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AI is flooding the web with content. But who is keeping it clean?
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.
Jelle De Laender - 4 September 2025
How to choose the best website monitoring tool for your company (7 questions to help you decide)
With so many website monitoring tools on the market, it can be hard to know how to pick the best one for you. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the most critical factors to consider when choosing a website monitoring tool.
Jelle De Laender - 19 June 2025
Why your website shows a blank page (and how to fix it)
Find out what causes a blank page on your website, what to do about it and how to catch it faster next time – so you can fix it before visitors are affected.
Jelle Kalkman - 5 June 2025
News: Why TLS/SSL certificates get shorter lifespans — and how to prepare for them
Each TLS/SSL certificate has an expiration date: the date when the certificate is no longer valid. At the CA/Browser Forum, a group of certification authorities and web browser vendors voted to reduce the maximum lifetime of certificates to 47 days by March 2029. Let’s dive into this and see how Semonto can help you stay in control.
Jelle De Laender - 18 April 2025
How to monitor your Let’s Encrypt certificates
On June 4, 2025, Let's Encrypt will stop sending emails when a certificate is about to expire. Here's what you should know about it and what you can do to stay on top of your website.
Jelle De Laender - 23 January 2025
4 ways to reduce notifications when monitoring your website
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.
Jelle De Laender - 31 October 2024
The ultimate guide to 404 pages
This article contains everything you ever wanted to know about 404 pages: what the 404 error means, how to improve your 404 page, and how to avoid 404 errors on your website.
Jelle De Laender - 16 July 2024
How to prevent 404 errors on your website
It’s not enough to improve your 404 page. Real website professionals care the most about preventing these 404 errors on your website altogether. In this article, we show you how to do just that.
Jelle De Laender - 15 July 2024
Improve your 404 page: 6 things you can do right now
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.
Jelle De Laender - 12 July 2024
A 404 error: what is it, and why is it called that way?
Have you ever wondered what the numbers in a 404 error message mean? In this article, we explain in plain language what a 404 error is and what it tells you about the status of the website you are trying to visit.
Jelle De Laender - 11 July 2024
Is poorly written code harming the performance of your website? (Here’s how to avoid the top 7 mistakes)
Your code tells your website what to do. If these instructions are flawed, the website can stop working correctly or even go offline. Here are some examples of how poorly written code can harm your website and how to avoid the top 7 coding mistakes.
Jelle Kalkman - 15 June 2023
How to create an escalation process in Semonto
Did you know that Semonto can help you to automate your incident escalation? In this article, we show you how.
Jelle De Laender - 23 January 2023
Importance of monitoring by ChatGPT
We asked ChatGPT, an AI tool by OpenAI, why monitoring the uptime, broken links, HTTPS TLS certificate and mixed content of websites are important
ChatGPT - 11 December 2022
9 ways to prepare your website for Black Friday and Cyber Monday
Can your website handle the Black Friday and Cyber Monday madness? With this checklist, your website is ready for a possible peak in traffic.
Jelle De Laender - modified 11 November 2022
What is the cost of downtime?
Is your business impacted when your website is temporarily unavailable? In this article, we help you calculate your total cost of downtime.
Jelle Kalkman - 3 November 2022
What is web hosting, and why should I care?
What is hosting? Who is responsible for your hosting? And how can you measure the quality? In this article, we answer all hosting-related questions.
Jelle De Laender - 20 October 2022
An extra layer of security with HTTP response headers
We all use online services in our daily lives, for example for online shopping, filling out tax returns or checking health insurance. When we do, sensitive personal information is sent back and forth. That is why online security is so important. One easy way to increase the security of your website as a provider is to set up security headers.
Jelle Kalkman - 8 September 2022
HTTPS and TLS/SSL Monitoring Explained
Attracting new clients is more important than ever. So companies invest more in sales, SEO and marketing. But what if the visitors you attract leave your website immediately? Find out what you should be checking instead.
Jelle De Laender - 19 August 2022
Why you should care about your website’s uptime
Your uptime percentage indicates how long your website was available without any interruption. Find out in this article why you should care.
Jelle De Laender - modified 5 May 2022
Broken Links on Your Website - How to Prevent, Find and Fix Them
Are you sure that all links on your website are working? When was the last time you tested them? Did you know that you can automate this test? Check out this article for more information on how you can do this.
Kathy Salden - modified 20 January 2022
4 Free Tools to Check The Health of Your Website
Every website will run pretty smoothly for the first year or so. But just like a car, it will start to fall apart over time if you do not give it a regular check-up. At Coding Mammoth, we have created 4 free tools to check the health of your website. In the following sections, we will explain what these checks are, why they are important and how you can use them for free.
Jelle De Laender - 19 April 2021
How to monitor a server that is not publicly accessible
Monitoring a server that is not publicly accessible? Easy! Instead of calling your server, your server pings us. In this article, we explain exactly how that works
Jelle De Laender - 25 August 2020
Optimise your website for a crowded internet
Especially now, with a lot of people working from home, the internet can get a bit overloaded. However, you still want your website to load fast because increased loading times have a negative effect on your bounce rate. In this blog, we discuss some tools and techniques to speed up your site and to reduce the network impact of your website on the internet.
Jelle Kalkman - 1 May 2020
Does your website need HTTPS?
What is HTTPS and why is it important? A lot of people think that HTTPS only adds value if your website is a bank tool or if it contains sensitive data. Don't be fooled. HTTPS should be enabled on all websites. That means that you need it, too. Why? Read all about it in this article.
Jelle De Laender - 31 March 2020
Wij waken gratis over je website tot de coronacrisis voorbij is
Om ondernemingen die getroffen zijn door de coronacrisis te ondersteunen bieden we Semonto gratis 4 maanden aan. We houden de webshop nauwlettend in de gaten en verwittigen bij de eerste problemen, zodat de ondernemer zich kan focussen op zijn bedrijf.
Jelle De Laender - 24 March 2020
We will watch your website for free while you are fighting the corona crisis
We want to support other companies that are affected by the coronacrisis by offering Semonto for free for 4 months. Together we are stronger.
Jelle De Laender - 24 March 2020
Now is the time to improve your online presence
All entrepreneurs are feeling the impact of the coronavirus. Your online presence is more important than ever. Find out what you can do today.
Kathy Salden - 16 March 2020
What we can learn from LinkedIn's downtime
Last January, LinkedIn was down for three hours, and users were anxiously waiting for updates. What can we learn from this incident? Find out in this blog.
Kathy Salden - 11 February 2020
The SEO impact of downtime and how to avoid it
Will technical problems affect your position in Google? Is downtime bad for your SEO? Discover how downtime affects your search ranking.
Kathy Salden - 14 January 2020
What to do if your website is down
Is your website down? There are some things you can do to figure out what is going on. In this blog, we will take you through the process step by step.
Jelle De Laender - 10 December 2019
The World Wide Web is 30 years old
The World Wide Web is 30 years old today and has become indispensable by most people.
Jelle De Laender - 12 March 2019
12★apps Christmas Special
Semonto takes part in the 12★apps Christmas Special.
Jelle De Laender - 26 December 2018
Black Friday / Cyber Monday!
Black Friday / Cyber Monday! 20% discount on Semonto.com until 29 November 2018!
Jelle De Laender - 22 November 2018