# Source: hub for every /blog/<slug> article; do not edit article detail — the per-article BlogArticle literal in src/lib/business/blog-articles.tsx is the source of truth.

# Blog — Long-form writing on what downtime looks like, in plain terms.

> Long-form writing on uptime monitoring, alerts, and what downtime actually costs a small business. First-person, plain-spoken, from the person who built SiteGuardian.

URL: /blog
Canonical page: /blog
Site index: /llms.txt
Blog index: /blog
Updated: 2026-08-05

## What this hub is
- Plain-spoken field notes on website monitoring, downtime cost, SSL, and uptime for small business. Every article is hand-authored; each entry below carries a one-line dek and a link to the per-article llms.txt for AI summarisation.

## Articles
- [Automated website maintenance tool — what it actually does](/blog/automated-website-maintenance-tool): What an "automated maintenance tool" really means on a small-business site — the four checks it has to run, the cadence it has to run them on, and which ones a paid monitor covers. [page context](/blog/automated-website-maintenance-tool/llms.txt)
- [Best website monitoring tools for small business owners, honestly](/blog/best-website-monitoring-tools-for-small-business-owners): An honest comparison of SiteGuardian, UptimeRobot, Pingdom, Better Stack and the rest of the field, against the four pieces a small shop actually needs. [page context](/blog/best-website-monitoring-tools-for-small-business-owners/llms.txt)
- [Form failures silently kill conversions your monitoring missed](/blog/form-failures-kill-conversions): A walk through the five failure modes that swallow form submissions on a small business site — server-side timeout, redirect loop, hidden error page, broken captcha, blocked payment step — and why standard uptime monitors never tell you they are happening. [page context](/blog/form-failures-kill-conversions/llms.txt)
- [How to keep your small business website up](/blog/how-to-keep-your-small-business-website-up): The four things to keep on top of (uptime, SSL, contact form, broken links), the cadence to check each, and the smallest tool that covers all four. [page context](/blog/how-to-keep-your-small-business-website-up/llms.txt)
- [Is my website down right now?](/blog/is-my-website-down-right-now): The plain-English version of checking your own URL — what "down" means, how each check works, and which one tells you the truth today. [page context](/blog/is-my-website-down-right-now/llms.txt)
- [Monitoring SSL certificate expiry for small business](/blog/monitoring-ssl-certificate-expiry-small-business): The shape of an SSL-expiry incident on a small-business site, the cadence to catch it, and what a probe does that the host dashboard misses. [page context](/blog/monitoring-ssl-certificate-expiry-small-business/llms.txt)
- [Website monitoring for small businesses, in plain terms](/blog/website-monitoring-for-small-businesses): The boring safeguard — what it does, when it fires, who needs one. [page context](/blog/website-monitoring-for-small-businesses/llms.txt)
- [What downtime actually costs a small business, and what changes](/blog/website-downtime-cost-small-business): The math behind an hour of downtime — ad spend lost, customers turned away, repeat customer churn. [page context](/blog/website-downtime-cost-small-business/llms.txt)

## Subscribe
- /blog/rss.xml — RSS feed of new posts.

## See also
- Pricing → /pricing.
- Free URL audit → /audit.
- Site index → /llms.txt.
- Compare hub → /vs.

## Site context
- SiteGuardian is one paid product: a $299 Lifetime deal, plus Starter $19/mo and Pro $39/mo. The full inventory is at /llms.txt.