![\"The](\"/img/blog_2018_12starsapps.jpg\")
Semonto takes part in the 12★apps Christmas Special, \nthe most-awaited promo of the year! This gives you the opportunity for a discount of 35% on any purchase within Semonto.
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Also check out the other apps made in the European Union by independent developers on 12starapps.eu
\nBest Wishes for 2019!
\n", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/2018-12starapps", "summary": "Semonto takes part in the 12★apps Christmas Special.", "image": "https://semonto.com/img/blog_2018_12starsapps--overview.jpg", "date_modified": "2018-12-26T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Jelle De Laender", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/author/jelle-de-laender" } }, { "id": "https://semonto.com/blog/2018-blackfriday", "content_html": "To celebrate Cyber Monday and to take part in the Black Friday party we offer a \ndiscount of 20% on any purchase on semonto.com.\n
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\nThe discount code is 'blackfriday'.
![\"Relaxed](\"/img/blog_2018_blackfriday.jpg\")
Happy monitoring!\n
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\nThe Semonto team.
As 2020 is almost over: It's time to look back.
\nWe had a great start of the year, moving from Ghent into a new office in Antwerp\nin January 2020. Feel free to stop by for some coffee if you are nearby and once the pandemic is completely over.
\nIn March, we introduced team support for Semonto.\nYou can now easily invite your colleagues to your Semonto account without having to share your credentials.\nThe current version covers the basics. We will later improve this further by adding different roles and more.
\nIn the same month, the pandemic hit Belgium, resulting in a series of lockdowns. We tried to help out by\nsharing our tips and tricks\nfor working remotely. We also ran a campaign allowing businesses who were affected to temporarily use Semonto for free.
\nIn June, we redesigned our status pages\nYou can now link to your website from your status page and upload your logo.\nWe have more improvements in the pipeline. We also redesigned our alerting emails\nand improved the user experience so that you can see the affected servers instantly.
\nWe also released more extended HTTPS and SSL monitoring\nSemonto is now checking your SSL certificates more deeply, is checking them against revocation lists,\nwill warn you when the certificate is about to expire and is validating the chain.\nAnything to be sure that your website is fully secure and covered.
\nIn August, we had an open position for an online marketeer, which we filled in September 2020. The Semonto team is growing.
\n![\"Mockup](\"/img/android-app__monitors.jpg\")
We released an Android version of our mobile application in October 2020.\nThis application allows you to quickly check the status of your websites, and get free push notifications and alerts in case there are issues with your websites.
\nMost people's email inboxes are already flooded, and tons of social applications are constantly sending push notifications.\nThat is why in November, we introduced a new way to be alerted when critical servers or websites are down:\nWe added old school phone support\nWhen your server is having issues, Semonto will ring your phone.\nThis alert method is the perfect way to ensure that important messages do not get lost in the noise.
\nIn November, we also changed our pricing model\nWe went from an old pre-paid model based on the maximum number of tests per hour,\nto a more user-friendly subscription system based on the number of servers and features,\nto ensure that we have a match for every user of Semonto.
\nAt the end of 2020, we added free public tools to our website. You can now easily enter a URL and our\nWebsite Reachability Tester will check the connection\nof the website from multiple locations.\nWe also have a public HTTPS/SSL Certificate checker which you\ncan use to quickly validate a certificate of a website, e.g. to verify whether your changes went live successfully.
\nDuring the year, we also had some interesting stories on our blog:
\nWe also heavily tweaked Supervisor, the dashboard of Semonto, and simplified all flows to improve the user experience.\nWe do love feedback, so if you have more feedback, please get in touch
\nAs you can see: 2020 was pretty busy for us.\nWe cannot wait until we can tell you what we are working on for 2021.\nWe have quite some nice features in the pipeline. Stay tuned for more info.
\nIn case you are not using Semonto to monitor the uptime of your website,\nor to get informed instantly when your website is having issues loading,\nfeel free to sign up for the free trial of Semonto and get started with a few clicks.
\n", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/2020-recap", "summary": "2020 was crazy. Want to know what we have been up to this year? Read all about it our 2020 wrap-up blog post.", "image": "https://semonto.com/img/2020-recap.png", "date_modified": "2020-12-21T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Jelle De Laender", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/author/jelle-de-laender" } }, { "id": "https://semonto.com/blog/2022-recap", "content_html": "Time flies, it’s already 2023. Time to look back at 2022 and all the things that happened at Semonto.
\nFirst a quick recap of how we did end 2021: Late 2021, we released our Android application, and we added two features: We added a search bar that searches deeply in Semonto, so you can easily navigate and find back your website monitor, status page or notification settings.\nNotification groups can also be marked as default alert settings, so any new monitor will be linked to those settings and ensure you are alerted when your website goes down.
\nBefore diving into what happened in 2022, thank you for your feedback and suggestions. We really love feedback,\nand evaluate all suggestions.
\n![\"Notifications](\"/img/new-improved-notification-settings-per-feature.png\")
We made quite some changes to the notification options of Semonto.
\nFirstly, you can now define how you want to be notified for each monitoring feature of Semonto.\nFor example, you can get technical issues like website reachability issues or the TLS certificate\nto your IT department and get notifications about broken links and mixed content in the inbox of your content manager.\nMore info at our announcement blog article.
\nSecondly, we added Slack notifications.\nYou can quickly inform your team of issues via Slack without adding noise to email inboxes.
\nThirdly, we added test buttons so that you can quickly test your notification settings,\nand verify if the Slack integration or voice messages are working.
\nLastly, and most major improvement, just released before Christmas:\nAllowed Downtime. Semonto sends an alert as soon as we detect issues with your websites. We always verify the issue\nfrom multiple locations to avoid false positives. Some incidents can be short living, for example, a proxy server\nthat is restarting making your website shortly unavailable. Semonto will still detect such issues and be visible in our uptime reports. However, you can now configure only to be notified if an incident\nis happening for more than a given period of time. Avoiding notifications for short incidents and flooding your inbox.
\nThis also allows you to set an escalation system: If an issue happens for 5 minutes, email the first line of developers. If the issue is happening for more than 1 hour, notify the lead engineers. For incidents running more than 2 hours, notify the CTO, for example. All possible out of the box with Semonto now.
\n![\"Reporting](\"/img/how-to-create-a-website-audit-report__1.png\")
Another exciting feature introduced in 2022: Performance reports in PDF format.\nYou can now generate a PDF report containing a history of the performance of your website over a given period.\nIncluding the reachability and uptime data, but also an overview of all broken links, mixed content and more.\nReady to share with your customers. More info at the feature page of performance reports.
\n![\"Redesign](\"/img/what-do-you-think-of-semontos-redesign__view-new.png\")
We are sure you noticed, but we did release\na rehaul of the interface of Semonto.\nWe hope you like it and find it more user-friendly and easier to use Semonto. As said, all feedback is welcome!
\nWe also added\na timeline of the history of the broken links and mixed content tests.\nThis helps to check if the number of broken links or occurrences of mixed content decreases to zero and under control.
\nWe also wrote quite some blog articles on our blog with use cases and best practices. Quick overview:
\nAs you can read, 2022 was a pretty big year. 2023 won't be different.\nToday, we did release a redesign of our broken links and mixed content.\nMore info later about this. Feel free to check it out already!
\nAs said, we do love feedback, so if you have more feedback, please get in touch
\nPS: You can subscribe to our newsletter to be the first to learn about more releases.
\nPS2: Need to monitor your website? Feel free to sign up for the free trial of Semonto, get started with a few clicks, and be informed instantly on your website health status.
\n", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/2022-recap", "summary": "2022 in a nutshell. What happened at Semonto last year.", "image": "https://semonto.com/img/2022-recap.png", "date_modified": "2023-01-02T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Jelle De Laender", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/author/jelle-de-laender" } }, { "id": "https://semonto.com/blog/2023-recap", "content_html": "In the last week of 2023, we love to take a moment to look back at everything \nthat happened this year. 2023 was a busy year. We released some awesome features \nand changes:
\nIn February 2023, we announced our PDF Performance report. \nIt’s our feature where users receive a visually appealing, printable PDF \nreport via email, summarizing uptime, broken links, and mixed content. We also \nimproved our SSL feature. We got requests to add a setting to send a \nnotification when Semonto detects a new TLS/SSL certificate. \nThis feature is disabled by default but available for everyone.
\nBesides the PDF Performance report, the biggest release is the introduction \nof server health monitoring. The server health monitoring was released only \na few months ago. Where our website monitoring checks your websites from a \nwebsite visitor's point of view and validates the reachability, if all links \nand images are working, the SSL certificate is OK and not about to expire, \nand more, the server health monitoring is taking a different approach. Here, \nwe’ll ask for a health endpoint on your server to get a better insight into \nthe technical health of your server and website. Think about server \nperformance, databases, memory usage and more. More info is on our \nfeature page and \nblog post. More changes are in the \npipeline, so stay tuned.
\nFor a more detailed list of what was released in 2023, it’s best to check \nour changelog. \nThe list is quite long, from new locations in India, up to an improved \nkeyword and content check, export options and more.
\nWe love to be in touch with people using Semonto on a daily base. In 2023, \nwe interviewed MindMe \nand Decomundo \non how Semonto helps them. We also wrote about the benefits of Semonto \nfor SEO consultants. Check it out here.
\nDid you know that our current notification system can be used to configure \nan advanced escalation system? Especially via the “allowed downtime” feature. \nBe informed via different methods like phone calls, webhooks, and Slack \nchannels, or define who needs to be notified based on how long the incident \nis happening. More info in this blog.
\nGoogle Search Console also lists broken links but from a different angle \nthan Semonto. We wrote a specific blog post \nto indicate the differences and why you should not only rely on the broken \nlinks found by GSC.
\nOne of our developers also made a blog about his \n7 tips and tricks \nto keep websites performant.
\nWe still have a fun roadmap defined. We didn’t manage to finish everything we \nwanted for this year; quite a lot is still in the pipeline and will be \nannounced in the upcoming months. We cannot share many details yet. We \nare excited for 2024. Feel free to keep an eye on our blog or subscribe \nto our newsletter to be the first to know about our next changes.
\n", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/2023-recap", "summary": "In the last week of 2023, we love to take a moment to look back at everything that happened this year.", "image": "https://semonto.com/img/2023-recap.png", "date_modified": "2023-12-29T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Jelle De Laender", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/author/jelle-de-laender" } }, { "id": "https://semonto.com/blog/3-monitoring-hacks-for-website-developers", "content_html": "![\"Ivo](\"https://semonto.com/img/ivo-boeykens-akapivo.jpg\")
Ivo Boeykens originally graduated in product development but quickly\nrealized that his true passion was in web development. After taking\nadditional courses in graphic design, PHP and HTML, he became an AS3\ndeveloper, creating Flash banners and ads for his clients. Later he\nstarted focusing more on website design, more specifically in Drupal.\nToday, with his company Akapivo, he creates custom Drupal-based websites\nfor a range of different clients. "I like projects that are challenging,"\nhe explains. "For example, websites that require very specific workflows,\nfunctionalities or user privileges. That's why I like Drupal. It's\nendlessly customizable.
Ivo: "If you create or maintain websites for clients, monitoring is\ncrucial. The more websites you manage, the more important it is to have\nan external tool to help you watch over them. For example, I don't just\nbuild websites; I also offer maintenance plans. Monitoring helps me stay\non top of all the websites that I am maintaining. Whenever there is a\nsecurity or uptime issue, I receive a notification so that I can resolve\nthe problem before my clients are affected."
