When Websites Are Down
After Black Friday in the U.S., I read reports that major e-stores malfunctioned. For example, customers of one of the popular e-store, Sears.com, told its customers to “please try again later.”
If you look at the positive side of it, the downtime would probably be caused by too many users accessing the site. That means business and it’s a good sign. However, the bad side is that the websites were not able to cope with the unusually high demand.
When websites are down, the following could be the reason:
- the server gets congested because of the many ongoing and simultaneous processes
- the web space is not enough to carry all the processes
Now, can this be corrected? Of course!
Site owners must invest in good developers, especially the back-end part, and have a bigger web space. A bigger web space is definitely a must for e-stores.
A down website is bane to project management! If you’re out there to do business, your website is better out there up and running. Otherwise, it has no business being live on the Net.
In any case, if you are interested in good developers and web hosting, just leave a comment here. 
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January 27th, 2009 at 5:29 am
oh.. a good server can be a challenge to find! downtime = profit lost to online shops!
I’m glad our very own server is quite reliable! I think in the past year, I’ve only experience one down-time — and they sent a notice that it would happen because of system upgrade
let me know if you experience anything weird with our own sites! ^_^ v
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January 27th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
That’s good to hear, Rjene!
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April 15th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
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