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Optimise your website for a crowded internet

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Jelle Kalkman - 1 May 2020

Especially now, with a lot of people working from home, the internet can get a bit overloaded. However, you still want your website to load fast because increased loading times have a negative effect on your bounce rate. In this blog, we discuss some tools and techniques to speed up your site and to reduce the network impact of your website on the internet.

Does your website need HTTPS?

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Jelle De Laender - 31 March 2020

What is HTTPS and why is it important? A lot of people think that HTTPS only adds value if your website is a bank tool or if it contains sensitive data. Don't be fooled. HTTPS should be enabled on all websites. That means that you need it, too. Why? Read all about it in this article.

Wij waken gratis over je website tot de coronacrisis voorbij is

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Jelle De Laender - 24 March 2020

Om ondernemingen die getroffen zijn door de coronacrisis te ondersteunen bieden we Semonto gratis 4 maanden aan. We houden de webshop nauwlettend in de gaten en verwittigen bij de eerste problemen, zodat de ondernemer zich kan focussen op zijn bedrijf.

We will watch your website for free while you are fighting the corona crisis

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Jelle De Laender - 24 March 2020

We want to support other companies that are affected by the coronacrisis by offering Semonto for free for 4 months. Together we are stronger.

Now is the time to improve your online presence

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Kathy Salden - 16 March 2020

All entrepreneurs are feeling the impact of the coronavirus. Your online presence is more important than ever. Find out what you can do today.

New feature: Manage your teams in Semonto

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Jelle Kalkman - 09 March 2020

We added a feature that allows you to give your team members access to your Semonto account without having to share your own login and password.

What we can learn from LinkedIn's downtime

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Kathy Salden - 11 February 2020

Last January, LinkedIn was down for three hours, and users were anxiously waiting for updates. What can we learn from this incident? Find out in this blog.

The SEO impact of downtime and how to avoid it

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Kathy Salden - 14 January 2020

Will technical problems affect your position in Google? Is downtime bad for your SEO? Discover how downtime affects your search ranking.

What to do if your website is down

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Jelle De Laender - 10 December 2019

Is your website down? There are some things you can do to figure out what is going on. In this blog, we will take you through the process step by step.

We have improved the lay-out of your uptime reports

Screenshot of the new uptime reports

Kathy Salden - 26 November 2019

Every month, we send you an overview of the sites you are monitoring with Semonto. From now on, for a better readability of the report we will organize monitors by group and add a performance preview for each monitor.

7 ways to prepare your website for Black Friday and Cyber Monday

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Jelle De Laender - 25 November 2019

Can your website handle the Black Friday and Cyber Monday madness? With this checklist, your website is ready for a possible peak in traffic.

Introduction of contact groups in Semonto Supervisor

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Jelle Kalkman - 15 October 2019

We made some major changes to how to configure how Semonto warns you when issues arise. These configurations are now much easier to reuse and adapt for multiple monitors and pulsechecks.

Digital Marketer & Copywriter Wanted

Jelle De Laender - 13 September 2019

Are you a native Dutch speaking freelancer, your English is fluent and you have an affinity with ICT? You might be the Copywriter/Digital Marketeer we are looking for to apply your expertise for our Semonto service.

The World Wide Web is 30 years old

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Jelle De Laender - 12 March 2019

The World Wide Web is 30 years old today and has become unmissable by most people.

New release: Added logs and improved test details

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Jelle Kalkman - 16 February 2019

With this version we added logs to the uptime reports and improved the details of individual test results.

12★apps Christmas Special

Jelle De Laender - 26 December 2018

Semonto takes part in the 12★apps Christmas Special.

Improved user experience, onboarding and more

A mockup of Semonto Supervisor on a mobile phone and a tablet

Jelle Kalkman - 18 December 2018

We are happy to announce that we released a new version of Supervisor where we improved the user experience on multiple parts.

Black Friday / Cyber Monday!

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Jelle De Laender - 22 November 2018

Black Friday / Cyber Monday! 20% discount on Semonto.com until 29 November 2018!

Improved status pages

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Jelle Kalkman - 30 October 2018

We are happy to announce a new version of Supervisor with improved status pages.