\nIvo: "When a website goes down, there is not always something you\ncan do, but open communication with your customer can make all the difference.\nIt just doesn't seem professional when a client calls you to say that their\nwebsite is down, and you were not aware. Now I can say, "Yes, I noticed that\nyour website was down at 2 PM, but at 2:05 PM, the issue was resolved." Even\nif you cannot solve the problem because the cause is external, the customer's\nconfidence in you increases enormously if you can demonstrate that you know\nthe time, cause and duration of the incident."
\nIvo: "One hack I use is to create status pages to compare different\nhosting parties. As you know, the hosting landscape is a jungle: there\nare so many national and international players to choose from. And there\nreally is no correct answer to the question "Who is the best web hosting\nprovider"? That depends on the needs of the customer: Is it a big\nwebsite or a small one? Do they need a test environment to preview changes\nbefore they go live? And so on. That is why I do not work with one hosting\nprovider but with several. So for each project, I select the hosting partner\nthat is most suitable. And Semonto helps me to monitor and compare their\nperformance. I have created a status page per host containing all websites\nhosted by that party. So, if there is a problem with a customer website,\nand it affects all customers using that same hosting, I immediately know\nwho's responsible. Then I can inform those customers in a targeted way and\nperhaps even decide to stop working with that hosting provider."
\nI also use required content monitoring to follow up on the migration of a\nparticular website. Say, for example, that one of my customers is migrating\nto a new website, but I want to know precisely when that happens. Then I\nenter a phrase from the footer that I know will not appear on the new website\nand create a monitor for it. The moment the new website is up, the phrase is\nno longer visible, and I receive an alert. Otherwise, I would be totally\nunaware of this change happening. Now, Semonto lets me know instantly.
\nObviously, I use uptime monitoring to know when one of the websites I created\nis having problems. But I also use it for something else. You see, what I have\non my screen is not always what my customers see. A website can be available\nto me due to DNS caching but inaccessible to someone else who has never been\nto the website. That is why I use an uptime monitor to check my websites from\ndifferent locations worldwide. It lets me know objectively whether they are\nreachable.
\nIvo: "I used to check everything manually, which took up a lot of my time.\nThen I tried New Relic for a while because it was included in a hosting package\nI was using. The downside to that was that I could only monitor websites that\nwere hosted by that partner. Semonto allows you to independently monitor anything\nyou want: your website, but also that of competitors or clients. Besides,\nthe New Relic dashboard was a bit of overkill. I simply did not need all those\ncomplicated settings. Semonto is straightforward to use. I also enjoy the push\nnotifications. I have connected Semonto to my Apple Watch. Now I have everything\nI need on my wrist. One of the first things I do when I launch a new website is\nconnect it to Semonto. I use tags to keep a clean overview. I can sort my\nwebsites by CMS, customer, hosting, etcetera. Semonto is one of those things\nthat you never realized you needed until you have it. And now I wouldn't want\nto go without. It gives me peace of mind, knowing that all my websites are\nregularly being checked upon."
\nSemonto really is a great tool for everyone who manages multiple websites. But\ndon't take our word for it. Don't even take Ivo's word. Find out for yourself\nhow monitoring your websites with Semonto saves you time, eases your mind,\nreduces your workload and keeps your customers happy.\nStart your 30-day free trial
\n", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/3-monitoring-hacks-for-website-developers", "summary": "Discover in this article how web developer Ivo uses monitoring hacks to keep an eye on the websites he builds for his clients.", "image": "https://semonto.com/img/3-monitoring-hacks-for-website-developers.jpg", "date_modified": "2021-05-19T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Jelle De Laender", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/author/jelle-de-laender" } }, { "id": "https://semonto.com/blog/4-content-monitoring-hacks-to-save-time", "content_html": "How much time do you spend each day surfing websites ‘just to check something’? What if we told\nyou that we have a tool that can do the checking for you? Presenting: required content\nmonitoring, a hack that will save you hours. Here are some ways you can use it:
\nWeb developers or web agencies like to put their credits in the footer of the websites they have\ncreated for their clients. But how can you be confident that your name is not removed by your\nclient afterwards? Put up a content monitor, and you will get an alert if your name is missing.
\nOnline marketers track certain events on a website, for example, how many times a contact\ntelephone number was clicked. But what if someone changes the phone number halfway through\nthe campaign? Your stats are ruined! Enter any other important piece of data that should not\nbe altered on your landing page as required content. Then you will be notified of any changes.
\nSemonto already notifies you when your website is down. But what if your website is not down\nbut simply showing a blank page? This sometimes happens due to a server issue, like a\nconfiguration error, unreachable database or an overloaded server. Enter a word that is visible\non your page at all times, such as your company name. If that text is not visible for some\nreason, you will receive a notification from Semonto.
\nImagine that you collaborated on a website project, but you are not responsible for the migration\nfrom the old to the new website. This is often the case for marketers, copywriters, photographers,\nand designers. You still want to see the end result live, right? Instead of visiting the website\nevery day and hitting refresh every five minutes, create a content monitor. Enter a word or\nphrase you know will appear on the new website but not on the old one as required content. When\nSemonto finds the new phrase on the web page, you will be notified.
\nThese are just a few examples of how you can use content checks to save time. Please don't\nhesitate to experiment and let us know if you have discovered a new hack! This is how you create\na content check in Semonto.
\nGo to semonto.comand log in. Create a free trial if you\ndo not have an account yet.
\nClick “add a website” and enter the URL of the page you would like to watch. Be specific:\nSemonto will only scan the content on that page, not the entire website. Click “Create monitor”.
\nSelect “monitors” and click on the monitor you have just created. Under “Reachability”, select\n“Configure reachability test”. Under “Content tests”, you can add the words you should always\nor never appear on the page. Otherwise, you will receive an e-mail.
\nWe always love hearing from our community, so please let us know if you have tried this feature.\nDid you use it for something else entirely? Let us know, so we can feature your hack in the next\nepisode.
\n", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/4-content-monitoring-hacks-to-save-time", "summary": "How much time do you spend each day surfing websites ‘just to check something’? What if we told you that we have a tool that can check for words and phrases on websites? Presenting: required content monitoring, a hack that will save you hours. Discover in this blog how you can use it to your benefit.", "image": "https://semonto.com/img/4-content-monitoring-hacks-to-save-time.png", "date_modified": "2022-02-24T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Jelle Kalkman", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/author/jelle-kalkman" } }, { "id": "https://semonto.com/blog/4-free-tools-to-check-the-health-of-your-website", "content_html": "With our free reachability checker, you find out whether your website is down\nfor everyone or just you. If you cannot load your website, enter the URL here,\nand we will check its reachability from multiple locations around the world.\nIt helps you understand whether you are dealing with a local problem or not.\nWe will also give you any information we can find about the downtime. For\nexample, we provide the HTTP status code, which can help you to further narrow\ndown what the cause of the downtime is.
\nCheck the reachability of your website here
\nA website should be protected with an HTTPS certificate to make sure that the\nconnection is secure. When you purchase a website, this protection should\nalready be in place. But like every certificate, the certificate protecting\nyour website has an expiration date. If your HTTPS certificate is generated\nmanually, it will need to be renewed and replaced in time. Certificates can\nalso be managed automatically, but just like any computer program, an error\ncan result in a failed renewal of the certificate. In other words: you\ncould already be dealing with an expired certificate, meaning that your web\nconnection is no longer sufficiently protected. Browsers will notice this and\nflag your website as not-secure with a warning message, affecting your SEO\nranking and online reputation. With our free HTTPS checker, you can check whether\nyour HTTPS (also called SSL) certificate is still valid, who issued it and at\nwhich date it should be renewed.
\nCheck the HTTPS certificate of your website for free
\nThere is one more thing that can jeopardize the security of your website’s connection,\neven if you have a valid HTTPS certificate in place. That threat is called mixed\ncontent. When you pull resources (think about images, files, videos, Javascript and\nCSS) over a non-secure connection (HTTP instead of HTTPS), you undermine your own\nHTTPS certificate. We call this mixed content because you are mixing up HTTP and\nHTTPS. These things happen by accident, and you are usually not aware when it occurs.\nWith our free mixed content checker, you can identify all the cases of mixed content\non your website and correct them before any harm is done.
\nCheck your website for mixed content for free
\nA website is a living organism in the sense that it gets updated regularly. But with\nevery change, a link can accidentally get broken. Over time, every website inevitably\naccumulates a number of broken links. Most people are not aware of them. But every\nbroken link is a page that does not work and therefore returns an error message. The\nmore broken links you have, the less satisfied your visitors are. And not just your\nvisitors: Google as well. Search engines penalize websites with many broken\nlinks by dropping them to a lower position in the search results. With our free broken\nlink checker, you find out exactly how many broken links you have on your website and\nwhere, so you can fix them.
\nCheck your website for broken links here
\nWhile these free tools allow you to see your website's current status, a paid\nsubscription of Semonto enables you to monitor your website 24/7. The difference can\nbe compared to giving your car a check-up once at the garage versus having an\nintelligent dashboard in your car informing you in real-time when you need to change\nyour tire or oil. For your website, this means that you are alerted automatically\nwhen your website is offline or slow to respond, when your HTTPS certificate expires,\nand when mixed content or broken links are detected, so you can fix the issues\nimmediately before they can do any harm. With Semonto, you get access to all the tools\nmentioned in this article and many more. Why not create a free trial? You can get\nstarted without entering your credit card details and there is no automatic extension\nof your trial. Get started today and enjoy the feeling of complete control and peace\nof mind. Semonto has your back!
\n", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/4-free-tools-to-check-the-health-of-your-website", "summary": "Use our 4 free tools to check the technical health of your website. Check the uptime, broken links, HTTPS certificate and mixed content instantly and free.", "image": "https://semonto.com/img/blog-tools.png", "date_modified": "2021-04-19T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Jelle De Laender", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/author/jelle-de-laender" } }, { "id": "https://semonto.com/blog/4-more-content-monitoring-hacks-in-semonto", "content_html": "Want to get your hands on the newest iPhone as soon as it is released? Are you waiting\nfor a book or concert tickets to come out? Semonto can watch the sales page for you and\nnotify you when the availability switches from ‘coming soon’ to ‘available’.
\nSometimes you want to scan for words that should not be on a website. So instead of\nscanning for required content, you are scanning for forbidden content. For example, you\ncan ask Semonto to notify you when your webshop shows the phrase ‘out of stock’.
\nSometimes hackers replace the content\non your web page with their own content. Is your industry vulnerable to such attacks?\nThen you can use a content check to get notified when your company name or a certain\nphrase no longer appears on your home page.
\nIs there a company that you would love to work for? Why not monitor their job page? For\nexample, you can create an alert that tells you when your function title is added to\nthe list of requested profiles.
\nThese are just a few examples of how you can use content checks to save time. Please\ndon't hesitate to experiment and let us know if you have discovered a new hack! This\nis how you create a content check in Semonto.
\nGo to semonto.com semonto.com and log in. Create a free trial\nif you do not have an account yet.
\nClick “add a website” and enter the URL of the page you would like to watch. Be specific:\nSemonto will only scan the content on that page, not the entire website. Click “Create monitor”.
\nSelect “monitors” and click on the monitor you have just created. Under “Reachability”,\nselect “Configure reachability test”. Under “Content tests”, you can add the words you\nshould always or never appear on the page. Otherwise, you will receive an e-mail.
