{"id":829,"date":"2017-08-11T19:50:38","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T19:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.siteuptime.com\/?p=829"},"modified":"2019-09-27T17:35:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T17:35:04","slug":"5-ways-to-keep-law-firm-websites-from-crashing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siteuptime.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/11\/5-ways-to-keep-law-firm-websites-from-crashing\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways to Keep Law Firm Websites from Crashing"},"content":{"rendered":"

You’ve spent so much time on your law firm website. You’ve got the perfect logo, a friendly design<\/a>, and a great SEO strategy.<\/p>\n

But then disaster strikes and your website crashes. You lose valuable data including important client information and sales data.<\/p>\n

Or worse, you lose business. And studies show that if your website is down, you\u00a0will lose business<\/a> — and lots of it.<\/p>\n

Believe it or not, website crashes are entirely avoidable. You just have to know how to use the right strategies to keep your firm’s site up and running.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the best ways to keep your law firm websites from crashing.<\/p>\n

How to Keep Law Firm Websites From Crashing<\/h2>\n

1. Pay Attention To Your Trafic<\/h3>\n

Most of the time a website crash is caused by a massive influx of traffic. This happens on a regular basis with websites like Apple when a new product is announced.<\/p>\n

And truthfully, it’s a pretty good problem to have. It means that your digital marketing strategy is working — a little too well, in fact.<\/p>\n

You can avoid this by regularly keeping up with your website’s traffic flow. Whether you look into it yourself or hire an outside service, you’ll want to keep yourself informed.<\/p>\n

If your site is receiving a lot of traffic on a regular basis, it may be time to upgrade to a bigger server.<\/p>\n

2. Test Your Site On a Regular Basis<\/h3>\n

If you do\u00a0experience regular jumps in traffic, you can get a better feel for what to expect by doing regular tests.<\/p>\n

While this may mean your site is offline for a bit, you can either warn your market or schedule it for off-hours.<\/p>\n

Stress testing<\/a> your site is a great way to see how much your website can handle before it finally breaks. The process is simple enough:<\/p>\n

Choose your software (some of which are available for free) and enter your details. Your software will then run a simulation on your website of HTTP requests.<\/p>\n

Following the test, you’ll be able to see just where you need to improve your law firm websites.<\/p>\n

Think of it as a performance review for your website.<\/p>\n

3. Invest In A CDN<\/h3>\n

A CDN, or content delivery network<\/a>, is one of the first thing law firm websites should invest in. While this bit of software sounds overly complicated, it’s actually quite simple.<\/p>\n

A CDN scales your website based on your users’ geographic location. This means that your website’s threshold becomes more of a variable. That way, even if your popular family law litigation<\/a> site is experiencing a boom, your site will stay up!<\/p>\n

Think of it as a peer-to-peer network for your website!<\/p>\n

4. Update Your Law Firm Website’s Firmware Often<\/h3>\n

It isn’t enough to keep updating your site on a regular basis, there are individual elements within your site that need updating. Be it elements of Flash, eCommerce software, or even photo viewers, keep your site updated.<\/p>\n

Otherwise, your site will go down for a pretty needless reason.<\/p>\n

5. Invest In A Service<\/h3>\n

If any of the above seems like it may be too much work for your firm, it may be time to look into some help. Luckily, we’re here to help.<\/p>\n

Whether you sign up for a free plan or a comprehensive pro plan, we’ll make sure your site is always reachable. Contact us<\/a> today and let us worry about monitoring your website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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