June 12, 2018
Websites Crash All the Time. But What Will It Cost You if Your Business Website Crashes? Will You Even Know Your Website is Down?
Websites are essential to many businesses and if they crash the business can be in serious trouble. Sales, recruitment, enquiries and ultimately profits are at risk.
But how do you know if your website has crashed. The first you know could be when online orders dry up. It’s not possible to manually visit your site every hours to check it is still working.
And what can be done to ensure your site doesn’t go down or, if it does, it is up and running again in seconds?
I’ve seen these problems, first hand, when my clients have experienced them. £multi-million businesses brought to their knees when a website server crashes. £tens of thousands revenue being lost every day.
In some cases this has happened on Friday afternoon and no has noticed until Monday morning when they find an empty order in tray. It’s a devastating feeling in the pit of your stomach when you see this.
But it can be avoided in most cases. (more…)