What Is a Ping Test?

Posted on April 18th, 2013 by Boyana Peeva in WebSitePulse News

Ping-pong

Ping is a networking utility program or a tool to test if a particular host is reachable. It is a diagnostic that checks if your computer is connected to a server. Ping, a term taken from the echo location of a submarine, sends data packet to a server and if it receives a data packet back, then you have a connection. The term "ping" can refer to the time it takes for a data packet to travel round-trip. It means "get the attention of" or "check the presence of". In a computer network, a ping test is a way of sending messages from a computer to another. Aside from checking if the computer is connected to a network, ping also gives indicators of the reliability and general speed of the connection.

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Why A Website Is Blacklisted

Posted on March 14th, 2013 by Boyana Peeva in WebSitePulse News, Tech

 The Blacklist

Organizations are shifting operations from the brick-and-mortar model to virtual platforms. Thus, billing procedures and sharing sensitive information are now conveniently completed through the Internet. Online processes, however, expose organizations to external attacks. As a result, people are forced to develop ways to block any unauthorized access and spam.

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What Is a Traceroute Test?

Posted on March 7th, 2013 by Boyana Peeva in Tools, WebSitePulse News

TracerouteIf you're having issues with your network connection, you may need to investigate exactly where the problem is occurring. Maybe your data packets are getting stopped right out of the gate, or perhaps it's just a particular route that they're taking that is causing the issues.

A traceroute test shows the exact path that you're taking when you're trying to connect to a specific IP. This information tells you exactly where the breakdown happens, and it can aid you in trying to fix it.

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Getting Affiliated With WebSitePulse - One More Way To Benefit From Remote Monitoring

Posted on May 28th, 2012 by Lily Grozeva in WebSitePulse News

WebSitePulse Affiliate Program

Let’s start this week with something different! Today, we are glad to present to you the WebSitePulse affiliate program. Like most good services on the internet, we would like to give our trusted followers a way to further benefit from our services. Now you can earn a pretty penny every month.

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WebSitePulse Guest Blogging Guidelines

Posted on May 8th, 2012 by WebSitePulse in WebSitePulse News

Guest BloggingWhat You Get

  1. Your bio statement will appear at the bottom of the article containing a maximum of 2 links to your website(s) or social channels. Email addresses are not allowed.

  2. You may provide up to three links in the body text of the article. All links should be only related to the context of the subject you cover in the post.

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