\nWe always love hearing from our community, so please let us know if you have tried\nthis feature.
\n", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/4-more-content-monitoring-hacks-in-semonto", "summary": "In our previous blog post, we showed you how Semonto can watch for certain phrases on web pages. In part 2, we give you even more time-saving hacks using this content monitoring feature.", "image": "https://semonto.com/img/4-more-content-monitoring-hacks-in-semonto.png", "date_modified": "2022-03-24T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Jelle Kalkman", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/author/jelle-kalkman" } }, { "id": "https://semonto.com/blog/4-ways-to-reduce-notifications-when-monitoring-your-website", "content_html": "The first step in reducing the number of notifications is to set thresholds. Instead of \ngetting alerted every time there's a minor issue, you can change the settings to receive \na notification only when an issue is not resolved within a specific timeframe. For example: \n‘only notify me of issues that last longer than 5 minutes’. This way, you’re alerted of \ngenuine problems rather than every minor hiccup.
\nHow to do this in Semonto: \nGo to Notifications, select a notification and scroll down to Notification threshold in \nthe General section.
\n![\"Notificaton](\"/img/4-ways-to-reduce-notifications-when-monitoring-your-website__notifications-threshold.png\")
\n\nAn escalation system allows you to prioritize your notifications based on the severity of \nthe issue. For instance, you can set up your system to notify your IT team of minor issues \nwhile escalating major problems to the management team if they aren’t resolved promptly. \nThis reduces the number of notifications for less critical issues and ensures that the most \nsevere issues get the attention they deserve.
\nHow to do this in Semonto: \nSelect Notifications. Create multiple notifications by clicking Add Notification and give \neach of them a name for internal use. For each one, you can decide when notifications are \ntriggered, the notification channels and receivers and the websites this notification applies \nto. Read more about creating escalation systems \nin this article.
\n![\"Contact](\"/img/4-ways-to-reduce-notifications-when-monitoring-your-website__escalation-system.png\")
\n\nImagine that you have 250 websites running on the same server. Then, you could receive 250 \nnotifications if the server goes down. Instead, consider monitoring the server instead of \nthe websites. By focusing on the server's health, you can catch issues that affect all your \nwebsites at once rather than receiving multiple alerts for essentially the same problem.
\nHow to do this in Semonto: \nRead more about server health monitoring.
\n![\"Server](\"/img/4-ways-to-reduce-notifications-when-monitoring-your-website__server-monitoring.png\")
\n\nMaybe you want to monitor the performance of your website or server, but you don’t need to \nbe notified immediately of each issue. In that case, receiving a monthly uptime report by e-mail \ncould be enough. That’s why you can switch off notifications. The tests will still be performed, \nbut you won’t receive any real-time alerting.
\nHow to do this in Semonto: \nGo to Notifications and turn off the “Notifications are enabled” switch.
\n![\"Disabled](\"/img/4-ways-to-reduce-notifications-when-monitoring-your-website__disabled-notifications.png\")
\n\nEven though you can use the “disable” switch for planned maintenance, we plan to take it one \nstep further. We are creating a new setting that allows you to specify certain days and/or hours \nyou do not want to be alerted. For example, if you always update your servers at midnight, you \ncan tell Semonto not to send you any alerts between midnight and 1 AM. Semonto will notify you \nof any incidents that have started within the silent window and remain unresolved, so you will \nnot miss an outage!
\nReducing the number of notifications you receive doesn’t mean compromising your website’s security \nor performance. By setting up your monitoring system smartly, you can ensure you’re alerted only to \nissues that truly matter, allowing you to maintain focus and address problems efficiently. Need any \nhelp with that? Feel free to reach out. We love to help you get the \nmost out of Semonto.
\n", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/4-ways-to-reduce-notifications-when-monitoring-your-website", "summary": "If you receive too many notifications, you will start to ignore them. Here are 4 strategies to help you receive fewer—but better—notifications when monitoring your website.", "image": "https://semonto.com/img/4-ways-to-reduce-notifications-when-monitoring-your-website.png", "date_modified": "2024-10-31T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Jelle De Laender", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/author/jelle-de-laender" } }, { "id": "https://semonto.com/blog/5-reasons-to-use-semonto-as-an-seo-consultant", "content_html": "Most people know Semonto as an uptime monitoring tool used primarily by web developers and IT experts. But more and more marketing professionals are also discovering the benefits of website monitoring. Find out how Semonto can save you time as an SEO consultant.
\nDiscovering and resolving broken links can be challenging, often involving complex reports from tools like Screaming Frog or \nincomplete information from Google Search Console.\nSemonto simplifies this process by providing a comprehensive list of all broken links and sending you immediate alerts when a new broken link pops up. You can easily share the complete list of found broken links with your web development team to fix the issues.
\n![\"Broken](\"/img/monitoring-for-content-managers__broken-links.png\")
With Semonto, you do not have to wait until crawlers have returned to your website to see the impact of your changes. Semonto allows you to retest your website every five minutes or less, depending on your settings. We also have a retest button enabling you to add your website to the testing queue immediately.
\n![\"Reachability](\"/img/monitoring-for-seo__retest.png\")
“So, what did you do exactly?” It’s a question that clients often ask, especially after receiving your invoice. Semonto also offers a monthly PDF showing a website's performance for a certain period. This feature allows you to present visually appealing reports to your clients. Showing them the 'before and after' results demonstrates your value and strengthens your position as a reliable SEO partner.
\n![\"Part](\"/img/monitoring-for-seo__pdf-report.png\")
Security is another SEO factor that many consultants overlook. Security certificates are supposed to renew in time, but plenty of things can go wrong with that. Semonto prevents HTTPS issues by alerting you when your security certificate is about to expire, giving your client enough time to renew it and avoid potential website blocking or flagging.
\n![\"A](\"/img/connection-not-private-warning.png\")
The reliability of your hosting can impact user experience, so it should be part of your SEO audit. But how do you know if the hosting is slow or frequently down if you aren't monitoring it? Semonto notifies you of any issues and sends you your monthly uptime percentage, so you can recommend your client to switch to a better hosting partner if needed.
\n![\"An](\"/img/monitoring-for-seo__uptime-report.png\")
Semonto has a tight-knit community of users that keep us informed and regularly send us feature requests. They help us to create a tool that you love! So don’t hesitate to send us your feedback if you are already a user of Semonto, and create a free trial to get started if you are new to this platform. We love to hear from you. Happy monitoring!
\n", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/5-reasons-to-use-semonto-as-an-seo-consultant", "summary": "More and more marketing professionals are discovering the benefits of website monitoring. Find out how Semonto can save you time as an SEO consultant.", "image": "https://semonto.com/img/src/img/5-reasons-to-use-semonto-as-an-seo-consultant.jpg", "date_modified": "2023-04-19T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Kathy Salden", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/author/kathy-salden" } }, { "id": "https://semonto.com/blog/5-reasons-web-developers-use-semonto-to-find-broken-links", "content_html": "As a developer, you may build many websites over the years. After \ncompletion, you could leave it up to your clients to maintain the \ntechnical side. But these creations are part of your portfolio, \noften even mentioned on your website. If you want them to stay \nhealthy, you better stay involved.
\nWhen clients update a website, they sometimes break a link by mistyping \na URL or by deleting a resource. Letting your customers know that you \nare watching over their website builds trust.
\nIf you are charging customers a fee for monthly maintenance and use \nSemonto, you can actually give them something tangible in return: \na monthly status report showing uptime, broken links, HTTPS certificate \nstatus and identified mixed content. So let’s have a closer look at the \nbroken link monitoring to see what makes Semonto better than any other \nbroken link checker out there.
\nSemonto is tailored to the needs of web development professionals and \noffers some advantages that you cannot find anywhere else:
\nAs a developer, you probably have a long list of websites that you are \nmonitoring. You do not want to lose time figuring out which broken links \nare critical and which are of minor importance. Semonto does this \nclassification for you, with easy colour tags.
\nMost broken link checkers will only look for broken links when you manually \nactivate a scan. They will not monitor for broken links 24/7 and will certainly \nnever e-mail you to let you know that broken links have been identified. \nEven Google Search Console can take weeks before crawling your website. Semonto \nkeeps an eye on all your websites all the time and notifies you immediately \nwhen a link breaks.
\nNo need to give clients access to your monitoring tool to keep them in the \nloop. Semonto allows you to export the detailed broken link report. You can \nshare it with your team or to send it to the person responsible for website \nmaintenance. Available formats are CSV, Excel and JSON.
\nDo you want to do a retest after you have fixed the broken links to ensure \nthat you haven’t missed any? Click ‘scan again’ to perform a real-time check.
\nNot only does Semonto scan for all kinds of broken links, but the dashboard \nalso shows which ones are internal and which ones are external. If you only \nwant to see the internal links, you can use the filter.
\nWe Semonto you don't need to combine different tools to get the full picture. \nBroken links, mixed content, expired SSL certificates, uptime results: \neverything is getting monitored by the same user-friendly tool also all the \nresults appear in one easy dashboard. For web professionals, this is a true \n time saver.
\nIf you want a process-level framework to combine with these feature benefits, see\nHow to Monitor Broken Links: 12 SEO Best Practices (2026).
\nWant to give our broken link monitor a try? Head over to Semonto, enable \nbroken link monitoring for your websites and get started! Check out our \nhow-to pages if you need more detailed instructions. Is there anything you \nwould like to add or improve? Let us know! We love getting feedback.
\n", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/5-reasons-web-developers-use-semonto-to-find-broken-links", "summary": "Find out why broken links matter to web developers and why Semonto is better than other broken link checkers out there.", "image": "https://semonto.com/img/5-reasons-web-developers-use-semonto-to-find-broken-links.png", "date_modified": "2021-10-14T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Jelle De Laender", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/author/jelle-de-laender" } }, { "id": "https://semonto.com/blog/6-ways-to-improve-your-404-page", "content_html": "By default, a 404 page is quite boring and empty. It’s generated by the web server software.\nIf you do not tweak it yourself, it will look something like this: \nThis article is part of The ultimate guide to 404 pages.
\nApache 404 page:
\n![\"The](\"/img/6-ways-to-improve-your-404-page__apache-404-page.png\")
\n\nTomcat 404 page:
\n![\"The](\"/img/6-ways-to-improve-your-404-page__tomcat-404-page.png\")
\n\nNginx 404 page:
\n![\"The](\"/img/6-ways-to-improve-your-404-page__nginx-404-page.png\")
\n\nAs you can see from the examples, there are plenty of ways to make your 404 page better. You can \nmake it fit your branding, improve the copywriting, and make several usability improvements to \nlower your web visitors’ frustration. We have made a list of 6 thinks you can immediately implement \nto make your 404 page stand out.
\nLet’s start with the basics. The least you want to do is make the page look like the rest of your web \npages. In other words, you want to apply your own branding. This can be done via a config setting of \nyour web server and can often be set via a .htaccess file. If you do not have the skills to do this \nyourself, ask the web developer who built your website.
For example, this is the Google 404 page:
\n![\"The](\"/img/6-ways-to-improve-your-404-page__google-404-page.png\")
\n\nNot everyone knows what HTTP 404 means, so you can help your visitors understand what they are looking \nat by adding easy-to-understand language.
