Spring Park, MN -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/26/2012 -- Dotcom-Monitor, (http://www.Dotcom-Monitor.com), today announced the immediate availability of a unique online test tool that tests the performance of websites from behind the "Great Firewall of China". Originating from Shanghai, China the test essentially answers the question: "What does my website look like for someone who browses to it from China (behind the firewall)?"

The "Great Firewall of China" is a filtering project is operated by the Ministry of Public Security (MPS), a division of the government of the People's Republic of China.

The test (available here http://www.dotcom-monitor.com/technical-tools-browser-test.aspx)
utilizes an Internet Explorer browser that originates from Shanghai, China and travels to the target website. The website monitoring test is free and determines if a website (or specific elements of a website) are filtered out by the "Great Firewall of China."

Currently the "Great Firewall of China" filters out many well known URLs, including Facebook.com, Blogger.com, etc...These URLs and others are also commonly included as third-party components of many other websites. As a result of "the Great Firewall of China" queries to filtered URLs originating from within Shanghai, China will result in the error message "Access Denied: You don't have permission to access "http(s)://www.TheTargetedWebsite.com.com/" on this server."

Instant Worldwide Performance Test
The instant browser test also tests from 18 other worldwide locations making it the most comprehensive worldwide browser-driven testing tool on the internet. To try it go here: http://www.dotcom-monitor.com/technical-tools-browser-test.aspx

The instant worldwide browser test uses Dotcom-Monitor's browser-based UserView Monitoring™ platform. "The Great Firewall of China test is an absolutely free service that provides a snapshot of a website's speed and performance and whether the website, or aspects of a website, are being filtered" said Vadim Mazo, founder and chief technical officer of Dotcom-Monitor, "It helps website administrator's see their website as it appears for users originating from within the Great Firewall of China. As a result of this Great Firewall of China test website administrators can make informed decisions about their website design." To try the test http://www.dotcom-monitor.com/technical-tools-browser-test.aspx

For more information, contact Brad Canham at Dotcom-Monitor, 1-888-479-0741, or email at sales (at) dotcom-monitor.com.

About Dotcom-Monitor
Dotcom-Monitor is a worldwide external monitoring solution that reduces the risk of downtime and performance issues that impact an organization's online bottom-line revenues and reputation. It brings together Monitoring, Reporting, Notification, Escalation and Analysis in the combination best suited to your needs. To learn more about UserView Monitoring™, user experience, website monitoring, network monitoring, and server monitoring services, as well as web load stress testing services go to www.Dotcom-Monitor.com

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Dotcom-Monitor Unveils New Browser-Based Solution for Web Application Monitoring

Wayzata, MN -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/10/2010 -- Dotcom-Monitor, (http://www.Dotcom-Monitor.com), a leading provider of external active monitoring and analysis solutions, today announced the immediate availability of the most cost-effective, advanced web application monitoring tool on the market today for monitoring user experience, UserView Monitoring™.

UserView Monitoring™ is a proactive, regular browser-based web application monitoring tool, providing real-time monitoring, alerts, and reports on a user's experience of web application performance and component connectivity. This regular browser-based monitoring tool for web applications/online transaction deployments continues Dotcom-Monitor's focus on providing cost-effective, external monitoring solutions to administrators for online retailers, interactive agencies, and other industries focused on providing the highest quality of user experience.

Dotcom-Monitor browser-based UserView Monitoring™ solution utilizes a proprietary EveryStep™ Macro Recorder technology. EveryStep™ is a no-hassle macro recorder application, which automatically records "every step" in a user's experience of a web application. UserView Monitoring™ is used to monitor the user's experience of online shopping carts, login processes, etc…essentially every step in a user's experience of a website or web application.

"As more organizations rely on interactive systems, it is important for user experience monitoring to proactively mimic the external end-user's perspective, rather than only relying on passive internal statistical systems," said Vadim Mazo, founder and chief technical officer of Dotcom-Monitor. "Moreover, much of the marketplace for "user experience" monitoring has been asking for an advanced, but cost-effective alternative. Vendors currently offering browser-based monitoring have a high price point, complicated evaluation/sales requirements, pre-payment pricing, and demand long-term contracts. UserView Monitoring™ offers a simplified, on-demand, and cost-effective approach."

Rather than a large upfront investment in a monitoring system, many organizations user experience monitoring and uptime needs are best addressed by a true on-demand monitoring system with a free-to-try, pay-as-you-go, affordable service, and an automatic scripting process, like the EveryStep™ Macro Recorder. No other advanced browser-based monitoring service offers this combination of services.

Dotcom-Monitor UserView Monitoring™ keeps an eye on the ability of online web applications infrastructure components to establish and maintain user experience from an external perspective. Dotcom-Monitor monitors online transactions and web applications services using a regular Internet Explorer browser acting like a visitor to the website, including: clicking on links, filling out forms, hovering over page elements, and submitting data.

When a problem is detected, the Dotcom-Monitor notification feature sends an alert via phone, pager, email, or SMS. Additionally, real-time connectivity status reports are available via an intuitive online Dashboard interface with detailed analysis of "every step" in the user experience to help pinpoint where the error condition is occurring. This reporting functionality also includes detailed historical reports and charts for service management purposes, including Service Level Agreement (SLA) issues.

With monitoring customers around the world, business success for Dotcom-Monitor is synonymous with network uptime. "Dotcom-Monitor's UserView Monitoring™ tool provides customers a unique, no-hassle, targeted solution for quickly identifying and resolving user experience issues that affect uptime performance and ultimately revenues," noted Mazo. Dotcom-Monitor UserView Monitoring™ is available immediately at http://www.Dotcom-Monitor.com. For more information, please call 1-888-479-0741, ext. 1, or email at sales@dotcom-monitor.com .

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