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Being blacklisted is one of the worst things that can happen when you run a business website or e-commerce website. From a basic user experience perspective, nothing can break trust quicker than people interpreting your website to be spam, malware, a phishing site, or even worse a hacked website. Website blacklisting doesn’t just happen, and with Are We Online’s website monitoring utility and website content checking tools you’ll be a step ahead in the game of preventing it.

So we all know that the Holiday Season is coming up quickly. November starts the beginning of the early birds getting a little shopping done for the Christmas, Hanukah, and Kwanzaa rush. Regardless of the season you and your brand’s website celebrate, if your website is an online store, you better be prepared for the rush.

I came across a good blog the other day by David Merrill from earlier this year. In it he talks about how much sites lose per hour they are down. It is amazing. Larger eCommerce sites lose $600,000 per hour of downtime. The average company loses $100,000 for every hour of downtime. Even a bank loses $14,500 in JUST ATM SERVICE FEES for every hour of downtime.

As everyone in the search engine optimization (SEO) world knows, Panda is the tidal wave of confusion that most website owners never saw coming. We've heard stories of people losing ranking entirely, becoming completely de-indexed, and being out-ranked by websites that are less relevant than theirs. In the website monitoring world, we've done a little bit of research into how our services can help your website rank better; and here's what we've come up with.

Ever wanted to see if your business is receiving reviews online? Are We Online Website & Server Monitoring also comes with Google Places and Yelp Reviews/Comment Monitoring. Our service is designed to let you set your personalized alert threshold, and alert you when someone posts a review below that threshold. You'll be alerted via email, voice, instant message or text alert (or any combination you choose). Plus, it shows up in your dashboard for your immediate attention. So here's how it works...