\nPossible HTTP 404 messages that you can use are:
\n![\"The](\"/img/6-ways-to-improve-your-404-page__lego-404-page.png\")
\n\nSome people make their HTTP 404 page entertaining by adding a cool quote or a striking visual. This can \nbe a great way to apply your branding in a non-obvious way. Warning: do this only if it fits your company \nculture. If your organisation is very serious and official, a crazy 404 page could come across as inappropriate \nor inauthentic.
\n![\"The](\"/img/6-ways-to-improve-your-404-page__pixar-404-page.png\")
\n\nMaking a 404 page look good is nice, but it does not solve the problem that your visitors are facing: they \nare looking for a web page and cannot find it. So if you really want to do them a service, you help them find \ntheir way. A way to be helpful is by directing them to pages that might be of value to them.
\nLinks that you could add to your 404 page:
\nThis is how Sketch is doing it:
\n![\"The](\"/img/6-ways-to-improve-your-404-page__sketch-404-page.png\")
\n\nIf your website has a search feature, why not include a search bar on your 404 page, so the website visitor \ncan try to find what he was really looking for and continue his journey on your website.
\nThis is how Wordpress.org is handles their 404 page:
\n![\"The](\"/img/6-ways-to-improve-your-404-page__wordpress-404-page.png\")
\n\nThe benefit of having a custom 404 page, is that you know which page or URL the user originally tried to \nrequest. Taking the name of the requested page into account, you can pre-fill the search bar, perform a \nsearch operation, and show the results. This saves the user an extra click.
\nThis is how we do it at Semonto. Our 404 page will pre-fill the search bar in the hope that the user will \nfind a similar page as the requested page and is not at a dead end.
\n![\"The](\"/img/6-ways-to-improve-your-404-page__semonto-404-page.png\")
\n\nAn alternative option is to redirect the user directly to the best match or similar pages. Personally, this \nis not our favourite as it can confuse users, even when an informative banner is shown indicating that the \nuser was redirected.
\nIt’s essential to make your 404 easy to understand. It’s even better to make the page useful and help visitors \nfind their way to the resource they seek. However, a real website professional will make sure that 404 errors \nare avoided in the first place. That is what we will teach you in the next article.
\nNext article: How to prevent errors on your website
\nFor ongoing detection and prioritization of broken links, also read\nHow to Monitor Broken Links: 12 SEO Best Practices (2026).
\n", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/6-ways-to-improve-your-404-page", "summary": "Website visitors will bump into a 404 page when the page they are trying to access does not exist. That’s not a pleasant experience. Discover 6 ways to turn this frustration around with useful and clever ways to improve your 404 page.", "image": "https://semonto.com/img/6-ways-to-improve-your-404-page.png", "date_modified": "2024-07-12T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Jelle De Laender", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/author/jelle-de-laender" } }, { "id": "https://semonto.com/blog/7-ways-to-prepare-your-website-for-black-friday-and-cyber-monday", "content_html": "Black Friday, followed by the lesser known Cyber Monday is the ideal time to promote your webshop with some great deals. But, are you sure that your website is ready for these potential surges in traffic? We have prepared a short checklist to ensure your webshop is optimised for the upcoming Black Friday and Cyber Monday madness.
\nBlack Friday is celebrated on the first Friday after Thanksgiving. In 2022, this is on November 25th. Cyber Monday is the Monday following Black Friday. This year, Cyber Monday falls on November 28th. Traditionally, this is the time of year when people all over the world are searching for the best deals. If you are looking to boost your sales and end Q4 with a bang, you are probably working on your Black Friday promotion strategy as we speak. Here's what you should do to ensure that your webshop can handle the surge in traffic.
\nMake sure that your web host is aware of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, so that there is no planned maintenance scheduled on these crucial days, and support is available 24/7. Don’t know who your hosting provider is? We wrote a blog post about that.
\nDouble-check that your TLS/SSL security certificates are not going to expire this week. If so, renew them in time, even when using automatic scripts/services like Let's Encrypt. When your HTTPS certificate is expired, your website won't load for your visitors. They will get security errors, harming your trust level. Don't know how to check your HTTPS certificate? We have a free tool for that.
\nEnsure you have a full backup of your webshop, stored offline. Having a backup in place allows you to get back online quickly. It can prevent a huge loss of income. Also, be sure to test the backup to ensure you can fully restore it in case of disaster.
\nIt's never too late to check your SEO results. Multiple tools are available to verify and validate your website against SEO recommendations. Having them improved by Black Friday can be tricky, but will be worth the effort. Small changes can make a big difference in the long run.
\nBe sure that your tracking tools work and are optimised, if applicable. This way you can analyse the results and optimise for next year.
\nKeep an eye on how fast your webshop loads during the deals. A slow website means potential customers drop off and go to alternative webshops. Make sure to have numbers, so you can improve next year if needed.
\nAlso, avoid hitting any limits from your servers, such as disk space, load or a maximum amount of requests. Monitor your servers (or have someone do it for you) and add additional resources on time to avoid any server restarts during the spike moments.
\nIf your website is down, you want to know before anyone else. A few minutes of downtime on Black Friday could mean a huge loss of possible income. Make sure that you are notified of issues, before your customers! Not sure how? Check out Semonto, our monitoring tool. It warns you immediately when your website or webshop is down. Get a free trial (no credit card needed) and start monitoring today, to get your Black Friday and Cyber Monday covered.
\nNothing is more annoying than clicking a link that doesn't work. And on Black Friday, it could cost you a lot of money. Make sure that all the links on your website are working. And no, you don't need to check all of them manually. Our free broken link checker does all the hard work for you.
\nGood luck during Black Friday and Cyber Monday!
\n", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/7-ways-to-prepare-your-website-for-black-friday-and-cyber-monday", "summary": "Can your website handle the Black Friday and Cyber Monday madness? With this checklist, your website is ready for a possible peak in traffic.", "image": "https://semonto.com/img/blog_7-ways-to-prepare-your-website-for-black-friday-and-cyber-monday.jpg", "date_modified": "2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Jelle De Laender", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/author/jelle-de-laender" } }, { "id": "https://semonto.com/blog/a-recap-of-the-latest-improvements-to-semonto", "content_html": "Logging into Semonto, you used to see a list of all your monitors. For a\nfrequent user of Semonto, this list could become quite long. What was missing\nin the app was a quick overview, so we added that. It allows you to quickly\nscan whether everything is OK, which websites have issues or broken links\nand whether any mixed content was found.
\n![\"The](\"/img/a-recap-of-the-latest-improvements-to-semonto__status.png\")
This view also shows you the latest events. We used to also include these in\nthe app, but that turned out to be a bit too cluttered. We will gradually\nremove the events from the other views to focus more on the task at hand.
\nThe login screen was a bit dated, so we decided that it needed a revamp. And\nwhile we were at it, we also matched the sign-up page and the password recovery\npage. We also further improved the integration with existing password managers.
\n![\"The](\"/img/a-recap-of-the-latest-improvements-to-semonto__login.png\")
The overview of your websites and cron job monitors also received an update. We added\na search option, which is handy when monitoring many websites and servers.
\n![\"Searching](\"/img/a-recap-of-the-latest-improvements-to-semonto__search.png\")
Also, we realized that it didn't make sense to show a list of items when there\nwas only one item to show. In those cases, we now immediately show the item's\ndetails, for example, the details of a website or cron job.
\nWe made some other minor visual improvements on the breadcrumbs, when creating\nitems, and on the account page.
\nWe also improved the team members overview. When a team member's email address\nis registered at en.gravatar.com,\nthe gravatar is loaded automatically to help recognize team members more easily.
\n![\"Team](\"/img/a-recap-of-the-latest-improvements-to-semonto__team-members.png\")
When you have just fixed a broken link or corrected mixed content on your site,\nyou might want to verify these fixes. That's why we added a retest option for\nbroken links and mixed content. And for uptime tests, we added a button in the\nmodal to instantly test if a website is up and running again.
\n![\"The](\"/img/a-recap-of-the-latest-improvements-to-semonto__retest.png\")
Last year, we migrated to a new\nsubscription model. We needed a new design to guide users to the most\nsuitable plan, and show why a specific plan was not possible. In the new view,\nusers can adjust the number of websites they want to monitor and easily find\na subscription optimally suited to their needs.
\n![\"Semonto's](\"/img/a-recap-of-the-latest-improvements-to-semonto__subscription.png\")
Managing how you want to be notified was a complex and confusing form with many\noptions. Now you can just click a notification and review and edit it inline.\nThis is a lot more user-friendly. All other views that have a lot of\nconfiguration options will get the same design. That is something that we will\nchange gradually.
\n![\"Notification](\"/img/a-recap-of-the-latest-improvements-to-semonto__notifications.png\")
Sometimes you want to run some tests on a website without creating a monitor.\nThat is why we added a set of on-demand tools. Now you can test the reachability,\nverify the SSL-certificate and inspect the website for broken links and mixed\ncontent. Just enter the URL, hit enter and let Semonto perform the tests. The\nresults of the broken link and mixed content test will be sent by email because\nthis can take a while, depending on the size of a website. A history of the\nlast five tests is available for each tool.
\n![\"Results](\"/img/a-recap-of-the-latest-improvements-to-semonto__tools-results.png\")
We are working hard to improve our broken link checker, which is still in beta\nstage. What we want to add is a classification system to indicate the severity\nof a broken link. For example, sometimes the broken link scanner detects a large\nnumber of broken links caused by the REST API on websites built with WordPress\nand these links are often not used and are less severe. Another example is that\na broken link to an image in a CSS file is less severe than a broken link on\nthe main page. Quite often, these missing images are not used at all. Adding\na classification system will make the results of the broken link scanner easier\nto interpret.
\n![\"A](\"/img/a-recap-of-the-latest-improvements-to-semonto__403.png\")
Another feature we would like to add to the broken link checker and the mixed\ncontent checker is the possibility to ignore links. We are also planning an\nintegration of Slack, which is widely used in corporate environments.
\nAdditionally, we are investigating how we can make the uptime reports more user-\nfriendly. This is something we really want to improve on short notice. If you\nhave any suggestions for improvements, let us know at\ninfo@semonto.com. All ideas are welcome\nand will be considered.
\n", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/a-recap-of-the-latest-improvements-to-semonto", "summary": "In the past year, we have added some new features to Semonto, and we are always working to further improve the tool. Let's give you a recap, followed by a sneak peek of what's still to come.", "image": "https://semonto.com/img/a-recap-of-the-latest-improvements-to-semonto.png", "date_modified": "2021-06-16T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Jelle Kalkman", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/author/jelle-kalkman" } }, { "id": "https://semonto.com/blog/adjustable-crawl-rate", "content_html": "One of the features of Semonto is detecting broken links and mixed content. Such links can harm the user experience of your website visitors, your SEO impact and more. To detect broken links or mixed content, Semonto uses a crawler that fully crawls, reads, and searches all pages of your website. We are doing this at a slow rate to ensure we don’t impact your website by performing too many requests at the same time. A high crawling speed could result in a slower website.
\nWe received feature requests to allow users to control the crawling speed. While we already scan at a low rate, there are some rare cases in which you want to scan even slower. For example, when your website is handling a spike of traffic. Or when you simply want to reserve as many resources as possible for regular website visitors.
\n![\"The](\"/img/adjustable-crawl-rate__setting.png\")
Errors like HTTP 429 might indicate that Semonto is making too many requests. Adjusting the crawl speed in his setting could be a solution. If you are hosting your website on CloudFlare, you can also check the following guide: How to monitor Cloudflare sites
\nBonus tip: You can also monitor your web servers’ load using our server health monitoring. This allows you to set a maximum load or disk space usage for your server and receive an alert when the threshold is crossed.
