Fig 1 – click the ‘add new monitor’ button<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n
3) “New Monitor<\/em>” panel opens..\u2026select “Keyword<\/em>“<\/h2>\nFig 2 – select ‘keyword’<\/em><\/p><\/div>\nNote: there are various ways Uptime Robot can monitor your site and I’ll spare you the differences and nuances in this post, let’s just concentrate on getting a standard website uptime monitor in place for you.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
4) Find in the blanks<\/h2>\n
\u2026.you’ll now see this screen:<\/p>\n
Fig 3 – Uptime Robot keyword monitor fields<\/em><\/p><\/div>\nOn this screen enter:<\/p>\n
\n- ‘Friendly Name’<\/strong> – doesn’t’ really matter, it’s for your purposes only; put ‘my website<\/em>‘ if you like
\n(If you are likely to monitor lots of sites, then yes, having a meaningful name here helps).<\/em><\/em><\/li>\n- ‘URL (or IP)’ –<\/strong> enter your full website address here (including the HTTP or HTTPS*)
\n(*If your site is not HTTPS, it should be)<\/em><\/em><\/li>\n- ‘Keyword’<\/strong> – in this field put “<\/html><\/strong>“*
\n(*copy <\/html><\/strong>, just that bit, not the quotes)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/h2>\n5) Keyword Not Exists<\/h2>\n
Select ‘Keyword Not Exists<\/strong>‘<\/p>\nFig 4 – select ‘keyword not exists’<\/em><\/p><\/div>\nNote: you can leave the Monitoring Internal as is.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
6) Add alert<\/h2>\n
You now need to tell Uptime Robot who it needs to alert if there is an issue\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n
Fig 5 – adding an alert<\/em><\/p><\/div>\nAs you see here, I have two options set up; once for my email*, and one for Slack.<\/p>\n
(*Which I’m pretty sure you can decipher, if you squint ;)<\/em><\/p>\nIf you do not<\/em> see anything in this panel, you may need to go to a different section on the site to set up your alerts.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
7) Go to “My settings”<\/h2>\n
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Fig 6 – select ‘my settings’ from menu<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n