Websites Average 3 Hours of Host Downtime a Month, How Does Your Business Site Fare?
smallbiztrends | February 15, 2019
The latest research from Hosting Facts has revealed the average website is down three hours a month due to the downtime of web host providers.With 99.9% uptime promises, guarantees and refunds from host providers, Hosting Facts says it doesn’t really matter when your site is down if you have lost all traffic. According to the research, on average businesses can lose around $10.6m a year.The loss for small businesses may not be as high, but the loss is relative to the size of the company. And when a small company experiences a down website, the recovery can be challenging, especially when it is for an extended amount of time.The research Hosting Facts carried out was thorough and extensive, which goes to the credibility of the data the company has revealed. After purchasing shared web hosting plans from 32 providers, Hosting Facts then monitored their uptime through Pingdom for an entire year.