\nWe hope that this added setting is useful for you, too. If you have any suggestions for improvement or any other feature request, we would love to hear about it. We appreciate the feedback from our community and are committed to tailor Semonto to your needs.
\n", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/adjustable-crawl-rate", "summary": "New in Semonto: Adjust the Crawling Speed of Your Website Monitor", "image": "https://semonto.com/img/adjustable-crawl-rate.png", "date_modified": "2024-06-06T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Jelle De Laender", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/author/jelle-de-laender" } }, { "id": "https://semonto.com/blog/ai-is-flooding-the-web-with-content-but-who-is-keeping-it-clean", "content_html": "The AI revolution is making content creation faster than ever. Companies are putting out blog posts at a scale that is hard to keep up with. If you still want to win at the SEO game, your marketing team is probably scrambling to pick up the pace, too. But with huge volume comes huge chaos, and that is something that companies are not yet talking about. If you aren’t careful, short-term gains might turn into the long-term destruction of your website’s health.
\nWith thousands of pages on your website, it’s impossible to keep track manually. That blog post links to that landing page that was replaced and then forgotten. You know what it’s like. Or maybe it’s not even you: external references may move. A news article you are linking to can get deleted. A client that you link to from your testimonial page might go out of business. The result is that your website gets littered with 404s and visitors get annoyed. After a while, Google crawlers will notice the decline in performance, too.
\n![\"AI](\"/img/ai-flood-meme.png\")
The increase in content production makes it more crucial than ever to keep your website healthy. If you do not have a broken link monitoring system in place yet, now is the time to get one. You can either manually scan the website sporadically or get a tool that runs continuously in the background (like Semonto) and notifies you when a dead link is found. This way, you can fix the problem before the website visitor hits a 404.
\nThe funny thing is that website maintenance is usually fragmented within a company: you have the technical team managing security and uptime, and a marketing team maintaining the content. This often leads to comments like: “Broken links? That’s not my department.” With the technical and marketing teams pointing at each other, broken links often stay unresolved because nobody owns the issue. And that undermines the reliability of the website, and thus the entire company. The good news is: you could be the exception.
\nAs AI accelerates content creation, a worldwide tidal wave of broken links is not far behind. Broken link monitoring will become a must-have for every company that wants to escape website degradation. In other words, it’s time to include website monitoring in your content workflow. Technical and creative teams will increasingly have to start working together to keep the website organised, secure and healthy. It’s the online way to avoid leaving behind a trail of broken links. And for this, you need a tool that is easy to work with.
\nSo how to get started? You can use Semonto’s broken link monitor without downloading or installing anything. You start by entering the URL of the website you would like to monitor. Semonto will immediately start checking all the links. Afterwards, you receive a report with all the broken links. Semonto tells you where the link is located, and why it failed. This means that you can keep your website error-free. Because if anything goes wrong, you are the first to know about it.
\n![\"Example](\"/img/blog-ai-broken-link-monitoring.png\")
Semonto also tells you if there are any images that are not being displayed correctly. These are called ‘broken images’. Semonto crawls your website and finds image URLs that result in an error code. These image URLs should link to the location where the browser can retrieve the image file. If this is broken, Semonto will tell you.
\nWhile Google Search Console is useful for seeing how your site shows up in search results, it won’t catch every broken link. That’s because Google flags missing pages, not incorrect links. For example, if you accidentally link to “/contct” instead of “/contact,” visitors will hit a 404 error. A tool like Semonto will detect and report that broken link, but Google Search Console won’t, since the page “/contct” never existed in the first place.
\nAnd while you are at it…why stop there? Broken links are just one of the many things that can ‘break’ on your website. Semonto watches them all: server problems, security issues, slow load times and more. All the results are collected in one easy dashboard that you can share with your team. Want to try all features for free? Create a free trial here. And feel free to reach out if you have any questions. We are a small but mighty team that responds to every email.
\n", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/ai-is-flooding-the-web-with-content-but-who-is-keeping-it-clean", "summary": "Are you pushing out content at scale? Then, you might leave behind a trail of error messages. Find out how to keep your site clean, fast, and reliable as AI floods the web.", "image": "https://semonto.com/img/blog_ai_flooding.png", "date_modified": "2025-09-04T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Jelle De Laender", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/author/jelle-de-laender" } }, { "id": "https://semonto.com/blog/an-extra-layer-of-security-with-http-response-headers", "content_html": "Each time you load a website in your browser, your browser asks a server for the content. The server replies with the content but also includes additional metadata such as HTTP Headers. These headers are mainly instructions for the communication between a browser and a web server. However, some headers provide an extra layer of security by limiting the browser's behaviour.
\nYou should review the response headers for all your websites and web applications especially if they handle sensitive information. The following security headers provide additional protection against session hijacking and other types of attacks:
\nThe HTTP Strict-Transport-Security header instructs the browser to only communicate with the web server using the secure HTTPS protocol and not the insecure HTTP protocol. This way you force the browser to use HTTPS.
\nWhen setting up this header, you must also supply a header directive, which is a specific setting. The max-age directive is a must, and two optional directives are includeSubDomains and preload.
\nAn example for this header is:
\n\nStrict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains\n
Browsers can load different types of resources such as fonts, styles, JavaScript or images. These resources can be served from the same domain as the site, inline in the HTML or loaded from another domain such as a CDN. To restrict where the resources are loaded from, whitelisted to be more precise, the Content-Security-Policy can be set. This is a countermeasure against, for example, cross-site scripting.
\nAn example for this header is:
\n\nContent-Security-Policy: font-src 'self'; style-src 'unsafe-inline' 'self'; script-src 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval' 'self' https://js.sentry-cdn.com https://browser.sentry-cdn.com https://google.com https://googletagmanager.com https://google-analytics.com https://gstatic.com; img-src 'self' https://*.digitaloceanspaces.com https://google-analytics.com data:\n
The ‘self’ fetch directive in this example allows self-hosted styles, fonts, scripts and images in this example. The ‘unsafe-inline’ fetch directive allows the browser to use inline styles and JavaScript. Other allowed sources for JavaScript in this example are Google, DigitalOcean and Sentry.
\nWhen setting this header, you should always check if the site still works correctly. We noticed that for example, Google Analytics needs the ‘unsafe inline’ setting for JavaScript. The plugins inject JavaScript into the HTML DOM in order to work. Also 'unsafe-eval' might also be required by plugins. This is something we want to try to avoid because we feel this shouldn’t be used anymore.
\nThe X-Content-Type-Options header indicates that the specified MIME type must be followed by the browser. This can prevent MIME sniffing attacks. The only directive that can be set is nosniff.
\nAn example for this header is:
\n\nx-content-type-options: nosniff\n
The Permissions-Policy header controls which browser features can be used. This was first called Feature-Policy but has since been renamed. In this header, you can specify which browser features are allowed, such as location, full screen, autoplay and more. Some features are still under development and not yet supported by all browsers, and some browsers do not support this header altogether.
\nAn example for this header is:
\n\nPermissions-Policy: autoplay=(self, \"https://youtube.com\"), encrypted-media=(self, \"https://youtube.com\"), fullscreen=(self, \"https://youtube.com\"), picture-in-picture=(self, \"https://youtube.com\")\n
This example allows autoplay, encrypted media, full-screen mode, and picture-in-picture mode for self-hosted videos and videos from YouTube.
\nThe Referrer-Policy header controls how much referrer information is sent to a page when a link is clicked. Values for this header are:
\nAn example is:
\n\nReferrer-Policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin\n
In this example, referrer information is not sent when the user clicks a link without the HTTPS protocol, and the current page is served with the HTTPS protocol. For all other possible values, check the docs.
\nIf you want to prevent that a site is placed inside an iframe, possibly on another website, you can set the X-Frame-Options header. This can prevent clickjacking attacks. There are two possible directives for this header, deny and sameorigin. The first directive prevents the page from being placed in an iframe altogether; the second only allows it if it has the same origin as the page.
\nFor example:
\n\nX-Frame-Options: deny\n
The correct way to set up the response headers depends on your web server or hosting provider. When Apache is used, this is usually in the .htaccess file. Larger hosting providers often have their own way of setting them up. Netlify uses a _headers file, for example. Check the documentation from your web server or hosting provider. In most cases, this is not too difficult, and the documentation will be quite good. For example, the documentation from Netlify or Cloudflare. Geekflare also shared a post how to set up security headers for multiple web servers.
\nOne easy way to check the security headers for one of your web applications is to use this tool by Probely. You only need to supply the URL to have the tool check which response headers are set. If the tool finds any issues with your headers, you get links to documentation and guides on setting up the security headers.
\nAfter we set up the headers, we checked our website with this tool, and we received an A rating.
\n![\"Screenshot](\"/img/an-extra-layer-of-security-with-http-response-headers__tool.png\")
We repeated this process for all our other websites and API’s.
\nThe security headers provide an easy way to increase security on your websites and web applications. The setup can be done quickly and provides you with extra insurance that your user's data are secured.
\nThe OWASP Secure Headers Project provides great documentation on security headers and web application security in general. MDN also has very helpful docs. And finally, Scott Helme has some great posts with more in-depth information on security headers.
\nBesides setting up the security headers, you should also ensure that your TLS/SSL certificates are valid and didn’t expire. Check out our blog on \nSSL/TLS certificate monitoring. Or, if you want automated alerts, use Semonto to \nmonitor SSL issues for SEO and security.
\n", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/an-extra-layer-of-security-with-http-response-headers", "summary": "Find out how you can use HTTP security headers to add an extra layer of security to your website and protect your users data.", "image": "https://semonto.com/img/3-monitoring-hacks-for-website-developers.jpg", "date_modified": "2022-09-08T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Jelle Kalkman", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/author/jelle-kalkman" } }, { "id": "https://semonto.com/blog/bewaak-website-tot-na-de-coronacrisis", "content_html": "We hoeven je niet te vertellen dat dit stresserende tijden zijn voor ondernemers en bedrijven. \nVelen onder ons moesten tot nader order hun fysieke winkel sluiten. Anderen werken de klok rond \nom een webshop uit de grond te stampen of proberen hun klanten zo goed mogelijk online te \nbedienen. Door corona zijn onze websites en online winkels de belangrijkste bron van inkomsten \ngeworden. Daarom is het belangrijker dan ooit om ervoor te zorgen dat je site op elk moment \nbereikbaar is. En aangezien dat onze specialiteit is, hebben we besloten om actie te ondernemen.
\nBij Coding Mammoth kunnen we niet machteloos toekijken terwijl andere ondernemers het moeilijk \nhebben. We willen helpen. Daarom hebben we tijdens een spoedvergadering de koppen bij elkaar \ngestoken en een drastisch besluit genomen. We maken het Lite-plan van onze Semonto-tool gratis \nvoor alle ondernemers en bedrijven tot het einde van de Corona-crisis. Geen addertjes onder het \ngras, geen kleine lettertjes, geen promotiestunt. Gewoon vier maanden gratis toegang voor jou, \nzodat jij alvast één ding minder hebt om je zorgen over te maken. Ons Lite Plan bevat alle basis \nmonitoringfuncties om jouw website, webshop of server succesvol te monitoren. En na vier maanden \nstopt het abonnement vanzelf, zonder automatische verlenging (tenzij je dat wil, natuurlijk).
