a few days worth of frustrations, I didn’t lose anything. Hopefully the admins will have a “hands-off” approach to the boxes for a while. It seems that every time they perform an upgrade (which is almost every 2 weeks) this site disappears for a day, or my MySQL database is corrupted and it needs a complete repair.

]]> By: Brian http://www.j2fi.net/2007/08/12/site-back-up/comment-page-1/#comment-318 Brian Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:09:11 +0000 http://www.j2fi.net/2007/08/12/site-back-up/#comment-318 Whoops - let me try that again. Darn touchpads .. <i>Server upgrades, planned maintenance, power failures, “upstream internet connection” failures and Acts of God are not included in the promise.</i> How 'bout that? We use a similar metric for 'downtime' at the day job. If the server did not physically power off it does not - for purposes of our deliverables - count as 'downtime'. Whoops – let me try that again. Darn touchpads ..

Server upgrades, planned maintenance, power failures, “upstream internet connection” failures and Acts of God are not included in the promise.

How ’bout that? We use a similar metric for ‘downtime’ at the day job. If the server did not physically power off it does not – for purposes of our deliverables – count as ‘downtime’.

]]> By: Brian http://www.j2fi.net/2007/08/12/site-back-up/comment-page-1/#comment-317 Brian Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:59:56 +0000 http://www.j2fi.net/2007/08/12/site-back-up/#comment-317 <i>Server upgrades, planned maintenance, power failures, “upstream internet connection” failures and Acts of God are not included in the promise.</i> Server upgrades, planned maintenance, power failures, “upstream internet connection” failures and Acts of God are not included in the promise.

]]> By: Jason http://www.j2fi.net/2007/08/12/site-back-up/comment-page-1/#comment-316 Jason Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:07:21 +0000 http://www.j2fi.net/2007/08/12/site-back-up/#comment-316 Thanks Nick, Yeah, having a site disappear is quite frustrating for many reasons. I've let my host know all this stuff, so hopefully I can get a few months of extra service or put on a better server. I'm really hoping that the admins are done messing about with things in Chicago. Thanks Nick,

Yeah, having a site disappear is quite frustrating for many reasons. I’ve let my host know all this stuff, so hopefully I can get a few months of extra service or put on a better server.

I’m really hoping that the admins are done messing about with things in Chicago.

]]> By: Nick Ramsay http://www.j2fi.net/2007/08/12/site-back-up/comment-page-1/#comment-315 Nick Ramsay Sun, 12 Aug 2007 09:27:13 +0000 http://www.j2fi.net/2007/08/12/site-back-up/#comment-315 Welcome back! On a similar note to your mention of Google SERPs, my sites went offline a couple of weeks ago, just for a few hours, but I got an email from TextLinkAds informing me that their "bot" was unable to detect the ads on my page and so the ads had been temporarily pulled. Fortunately, after the site was back online and I had emailed TLA, they restored the ads. Phew. Welcome back! On a similar note to your mention of Google SERPs, my sites went offline a couple of weeks ago, just for a few hours, but I got an email from TextLinkAds informing me that their “bot” was unable to detect the ads on my page and so the ads had been temporarily pulled.

Fortunately, after the site was back online and I had emailed TLA, they restored the ads. Phew.

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