Discover 5 options to know if you are the only one finding a website that is offline or if more people are having access difficulties

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Discover 5 options to know if you are the only one finding a website that is offline or if more people are having access difficulties

The internet is present in our lives in different formats and when we come across a website that is down, it is normal for that question to arise: is the problem with my connection or with the server that hosts the address I want to access? And to solve this issue, there are many tools online that check to see if any social network or any other address can be considered a website offline indefinitely. Check out our list right now.

Off air?

Let's open the list by mentioning this project that works in a very simple way. after login Out of the Air home page, just paste or type the possible offline website address and hit the button Check🇧🇷 A check will be performed shortly afterwards and you will know if the problem is with the server or with your internet connection.

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Website allows quick checking of any internet address (Screenshot: Victor Pacheco)

The tool, in addition to working completely in Portuguese, is completely free. So leave the address always close to make the checks when necessary.

Down For Everyone or Just Me

Have you ever sent that message in the group or to your best friend, asking if you were trying to access a website that was down or if the problem could have another cause? This is the main concept of Down For Everyone or Just Me, online site checker that works in a very simple way.

All you have to do is copy the (seemingly) offline website address into the box with the search magnifier and then click the “or just me?🇧🇷 Automatically, a check will be made to find out if the site has really crashed or just you are experiencing this problem.

Screenshot of the site is down for everyone or just me to check if there is a site down
Site is tested in less than 05 seconds (Screenshot: Victor Pacheco/Showmetech)

If you received the reply “it's just you" or "it's just you in free translation, it is worth checking your browser, internet point used to access the site or other points that may prevent access to the address you want. This means that the checked site is online normally.

Screenshot of the site is down for everyone or just me to check if there is a site offline
Result shows if address is offline for you or more people (Screenshot: Victor Pacheco/Showmetech)

Best of all is that o Down For Everyone or Just Me it's free and also has an online tool for website performance (which is great for admins and developers). It's worth having the address saved in one of your favorites bar folders.

HostTracker

O HostTracker is another good way to know if a site is down, but this online tool does a more thorough job and even allows monitoring to be done in real time. The first login will require you to enter a e-mail and the site that needs to be checked, then a password will be sent to the e-mail informed and your account will be created on the site. This is the panel that should be displayed after the process is complete:

Screenshot of host tracker site to check if a site is down
Host Tracker has a panel for monitoring several websites (Screenshot: Victor Pacheco/Showmetech)

It is important to remember that HostTracker It's not free, but the dashboard can be accessed for free for 30 days, after which you'll need to pay for one of the plans, which range from $9 to $99 per month. But if you just want to know if a site is down, the free month will be more than enough. And an interesting feature is that the free plan allows the registration of 100 addresses and up to 10 channels can be registered so that notifications are sent in case of any problem.

Screenshot of host tracker site to check if a site is down
Registration can be done without payment requirement (Screenshot: Victor Pacheco/Showmetech)

To check if the site you want to access is online, just paste the address in the box located in the upper right corner and click on the button Check🇧🇷 A check will be made on servers around the world and if most of them show an OK in a green tone, nothing is out of order. This result below is an example of when the site is working normally:

Screenshot of host tracker site to check if a site is down
Checking is done on servers around the world (Screenshot: Victor Pacheco/Showmetech)

If everything is correct, it is worth checking your connection or asking someone else to access it from another device.

site24x7.com

One more tool that lets you know if an online site is really working is the site24x7.com🇧🇷 — the name is an allusion to the expression 24×7 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week). The tool is very easy to use: just paste the address of the website you want to know if it is working normally and press the button Test Now🇧🇷 The result will be displayed in less than five seconds, based on server tests taken from parts of the world.

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Online tool also tests access from different parts of the world (Screenshot: Victor Pacheco/Showmetech)

The great highlight for the site24x7.com is that its use is quite simplified and all functionalities can be accessed for free, without the need to create an account. It's another tool worth saving in your favorites tab for easy access.

Downdetector

One of the most popular sites to check if a site is down is the Downdetector, we have already mentioned it in several articles of the showmetech🇧🇷 The site is supplied with information by its own users. It is true that this option that closes our list of online tools is more valid for sites used by many people, but it is still useful and, at the same time, very comprehensive.

Screenshot of the downdetector website
DownDetector can be used for websites used by many people (Screenshot: Victor Pacheco/Showmetech)

All you have to do is search for the name of the site, company or service that noticed instabilities and shortly afterwards, a report will be displayed, indicating if other users of the site have reported problems according to what was searched for by you.

Downdetector site down logs screen
Notification spikes are recorded for consultation (Screenshot: Victor Pacheco/Showmetech)

Best of all, even though the problem has been fixed, you can find out if there was a problem before performing your search, through the graph of past notifications.

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