\nVoor wie ons nog niet kent: Semonto is een online tool die je website of server 24/7 in de gaten \nhoudt. Wanneer er een probleem is, ontvang je direct een bericht in je inbox. Zo kun jij het \nprobleem oplossen voordat iemand anders het merkt en, nog belangrijker, voordat je klanten \nafhaken. Zo kun jij je in alle gemoedsrust bezighouden met het runnen van jouw bedrijf.
\nOm 4 maanden gratis toegang te krijgen tot Semonto, stuur je ons een e-mail met de URL van de site \ndie je wil laten opvolgen. Wij doen de rest. En als je hulp nodig hebt of iets wil vragen, mag je \nons mailen of aanspreken op de chat. We zijn er voor jou! Samen staan we sterker!\t#samentegencorona
\n\n", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/bewaak-website-tot-na-de-coronacrisis", "summary": "Om ondernemingen die getroffen zijn door de coronacrisis te ondersteunen bieden we Semonto gratis 4 maanden aan. We houden de website of webshop nauwlettend in de gaten en verwittigen bij de eerste problemen, zodat de ondernemer zich kan focussen op zijn bedrijf.", "image": "https://semonto.com/img/bewaak-website-tot-na-de-coronacrisis.jpg", "date_modified": "2020-03-24T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Jelle De Laender", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/author/jelle-de-laender" } }, { "id": "https://semonto.com/blog/coming-up-localized-pricing-in-semonto", "content_html": "For the moment, we display all our prices in euros (€). It made sense when we \nstarted, as it is the currency used in Belgium, the country where Semonto has \nits headquarters.
\nToday, many years later, Semonto has outgrown its original audience with users \nall over the world. It no longer makes sense to have only one currency available. \nFor example, if you are in the USA, you want to see the price in dollars, not \neuros.
\nWe are currently working on a way to offer our users prices in their own \ncurrency. This means that both the pricing on our website and the generated \ninvoices will show the currency used in your country.
\nWe will implement this for new customers, more specifically those in the USA, \nthe UK, and India. Eventually, we will implement it for all new users. If \nyou are a current Semonto user, no changes will be made to your account unless \nyou want to. If you want us to manually switch your account to localized pricing, \nfeel free to reach out to us.
\nAlthough pricing in your own currency is more convenient, you probably also \nwant stability: you do not want your invoice to change every month due to \nexchange rate fluctuations. That’s why we do the conversion once: at sign-up. \nAfter that, we keep your price stable.
\nDo you have any hesitations, questions, or concerns? Feel free to reach \nout. We strive to be as transparent and straightforward as possible, and \nwe are happy to address any questions you may have!
\n", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/coming-up-localized-pricing-in-semonto", "summary": "When you buy a digital product, you want to know the price in your own currency. That is why we are introducing local pricing in Semonto.", "image": "https://semonto.com/img/coming-up-localized-pricing-in-semonto.jpg", "date_modified": "2025-07-04T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Jelle De Laender", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/author/jelle-de-laender" } }, { "id": "https://semonto.com/blog/contact-groups-in-semonto-supervisor", "content_html": "You used to create an alert setting that you could use for multiple monitors.\nThis alert setting could then be used by multiple monitors by sharing this alert\nsetting with multiple monitors. This was all really implicit and the grouping\nwas done automatically. You had no way of clearly mapping and reusing this alert\nsettings. If you wanted to use these alert settings for a cron job monitor you had to\nenter all information again. We wanted a better way of reusing these alert settings\nand a more logical approach.
\nA contact group is now where you define who to alert and how to alert them. A contact\ngroup can have multiple email addresses, SMS numbers, webhooks or Slack apps.\nIt is only concerned with who and how to contact them. You can for example create\nmultiple contact groups, one for your clients, one to alert you personally and one\nfor your development team. This makes it easier to manage this configuration and to\nset up channels specific for each group.
\n![\"Screenshot](\"/img/contact-groups-in-semonto-supervisor__1.png\")
In the near future we will rename contact groups to alert settings because we feel\nthis provides a better description of its usage.
\nEach monitor you have is now part of a group. If you create a new monitor you can\ndirectly place it in an existing group or let Semonto create a group for you with\ndefault settings. To effectively use a group, you need to assign at least one\ncontact group to it to warn you when an issue arises with one of your servers of\nwebsites. You can assign as much contact groups you want.
\n![\"Screenshot](\"/img/contact-groups-in-semonto-supervisor__2.png\")
A group is also responsible for the interval that Semonto uses to perform tests on\nyour servers and websites. And you can pause all monitors in a group when for\nmaintenance of any other reason. A group cannot contain a cron job monitor because the\ninterval for a cron job is determined in a different way.\n
\n
\nYou can for example create a group of monitors that only needs to alert your\ndevelopment team and needs to be monitored at a short interval and a group that\nonly monitors websites from clients at a longer interval.
Each cron job monitor can now be assigned multiple contact groups, just as for a group, to\nmake reuse of a configuration who and how to contact when a cron job expires possible.\nWe decided not to use the concept of a group for cron job monitors because this does not\nseem to provide any benefit.
\n![\"Screenshot](\"/img/contact-groups-in-semonto-supervisor__3.png\")
In order to keep everything working and not to break your configuration we did the\nfollowing. Each existing alert setting has been converted to a group and for each\ngroup a contact group was created with the respective settings from the alert\nsettings. Something similar has been done for cron job monitors. We advise you to review\nand update your newly created contact groups in a dull moment.
\nWe hope you can appreciate these changes. If you have any remarks or experience issues\nwith these changes, feel free to contact us.\n
\n
\nWith kind regards,\n
\nThe Semonto team
Status pages are a great way to communicate whether your servers, websites or web applications are doing what they should.\nYou can use them within the company, so that every\nteam member, from customer support to project management, has a way to see the current status without having to\ninterrupt the site reliability people or the infrastructure team. Status pages can also be used publicly to keep\ncustomers informed during an incident, reducing the workload for the customer support team.\nThese options were already available in Semonto. We have now added some extra customisation options\nso that you can get the most out of your status pages.
\nWith our new status pages, you can select the level of detail you want to share on the\nstatus page.
\nOnly status
\nYou can decide only to show the list of monitors and pulse checks, the current status and the time of the last test,\nwhich is perfect for public status pages. It allows you to be transparent towards your customers\nwithout giving away any sensitive information.
\nStatus and test results
\nYou also have the option to show which tests were performed (HTTP Ping, SSL Checks, Port checks,...)\nalong with a simple indication whether the test succeeded or failed.
\nStatus, test results and details
\nLastly, there is an option to provide details of every test on the status page by exposing\nthe actual test values. For example, the specific load of the servers, the response times and more.\nShowing these details can be valuable for internal use to keep everyone in the organisation informed.
\nYou can decide who has access to your status page by adding a password.\nIf you select 'private access' when creating a status page, you get the opportunity to choose a password to\nprotect that page. Anyone who wants access to the page is required to enter this password.
\nAs a company, you want to include your logo in all official communication.\nThat is why, with this release, we refined the layout of the status pages.\nYou can now upload your company or product logo and have it displayed your status page 😎\nYou can also add a custom title to the page. Just give it a try, you'll like it!
\nDo you have a big screen on the wall at the office?\nWouldn't it be cool if you could have your real-time data displayed on the wall like they do in the stock market?\nWe got you covered. 🙌\nAll status pages have a 'dashboard' option which is an optimised view to display a status page on a monitor.\nIt gives you an overview of all issues in the blink of an eye. (And it also looks pretty cool.)
\nRead more about setting up a status page on our\nstatus-page how-to page.\nDon't hesitate to get in touch if you have any feedback or questions.\nWe do love feedback!
\n", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/customisable-status-pages", "summary": "We added some extra customisation options to our status pages. You can now add your logo and determine the level of detail you want to show to your readers.", "image": "https://semonto.com/img/customisable-status-pages__main.jpg", "date_modified": "2020-06-15T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Jelle Kalkman", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/author/jelle-kalkman" } }, { "id": "https://semonto.com/blog/does-your-website-need-https", "content_html": "You are probably already familiar with the HTTP protocol, which appears in the first part \nof your URL. You might have noticed that some websites use HTTP, and others use HTTPS. \nThe latter is a safer variation because it adds an extra level of security, in the form \nof an SSL certificate. \nThis means that the connection between your website's server and your visitor gets encrypted.
\nTo protect the privacy of your visitor
\nIf your visitor is on a public network, or on a network that he is not controlling, \nHTTPS will protect your visitor from man-in-the-middle attacks. \nThis means that the website that is being consulted and the content of the pages will \nnot be logged. \nThis increases the privacy level for your visitor. \nIf no encryption is used and the user is on a wifi network,\nit would be pretty easy to find out what pages other people on that network are visiting.
\nTo show that you can be trusted
\nUsing HTTPS will also improve the trust level as the visitor knows that the page \nis actually served from your website, and is not altered by a different party or server. \nIt is not a 100% guarantee, but it will make it harder for third parties to intervene. \nTools on the network will also be unable to inject extra code, which is \ncommon practice at public WiFi providers.
\nTo avoid warning messages that could scare your visitors away
\nNot only search engines, but also all major browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and \nEdge care about protecting their users. They will indicate if the user is on a safe \nor unsafe website. Google Chrome is pretty aggressive in this matter. It shows a clear\n"INSECURE WEBSITE" when the website is not loaded over HTTPS. At the moment, Google \nChrome is only showing a lock with a cross, \nbut there are plans to make it harder to visit websites over HTTP in the long run.
\n![\"Warning](\"/img/Insecure-Login-Pages-2.png\")
To improve your SEO ranking
\nSearch engines like Google and Bing want to offer the best and most secure experience\nto their visitors. They will often rank websites over HTTPS higher to ensure\nthe visitors are having a more secure setup when possible.
\nFor an HTTPS connection, you need an SSL certificate. SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer. \nEvery SSL certificate is signed by a parent certificate. This certificate is changed by a \ndifferent certificate, making it a chain of certificates. The top one is known as the root \ncertificate. This root certificate needs to be installed and trusted on the computer of your \nvisitors, in order to be accepted as valid. The chain needs to be completed and fully trusted\nin order to trust your certificate.
\nGet an SSL certificate from a trusted authority
\nTo get HTTPS, you need an SSL certificate, which can be purchased from a Certificate Authority. \nThere is a fixed set of root certificates that are by default installed by macOS of Apple, \nWindows and Linux. So make sure that you are buying a certificate from a trusted source. \nThose trusted sources are known as Certificate Authorities (CA).\nSee AboutSSL.org for a list of CA's and how commonly they are used.
\nMake sure that your certificate does not expire
\nThere are multiple tools available to validate HTTP SSL chains. For example\ndigicert and\nSSL Shopper.\nIn the below example, we are inspecting the SSL certificate of api.semonto.com. \nYou can see that the end certificate is valid from Dec 30, 2018, until March 30, 2021. \nIt's signed by the Comodo RSA Domain Validation Secure CA, which is then signed by the Comodo RSA \nRoot certificate, issued by AddTrust External CA Root. If all is well, \nyour computer should recognize and trust this AddTrust External CA Root certificate by default.
\n![\"SSL](\"/img/api-semonto-SSL-certificate.png\")
As explained, an SSL certificate is required to set up an HTTPS secure connection. \nThis does not have to be expensive. \nThere are multiple types of certificates, based on the level of validation.
