{"id":1453,"date":"2017-12-19T19:58:47","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T19:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siteuptime.com\/blog\/?p=1453"},"modified":"2017-12-19T19:58:47","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T19:58:47","slug":"5-ways-to-avoid-crashes-for-online-barbecue-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siteuptime.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/19\/5-ways-to-avoid-crashes-for-online-barbecue-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways to Avoid Crashes for Online Barbecue Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"

As an online barbecue business, you know that when people get a craving for the pig, you need to act fast.<\/p>\n

But if your website goes down, you won’t just disappoint hundreds of rabid barbecue fans. You also stand to lose a serious amount of business.<\/p>\n

Don’t believe us? Just listen to these figures.<\/p>\n

When Amazon’s site crashed in 2013, they lost over $66,000<\/a> — per minute. In fact, for over 1\/3 of online businesses, the average cost of a single hour of downtime is about $20,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n

No matter the size of your online barbecue business, you need to ensure that you’ve taken the steps to keep your website up and running and your customers satisfied.<\/p>\n

Your goal should be 99% uptime<\/a> for your site, if not higher.<\/p>\n

Sounds great — but how do you get there? Read on to find out.<\/p>\n

1. Beef Up Your Security<\/h2>\n

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that cybersecurity is a huge concern in today’s world. In fact, over 30,000 websites<\/a> are hacked every single day.<\/p>\n

If your online barbecue business is hacked, you don’t only have to worry about a loss of revenue while you wait to get your site back online. Sometimes, hackers will even hold your content — and saved customer data — for ransom.<\/p>\n

To avoid revenue losses and hefty payouts to criminals, there are a few things you need to do.<\/p>\n

First, always ensure that you run frequent updates on your site. Yes, having to wait for those updates to run is time-consuming and annoying. But it’s nothing compared to the frustration you’ll have to deal with if your site is hacked.<\/p>\n

Frequently monitor your website traffic, or rely on a professional monitoring service<\/a> to crawl through your visitor data log and check for suspicious login attempts or other activity.<\/p>\n

Finally, always ensure that your password is as strong as possible. You might think you’ve chosen a perfect passcode, but check to make sure it’s not on this list<\/a> of the most common passwords.<\/p>\n

2. Constantly Test Your Site<\/h2>\n

You owe it to your online barbecue business — and your customers — to run as many site tests and checks as possible.<\/p>\n

This is especially important if you’re expecting a sudden influx of traffic around a large annual sale or the holiday season. You need to make sure that your website can handle a sudden spike in traffic.<\/p>\n

Testing your site will quickly identify bugs, weak points, and let you know how long your site can successfully run with high amounts of traffic.<\/p>\n

Remember that when you’re testing your site, you also need to run those same tests on its mobile version.<\/p>\n

Google’s PageSpeed Tools<\/a> are incredibly helpful for running these tests.<\/p>\n

3. Remove Heavy Elements From Your Site<\/h2>\n

Heavy elements on your website, sometimes referred to as “dynamic content” might look awesome — but they can cause your website to crash or slow your loading time to a crawl.<\/p>\n

The same goes for web tools and plugins that tailor popups and ads to individual visitors, especially on your site’s homepage.<\/p>\n

For example, look at this page from BillyOh.com<\/a>. The website developers have found a way to advertise their discounts without relying on popups or large image files to get the job done.<\/p>\n

The page is also free from autoplay options, and the product images are small in size. This is the kind of design you should aim for.<\/p>\n

4. Rely On A Content Delivery Network<\/h2>\n

Everyone loves barbecue! It’s an indisputable fact, but you’re especially aware of it because you have customers in numerous parts of the country or the world.<\/p>\n

While this is excellent for your business, it can sometimes cause problems when it comes to your website’s uptime.<\/p>\n

If your business has expanded to new markets, then it’s time to upgrade to a content delivery network (CDN.)<\/p>\n

In a nutshell, a CDN will create servers in many locations across the country, or, if needed, internationally. Then, when a faraway visitor heads to your site, they’ll be able to access the server that’s closest to their current location.<\/p>\n

Plus, the more servers you have, the less likely your website is to crash due to a sudden influx of visitors.<\/p>\n

5. Reevaluate Your Host<\/h2>\n

If your online barbecue business has suffered from several crashes lately, then it’s likely time to rethink your current host.<\/p>\n

Whenever your site crashes, communicate with your host as soon as possible. (However, remind them that it’s their responsibility to alert you when they’re experiencing problems in the future.)<\/p>\n

Also, if you’re currently operating on a shared server, your business may have outgrown the ability to share with others. This is because one of the other sites you’re sharing hosting space with could have a spike in traffic that could cause your website to crash.<\/p>\n

When you’re ready, it’s best to upgrade to a dedicated server.<\/p>\n

How Can You Grow Your Online Barbecue Business?<\/h2>\n

Thanks to this post, you now have five excellent ideas that will help you to ensure that your site continues to run smoothly as often as possible.<\/p>\n

However, with everything else that you have to do to keep your customers satisfied, sometimes you just don’t have enough time to take the proper precautions.<\/p>\n

That’s where we come in.<\/p>\n

We offer several different levels of reliable website monitoring, which will check your site once every half hour or two minutes.<\/p>\n

We work to send you alerts the moment something goes wrong. We even run our web checks from different locations across the world, so your international market isn’t ignored.<\/p>\n

Create your account<\/a> with us today to increase your site’s uptime — and the number of sales you’re able to make.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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