The script triggers every few minutes and then tries to fetch your website using URLFetchApp, a Google service similar to wget or curl. Internally, a Google script attached to the Google Sheet is doing the monitoring and logging events in Google Sheets and Google Analytics. How Website Monitor works with Google Docs The uptime and downtime times are logged in theGoogle Spreadsheet so you can use that data to analyze the performance of your web hosting company.
WEBSITE MONITOR SMS DOWNLOAD
You can turn on “Get text messages” to receive download alerts by SMS* on the mobile phone connected to your Google account.Ĭlick the Start button and the Google sheet will start monitoring your website in the background.Enter the Google Analytics Id (e.g., UA-123456-78) and the site monitor will log downtime / uptime events in your Analytics account.You can put multiple addresses separated by commas. Specify your website URL and the email address where you wish to be notified.You may have to authorize the sheet the first time you configure the monitor. Go to the Website Monitor menu (near Help) and choose Configure.
You may either use your Gmail or Google Apps account to sign-in.
WEBSITE MONITOR SMS UPGRADE
You may also need to upgrade to monitor multiple websites. Most website monitoring services follow the “freemium” model – they have free plans for basic downtime & uptime monitoring of a website but need to pay for unlimited email or SMS alerts.
Would you like to receive these downtime alerts as an email message or text on your mobile phone or both? Would you like to receive instant alerts as soon as your website goes down or is inaccessible to users?