\nDV Certificate (for a basic domain validation)
\nThe first level is a basic domain validation. It only verifies that you are \nindeed the owner of the domain. The SSL certificate can only be used for this \ndomain (and optional subdomains). If you want to cover all possible subdomains \nof a domain, you can use a wildcard. \nThere are multiple sellers providing this certificate for about 10 dollars a year.
\nFree yet temporary certificates
\nThere are free SSL certificates available via \nLet’s Encrypt.\nLet's Encrypt is a project of the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG).\nTheir mission is to provide a more secure and more privacy-aware internet. \nFor this reason, they became a full-blown SSL Certificate Authority (CA) and are now \naccepted by all major operating systems and browsers. To avoid abuse, the Let's \nEncrypt certificates are only valid for a short period of time (3 months) and \nneed to be renewed often.
\nEV Certificate (extended validation)
\nThere are also other certificates available, often called Extended Validation \nor EV certificates. While technically, they are using the same technology and \nstructure, the difference lies in the extra validations required to obtain these \ncertificates. To obtain an EV certificate, you need to prove that you as a \nperson are the owner of or an employee at the company for which you are \nrequesting the certificate. And this often requires quite some paperwork. \nIn return, you get the advantage that visitors see your company name displayed \nin the browser, next to the SSL-symbol, to show which company requested the certificate. \nThis has an additional positive effect on the trust level.
\nOnce you have your SSL certificate, the exact implementation depends on the web application \nsoftware you are using. If you are using Apache or NGINX, it's as easy as enabling some modules \nand putting the certificates in some folders. If your server is managed for you, your web hoster \ncan help you with this. If you are on shared hosting, the chances are high the web hoster has \na one-click "Let's Encrypt" button. \nBe sure this is enabled, if it is not enabled by default.\nAnother option is to check out CertBot, \nwhich can help you to manage the certificates automatically. \nCertBot is a project by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).
\nSSL certificates are a good thing because they improve the security and trust level of your \nwebsite. However, they also come with a downside. SSL certificates are only valid for a \nlimited period of time. So if your certificate is expired, or if a wrong certificate is \nused due to a misconfiguration, your website will be unavailable for your visitors. \nSemonto can help you stay on top of all this. When you ask Semonto to monitor your site, \nthe SSL certificate is automatically checked. We also have more features in the pipeline \nthat will warn you in advance if your certificate is about to expire (eg if the Let's \nEncrypt renewal process has failed) and to verify the SSL chain. \nWant to know more? Get in \ntouch! Or give Semonto a free spin by making a trial account.
\nRedirect your HTTP to your HTTPS
\nWhen you have HTTPS on your website, it is a must to check if the non-HTTPS-variant \nof your website is properly redirecting to the secure version. This will improve SEO, \nas it will be clear for the search engine that both the secure and insecure version \nare the same website (and you will not receive a penalty for having duplicated content).\nGoogle will only use the SSL variant and you'll end up higher in the SEO rankings.
\nEnable the HSTS flag
\nYou can also enable the HSTS flag, also known as HTTP Strict Transport Security. \nThis is a header that your website should have. It tells the browser that HTTPS is \navailable and should be used in all requests for this domain (and subdomains). \nIt will avoid that browsers will go to the insecure page, get a redirect and request \nthe content again. As a benefit, you can be included in the preloaded list, which is \na hardcoded list of all domains with HSTS enabled in the browser, ensuring HTTPS will \nbe used and HTTP calls will be refused.\nMore info about HSTS can be found on the Modzilla Developer Pages, \nand the preloaded list is available here.
\nUse additional HTTPS tools
\nThere are multiple tools available online that focus on HTTPS and the validation of this. \nWhile Semonto will inform you when your SSL certificate is no longer valid or will expire soon, \nother tools can help you debug and verify your current setup. \nThe most well-known one is SSL Labs\nwhich helps you to get insights on your current SSL setup and how to get a better best practice \nvia a grading system. They evaluate your SSL chain, the encryption algorithms your server \nis using and more, and help you in disabling the less secure ones.
\nChoose a certificate with less than 13 months of validity
\nChoosing a certificate with a long validity make sense, because it doesn’t have to be renewed often. \nThe renewal can be a dangerous process and could potentially result in downtime. However, having a \ncertificate with a short lifespan also has its merits. It proves that you are using a recent certificate \nand that you care about security. Apple, for example, announced that it will be \nimposing new validation rules and that it will reject certificates that are valid for longer than \n13 months.
\nWas this useful to you? Please do not hesitate to forward this article to a friend who might benefit from it. \nAny comments or suggestions? Feel free to drop us a line\n We love to hear from you!
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\n", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/does-your-website-need-https", "summary": "Does your website need HTTPS? What is it and why does it matter? Read all about it in our new blog post.", "image": "https://semonto.com/img/https_blogpost.jpg", "date_modified": "2020-03-31T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Jelle De Laender", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/author/jelle-de-laender" } }, { "id": "https://semonto.com/blog/essential-website-metrics-every-business-should-track", "content_html": "A website can fail in a hundred different ways, and many of them are quiet.
\nSometimes it is obvious, like a full outage. Sometimes it is subtle, like a checkout button that stops working for Safari users, or a performance regression that makes your site feel "just a bit slower" after a release. Those quiet failures are exactly why tracking the right website metrics matters.
\nThis article walks through the essential metrics every business should track, grouped by what they actually protect:
\nIt includes the metrics Semonto monitors well, such as website monitoring, HTTPS/TLS checks, broken link monitoring, mixed content monitoring, Lighthouse monitoring, domain monitoring, content monitoring, server health monitoring, and cron job monitoring. It also covers uptime reports and notifications. Beyond that, consider adding metrics from other tools (JavaScript exceptions, real user Core Web Vitals, application error rates, conversion funnels, and more).
\nBefore you track anything, decide what you want to be true.
\nA practical framework is to track metrics that answer these five questions:
\nThe goal is not to collect data. The goal is to reduce unpleasant surprises.
\nA lot of confusion comes from mixing two fundamentally different measurement styles.
\nA tool loads a page or calls an endpoint on a schedule from one or more locations. This is excellent for catching regressions quickly and for uptime and reachability. Semonto's website monitoring is primarily in this category.
\nMetrics are collected from actual visitors in real browsers on real devices and networks. This is crucial for understanding true user experience. Google explicitly distinguishes lab data from field data in the Core Web Vitals ecosystem.
\nThe best setups use both: synthetic to detect issues early and consistently, and RUM to confirm real impact and prioritize fixes.
\nWhat to track
\nWhy it matters
\nIf the site is unavailable, everything else is irrelevant. Uptime is your baseline heartbeat metric.
\nHow to measure
\nUse a monitoring tool that checks your site continuously and alerts you quickly.
\nSemonto's website monitoring checks whether your website is unreachable or slow to respond, and it validates results from multiple locations to reduce false positives. For location-based reachability checks, see how to check availability from different countries.
\nPractical tip
\nDo not only monitor the homepage. Monitor:
\nWhat to track
\nWhy it matters
\nMany outages start as slowdowns. Users experience this as frustration, abandonment, and support tickets.
\nHow to measure
\nSynthetic monitoring tools can alert when endpoints get slow. Semonto's website monitoring includes alerts for slow responses.
\nPractical tip
\nUse different thresholds for different pages. A blog post can tolerate slower responses than checkout.
\nWhat to track
\nWhy it matters
\nHTTP codes are the simplest "is this request healthy?" signal you can get. They also matter for SEO and integrations.
\nReference baseline
\nHTTP status codes are grouped into classes: 2xx success, 3xx redirects, 4xx client errors, 5xx server errors. MDN's HTTP status reference is the best quick lookup.
\nHow to measure
\nPractical tip
\nTrack 404s separately:
\nIf you need a refresher, see what a 404 error is and why it matters.
\nPerformance is not one number. It is multiple signals, and two kinds of data.
\nGoogle's Core Web Vitals are:
\nGoogle also publishes thresholds for what counts as "good" in the Core Web Vitals documentation.
\nField data is based on real world usage. Search Console's Core Web Vitals report uses field data. See the Search Console Core Web Vitals report and the Chrome User Experience Report (CrUX) for datasets built on real usage.
\nPageSpeed Insights uses CrUX for real user data and reports it over a previous collection window (often presented as a 28 day period). The PageSpeed Insights documentation explains how those windows work.
\nLighthouse is an automated auditing tool that evaluates pages across categories like performance, accessibility, SEO, and more. The Lighthouse overview explains how lab audits differ from real user data.
\nSemonto automates Lighthouse monitoring and alerts on score drops. If you want a walkthrough, see how to monitor Lighthouse scores with Semonto.
\nWhy it matters
\nHow to measure
\nPractical tip
\nTrack performance at two levels:
\nAlso monitor performance periodically. It can degrade over time due to external factors like a slower CDN, third-party script changes, or infrastructure shifts that seem unrelated at first glance.
\nThis is the metric many businesses miss, especially if they only track uptime.
\nA site can return HTTP 200 and still be broken for users due to front end failures:
\nWhat to track
\nWhy it matters
\nMost users will not report a front end error. They will simply leave.
\nHow to measure
\nThis is usually handled by front end error monitoring tools or RUM platforms.
\nTechnical detail: the browser window.onerror handler fires when an uncaught JavaScript error occurs, and you also need unhandledrejection to capture unhandled promise rejections. See Sentry's overview of client-side error reporting.
RUM solutions can capture JavaScript errors and provide context like the affected page and user journey. This Dynatrace guide on JavaScript error monitoring is a solid reference.
\nIf you are debugging blank screens, our guide on why websites show a blank page can help with root causes.
\nPractical tip
\nIf you have a marketing site with a few scripts, tracking JavaScript errors is still worthwhile. If you have a web app or webshop, it is non negotiable.
\nWhat to track
\nWhy it matters
\nBroken links are a user trust killer, a conversion killer, and often an SEO problem.
\nHow to measure
\nSemonto provides broken link monitoring that checks your website continuously and reports broken links, including where the link is located and why it failed. It also identifies broken images (image URLs that return error codes).
\nPractical tip
\nTreat broken links differently depending on where they happen:
\nIf you want a playbook, see how to prevent 404 errors on your website.
\nWhat to track
\nWhy it matters
\nTLS failures trigger browser warnings and break trust instantly. They can also interfere with crawling and indexing.
\nSemonto's HTTPS certificate monitoring covers common failure scenarios like expired certificates, hostname mismatch, incomplete chains, and revoked certificates (via OCSP and CRL checks). For background, read why TLS/SSL certificates are getting shorter lifespans.
\nPractical tip
\nDo not only monitor the main domain. Monitor:
\nwww and non wwwMixed content means a page is loaded over HTTPS but pulls some resources over HTTP (images, scripts, iframes, and so on). That undermines security signals and can cause browsers to warn or block resources.
\nWhat to track
\nSemonto's mixed content monitoring checks for these issues and alerts you when mixed content appears. You can also run a quick scan with the free mixed content checker.
\nPractical tip
\nTreat active mixed content (scripts, iframes) as urgent. It can become a real security incident.
\nDomain related failures are catastrophic and completely avoidable.
\nWhat to track
\nSemonto's domain monitoring warns in advance when a domain is about to expire and also flags unexpected changes. If you need to confirm which TLDs are supported, see the supported domains list.
