How often does Alive Signal check my website?

Alive Signal checks your website every 60 seconds by default. For critical websites you can increase the frequency to every 30 seconds. Each check is done from multiple geographic locations to ensure accurate results and avoid false alarms.

Will I get false alarms?

Alive Signal uses a confirmation system where a failed check is immediately verified from another location before the alert is sent. This eliminates the vast majority of false alarms. You can also configure the number of failed checks before alerting is triggered.

Can I monitor multiple websites?

Yes. You can add as many websites as you want — perfect for agencies or businesses with multiple domains. Each website gets its own uptime history, alert configuration and status page.

Does the monitoring affect website performance?

No. Alive Signal sends a simple HTTP request every minute — this is insignificant compared to normal traffic and does not affect website performance or server load in any measurable way.

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What it does

Checks your website every minute and alerts you immediately via email, SMS or Slack when the site goes down, becomes slow or returns errors — so you can fix the problem before customers notice.

Your website can be down for hours without you knowing — and every minute of downtime costs you money and rankings

Downtime is invisible to you but very visible to your customers and Google. When your website gøs down you lose sales, leads and trust — and Google registers it. Repeated downtime can lead to lower rankings because Google sees your website as unreliable. Most businesses discover downtime only when a customer complains or when they happen to check the website themselves. By that time you may have already lost hours of traffic and potential customers.

Invisible downtime — your website can be down for hours without you knowing, especially at nights and weekends when nobody is actively monitoring
Lost revenue — every minute of downtime means lost visitors, lost leads and lost sales that you will never get back
SEO damage — Google crawls your website regularly, and repeated errors lead to lower rankings and reduced crawl frequency
Slow response time — the website can be technically "up" but so slow that visitors leave, without you getting any alert

Get immediate alerts when your website goes down — with detailed error reports and historical uptime data

Alive Signal checks your website every minute from multiple geographic locations. When a problem is detected — downtime, slow response time, SSL errors or HTTP error codes — you get an immediate alert via your preferred channel. You also get a detailed error report that helps you identify and fix the problem quickly, plus historical uptime data showing the site reliability over time.

Minute-by-minute check: monitors your website every 60 seconds from multiple locations — so downtime is detected within one minute
Multi-channel alerts: sends alerts via email, SMS, Slack or webhook — so you always get notified no matter where you are
Detailed error report: shows exactly what went wrong — HTTP status code, response time, SSL status and error message — so you can diagnose quickly
Historical uptime data: tracks uptime and response time over time — so you can document SLA compliance and identify patterns in downtime

Features

SSL monitoring: alerts you when the SSL certificate is approaching expiry or has configuration errors — so you avoid the scary "Not Secure" warning in the browser
Response time tracking: measures response time for each check and alerts you when it exceeds your defined threshold — so you catch performance issues before they affect users
Status page: get a public status page you can share with customers and stakeholders — showing real-time uptime status and historical reliability
Multi-region check: monitors from Europe, North America and Asia — so you detect regional issues that only affect visitors from certain areas

How it works

Add your web address — Alive Signal immediately starts monitoring your website every minute from multiple locations
Configure alert channels and thresholds — choose whether to be alerted via email, SMS, Slack or webhook, and set thresholds for response time
Get immediate alerts when something goes wrong — with detailed error reports and troubleshooting suggestions, plus historical uptime reports

Use cases

E-commerce stores — every minute of downtime means directly lost revenue, so immediate alerting is critical to minimize losses
SaaS companies — uptime is part of your SLA, and Alive Signal gives you the documentation you need to prove reliability to customers
Agencies managing client websites — monitor all client websites from one dashboard and get alerts before clients discover the problem themselves

Why use Alive Signal?

Downtime is more expensive than you think. Downtime costs small and medium businesses money for every minute it lasts. But the real cost is larger — lost trust, lost SEO value and customers who never come back. Alive Signal minimizes this cost by alerting you within one minute.

Google penalizes unreliable websites. Googlebot crawls your website regularly, and when it encounters errors it reduces the crawl frequency. Over time this can lead to lower rankings because Google sees your website as unreliable. By minimizing downtime you also protect your SEO value.

Proactive monitoring is cheaper than reactive firefighting. Detecting and fixing a problem within minutes costs a fraction of what it costs to repair the damage after hours of downtime. Alive Signal gives you the proactive monitoring that lets you act before the problem escalates.

FAQ

How often does Alive Signal check my website?: Alive Signal checks your website every 60 seconds by default. For critical websites you can increase the frequency to every 30 seconds. Each check is done from multiple geographic locations to ensure accurate results and avoid false alarms.
Will I get false alarms?: Alive Signal uses a confirmation system where a failed check is immediately verified from another location before the alert is sent. This eliminates the vast majority of false alarms. You can also configure the number of failed checks before alerting is triggered.
Can I monitor multiple websites?: Yes. You can add as many websites as you want — perfect for agencies or businesses with multiple domains. Each website gets its own uptime history, alert configuration and status page.
Does the monitoring affect website performance?: No. Alive Signal sends a simple HTTP request every minute — this is insignificant compared to normal traffic and does not affect website performance or server load in any measurable way.

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