\nPractical tip
\nDomain monitoring should include the domains you use for:
\nSometimes the page loads, but the content is wrong:
\nWhat to track
\nSemonto's content monitoring alerts when required content is missing or forbidden content appears. To set this up, see how to check for forbidden or required content.
\nPractical tip
\nContent checks are a strong complement to uptime checks because they catch "looks up but is broken" situations.
\nMany businesses rely on background tasks:
\nWhen these fail, the website might look fine until the business process breaks.
\nWhat to track
\nSemonto's cron job monitoring works by having your script ping a unique URL, and it alerts you when the pulse stops, meaning the job likely failed or stopped running. See how to set up cron job monitoring for a walkthrough.
\nPractical tip
\nMake critical cron jobs observable. A silent failure is often more damaging than an obvious one.
\nEven if you use managed hosting, you still benefit from basic infrastructure metrics.
\nWhat to track
\nSemonto's server health monitoring tracks common infrastructure signals like disk space, load average, memory usage, CPU usage, temperature, and more. The server health monitoring guide explains thresholds and setup.
\nPractical tip
\nDefine thresholds and trends. "Disk space at 90 percent" is an alert. "Disk space rising 2 percent per day" is a planning signal.
\nTechnical metrics keep you safe. Funnel metrics keep you honest.
\nWhat to track
\nWhy it matters
\nA website can be up and fast, and still be failing the business goal.
\nHow to measure
\nThis typically lives in analytics platforms and product analytics tools, plus server side logging for success events (purchase completed, form accepted).
\nIf you are creative, you can define custom tests in health endpoint monitoring, part of our server health monitoring. It is something we use internally at Semonto as well.
\nPractical tip
\nTie technical incidents to funnel metrics. If conversions drop, your first question should be: "Did anything break?"
\nSEO is not only keywords. It is also technical stability and crawlability.
\nWhat to track
\nGoogle Search Console helps monitor and troubleshoot your site's presence in Google Search, including indexing problems, search traffic, and alerts for issues like security problems. See Search Console's overview.
\nSemonto supports SEO-related monitoring via Lighthouse monitoring, broken link monitoring, mixed content monitoring, and HTTPS monitoring.
\nTracking metrics is not enough. You need a way to respond consistently.
\nWhat to track
\nSemonto supports configurable notifications via uptime and downtime notifications, plus escalation processes to reduce noise. It also provides status pages to keep customers and partners informed, and issue management for tracking incidents internally. For notification setup, see the notifications guide.
\nPractical tip
\nTreat alerting as a product feature for your team. If alerts are noisy or unclear, people stop trusting them.
\nIf you want a minimal set that covers most business risk, start here.
\nA brochure site, a lead gen site, and a webshop should not have identical dashboards.
\nBut they should all answer the same fundamental question: is the website reliably producing the outcome the business expects?
\nSemonto covers a large part of the external health layer: uptime, reachability, SSL and TLS, domain changes, mixed content, broken links, Lighthouse audits, content monitoring, cron jobs, server health, and incident workflows like notifications, reporting and status pages. Learn more about Semonto.
\nTo go beyond that, add tools for RUM field metrics and client side error tracking, especially for modern JavaScript heavy sites. See Web Vitals measurement guidance.
\nWhen you combine those layers, you get something rare and valuable: confidence.
\n", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/essential-website-metrics-every-business-should-track", "summary": "A practical guide to the website metrics that protect revenue, UX, SEO, and trust (including what to track beyond uptime).", "image": "https://semonto.com/img/essential-website-metrics-every-business-should-track.png", "date_modified": "2025-12-08T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Jelle De Laender", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/author/jelle-de-laender" } }, { "id": "https://semonto.com/blog/export-your-uptime-data-in-json-format", "content_html": "Our users asked for a way to work with Semonto uptime results outside the \nstandard PDF performance report.
\nThe new JSON export meets all those needs with a single download that contains all the uptime data you see \nin Semonto, ready to use anywhere.
\nSemonto will generate the export file, save it to your device, and email you a download link so you can retrieve it again later.
\nThe JSON export contains the same uptime data you see in Semonto, just without the formatting.\nFor each monitor, you’ll find:
\nThis makes it easy to plug the data straight into spreadsheets, BI tools, or custom scripts.
\nNeed a step-by-step walkthrough? Check out our guide \nHow to download uptime data\nfor screenshots and details about the file structure.
\nWe’re excited to see what you build with the JSON export! If you have feedback or ideas for additional \nformats, let us know through support. All your ideas are welcome.
\n", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/export-your-uptime-data-in-json-format", "summary": "When you monitor website or server uptime, sometimes you need more than a polished report. You might want the raw data instead, so you can integrate it into dashboards, prepare for audits, or keep a performance archive. Semonto’s new JSON export gives you full access to your uptime data.", "image": "https://semonto.com/img/export-your-uptime-data-in-json-format.png", "date_modified": "2025-10-23T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Jelle De Laender", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/author/jelle-de-laender" } }, { "id": "https://semonto.com/blog/find-anything-within-semonto", "content_html": "It may sound weird that we would announce search as a new feature.\nWe already have multiple search systems embedded in Semonto, exactly \nwhere you would expect them: in all overview screens, like the \noverview of all the websites you are monitoring, or your cron job monitors, \nand more. Entering anything in this search allows you to filter the current \noverview and only show the items with a match.
\nToday, we are announcing a more in-depth search system. You can find \nit in the top navigation bar. The way it works is pretty simple. Type \nthe name or a part of the name of a website, cron job, or notification \ngroup, and we'll allow you to see all details within one click.
\n![\"screenshot](\"/img/find-anything-within-semonto--1.png\")
But we didn't stop there: we wanted to add a more powerful search. \nYou can give a monitor any name you want, like “My Website Uptime”. The \nnew search is not limited to just the monitor's name, and it also searches \nin the domain and other properties. For example, if you search on an email \naddress, you will be able to search team members and all notification groups \nthat contain this email address. This new search also works for phone \nnumbers, device names and more.
\n![\"screenshot](\"/img/find-anything-within-semonto--2.png\")
Just give it a go! You'll like this. We are confident this will be your \nmost favourite method to navigate Semonto. Straight to the point.
\n", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/find-anything-within-semonto", "summary": "We have added a search function to the top navigation. This way, you can find anything in Semonto, from a URL to a phone number. Give it a try!", "image": "https://semonto.com/img/find-anything-within-semonto.png", "date_modified": "2021-12-29T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Jelle De Laender", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/author/jelle-de-laender" } }, { "id": "https://semonto.com/blog/get-notified-of-all-ssl-certificate-changes", "content_html": "We don’t need to tell you how important it is for your website health to have a valid SSL certificate. That is why, by default, Semonto lets you know when a certificate is in trouble or about to expire. But today, we are taking it one step further.
\nSome users would also like to receive an alert when a new or altered SSL certificate is found, not just when an issue is detected or resolved.
\n![\"Untitled\"](\"/img/get-notified-of-all-ssl-certificate-changes__settings.png\")
We love to hear from you. Feature requests and feedback are always welcome. Send us a message if you have any questions.
\n", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/get-notified-of-all-ssl-certificate-changes", "summary": "Website monitor Semonto alerts you when an SSL certificate is in trouble or about to expire, but also when a change in certificate is detected.", "image": "https://semonto.com/img/get-notified-of-all-ssl-certificate-changes.png", "date_modified": "2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Jelle De Laender", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/author/jelle-de-laender" } }, { "id": "https://semonto.com/blog/get-your-monthly-pdf-report", "content_html": "Our monthly e-mail update now comes with a printable PDF report. This visually appealing PDF contains information and graphs about your uptime, broken links and mixed content. It’s printable, so you can take it to your next meeting or send it to your manager or client as an update. This report already existed in Semonto, but you had to generate it yourself. From now on, the monthly performance PDF will be delivered to your inbox automatically, containing the uptime, broken links and mixed content of all your monitors.
\n![\"Section](\"/img/get-your-monthly-pdf-report__report-uptime.png\")
The PDF report you can generate from within Semonto allows you to select multiple monitors. In other words, you can create one PDF report containing the data of various manually selected monitors. This way, you can create a PDF report specifically for one client or team member with only the relevant monitors. To create your custom PDF report, go to Monitors and select Download Report.
\n![\"Overview](\"/img/get-your-monthly-pdf-report__overview.png\")
Some of our clients use tags to categorize their monitors. This way, they can sort them quickly by server, project manager, client, or priority. Semonto now allows you to create a PDF report based on those tags. For example, by clicking that tag in the selection menu, you can create a report of all the websites containing that tag.
\n![\"Using](\"/img/get-your-monthly-pdf-report__tags.png\")
You are not limited to creating only a monthly report. You can also use our date selector to generate a PDF about multiple months or even a specific period in time. You can select the period you want to cover in your report using the dropdown menu: current month, last month, last three months or custom. If you choose custom, the calendar option allows you to enter a start and end date.
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We are currently making further improvements to the PDF report. The aim is to make it as useful as possible for you. So do let us know if you find anything you would like to improve. We are always open to feature requests from our community.
\n\nHappy monitoring!
\n", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/get-your-monthly-pdf-report", "summary": "Have you noticed that we updated our monthly e-mail update? It now includes a printable PDF report. And in the Semonto dashboard, you can now combine multiple monitors into one clean PDF report for any month you want.", "image": "https://semonto.com/img/get-your-monthly-pdf-report.png", "date_modified": "2023-02-23T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Kathy Salden", "url": "https://semonto.com/blog/author/kathy-salden" } }, { "id": "https://semonto.com/blog/gps-tracker-mindme-locates-people-in-need", "content_html": "Simon's father founded Mindme in 2007. The company is now run by him and his sister, Katy. He shows us how the alarm works: “When you push the SOS button on a Mindme device, the alert goes out to a professionally staffed help centre,” Simon explains. “They can then talk to you to find out what the problem is and take appropriate action, whether that is to call the emergency services, contact one of your emergency contacts or just check that you are okay. Our devices have GPS tracking so the operator will know where you are. We also have devices which do not have an SOS button which are designed for people with dementia. They can get confused and wander off, and locating them can be challenging. If they have a Mindme device, carers can check where they are or even get notified when they go out.”
\n\n\nBut Mindme is not intended for impaired or senior citizens alone. “It's for anyone who wants peace of mind and independence”, Simon explains. “It allows you to be on your own when you want to, but have access to help when you require it. For example, it makes it possible for people recovering from an injury to get out of the hospital faster. Unlocking those beds relieves the increasing pressure on the health care system.”
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Mindme devices come as a wristwatch or a pendant device, with or without an SOS alarm button. Learn more on mindme.care.
\nSo, why does Mindme use a monitoring tool like Semonto? “Our service can save lives, so you can imagine how important it is to keep our platform available and running 24/7. Devices are constantly sending data into the platform and operators need to be able to look up devices at any time of the day or night; if there is an issue, we need to know immediately. Of course, our sysops and infrastructure team are keeping an eye on things. But their server monitoring is very bespoke and not visible to everyone. So I was looking for a solution that was more accessible and easy to interpret. That's how I discovered Semonto.”
\nSemonto turned out to be helpful in several ways. “I wanted a basic status dashboard to tell customers whether our service is up or down, and Semonto's status pages are perfect for that. I am also considering creating a password-protected version for our corporate customers. This way, I can give them access to more detailed live information. And, of course, we also want to be able to do a deep dive into the details of any issue ourselves. Semonto offers all these things.”
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