Comments on: Social network downtime in 2008 http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/02/26/social-network-downtime-in-2008/ Ramblings and tech news from the Pingdom team Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:34:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Boris http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/02/26/social-network-downtime-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-421254 Boris Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:03:00 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=253#comment-421254 Would be great to have the same report for 2009! Any chance? :-) Would be great to have the same report for 2009!
Any chance? :-)

]]> By: Master Dave http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/02/26/social-network-downtime-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-98878 Master Dave Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:19:08 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=253#comment-98878 How about Tribe? And some of the others? The thing is, people look at these lists, and see only big-name companies. Small companies, like fubar.com, of which I had never before heard, do not, then, get a chance to grow. This is too bad. Why use a small site? Less garbage! I visited a few MySpace pages which came up in Google searches. They were slow to load, slowed My computer, and were, generally, incomprehensible. No MySpace for Me! Small sites need more exposure. Especially when they are better. How about Tribe? And some of the others?

The thing is, people look at these lists, and see only big-name companies. Small companies, like fubar.com, of which I had never before heard, do not, then, get a chance to grow. This is too bad.

Why use a small site? Less garbage! I visited a few MySpace pages which came up in Google searches. They were slow to load, slowed My computer, and were, generally, incomprehensible. No MySpace for Me!

Small sites need more exposure. Especially when they are better.

]]> By: Ryan Dunn http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/02/26/social-network-downtime-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-89629 Ryan Dunn Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:14:47 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=253#comment-89629 Ditto to Miles. I give props to LJ for its stability after so many years and having seen it in early stages where no one expected to see it go down like it had. Still leads the pack for a content based social networking service (as opposed to FB/MS which drown their users with not only ads but pointless bits of communicative drivel). Ditto to Miles. I give props to LJ for its stability after so many years and having seen it in early stages where no one expected to see it go down like it had. Still leads the pack for a content based social networking service (as opposed to FB/MS which drown their users with not only ads but pointless bits of communicative drivel).

]]> By: Miles Attacca http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/02/26/social-network-downtime-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-89489 Miles Attacca Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:07:24 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=253#comment-89489 The downtime ratings fail to take into account what's basically "live downtime," the prime example being MySpace, where roughly 10% of my clicks to internal pages result in pages that say "Server too busy" or "an unexpected error has occurred." If you ask me, their ranking would be absolutely abhorrent if those important factors were taken into account. The downtime ratings fail to take into account what’s basically “live downtime,” the prime example being MySpace, where roughly 10% of my clicks to internal pages result in pages that say “Server too busy” or “an unexpected error has occurred.” If you ask me, their ranking would be absolutely abhorrent if those important factors were taken into account.

]]> By: Kelly http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/02/26/social-network-downtime-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-89280 Kelly Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:51:39 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=253#comment-89280 I bet LinkedIn's numbers are way off after this week. K. I bet LinkedIn’s numbers are way off after this week.

K.

]]> By: Craig Maloney » Breaking radio silence for an important announcement http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/02/26/social-network-downtime-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-89091 Craig Maloney » Breaking radio silence for an important announcement Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:32:59 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=253#comment-89091 [...] But wait, kids, they’ve saved the best for last:  Just In Case You Need A Little Convincing… Here’s just one reason, out of many, we think LiveJournal deserves your vote. So far in 2008, LiveJournal has had less downtime than MySpace, Friendster, Facebook and LinkedIn. In fact, with only ten minutes of downtime, LiveJournal has had a full 12 hours and 18 minutes less downtime than Bebo. See the pingdom post for the complete list of social networks and their downtime. [...] [...] But wait, kids, they’ve saved the best for last:  Just In Case You Need A Little Convincing… Here’s just one reason, out of many, we think LiveJournal deserves your vote. So far in 2008, LiveJournal has had less downtime than MySpace, Friendster, Facebook and LinkedIn. In fact, with only ten minutes of downtime, LiveJournal has had a full 12 hours and 18 minutes less downtime than Bebo. See the pingdom post for the complete list of social networks and their downtime. [...]

]]> By: » How Much Have Social Network Servers Failed in 2008   TechCrunchies - Internet Statistics, Numbers and figures http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/02/26/social-network-downtime-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-88394 » How Much Have Social Network Servers Failed in 2008   TechCrunchies - Internet Statistics, Numbers and figures Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:26:59 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=253#comment-88394 [...] It has only been two months into the new year. An early peek into the server downtimes at the various social networking websites: [...] [...] It has only been two months into the new year. An early peek into the server downtimes at the various social networking websites: [...]

]]> By: Weekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: Feb 27, 2008 http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/02/26/social-network-downtime-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-87398 Weekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: Feb 27, 2008 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:11:12 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=253#comment-87398 [...] Downtime: Bebo has over 12 hours downtime in two months This is downright embarrassing. 12 hours is barely acceptable in a whole year, let alone Jan-Feb of this year. Other culprits include Microsoft live spaces, Friendster then Hi5. Let’s hope downtime reduces for the rest of the year. [...] [...] Downtime: Bebo has over 12 hours downtime in two months This is downright embarrassing. 12 hours is barely acceptable in a whole year, let alone Jan-Feb of this year. Other culprits include Microsoft live spaces, Friendster then Hi5. Let’s hope downtime reduces for the rest of the year. [...]

]]> By: Social Networking Uptime by Elliott C. Back http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/02/26/social-network-downtime-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-87191 Social Networking Uptime by Elliott C. Back Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:19:53 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=253#comment-87191 [...] My favorite blog in the world has a post about the year to date downtime of various social networks which is revealing. Not a single one achieves the famous “three nines” uptime SLA (although Amazon’s S3 service offers a two nines 99.99% uptime guarantee). [...] [...] My favorite blog in the world has a post about the year to date downtime of various social networks which is revealing. Not a single one achieves the famous “three nines” uptime SLA (although Amazon’s S3 service offers a two nines 99.99% uptime guarantee). [...]

]]> By: .: GAFNO.com - Hot World News Blog :. » Blog Archive » Survey: Bebo has worst downtime out of major social networks http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/02/26/social-network-downtime-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-87107 .: GAFNO.com - Hot World News Blog :. » Blog Archive » Survey: Bebo has worst downtime out of major social networks Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:26:03 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=253#comment-87107 [...] Representatives from Pingdom, a performance monitoring software company, posted a blog entry on Tuesday with the results of a study that monitored how much downtime 14 major social networks experienced between Jan. 1 and Feb. 25. Bebo, which is most popular in the U.K. and Ireland, clocked in a total of 12 hours and 28 minutes of downtime. In second place was Microsoft’s Windows Live Spaces, with seven hours and 25 minutes of downtime recorded, and Friendster came in third with six hours even. [...] [...] Representatives from Pingdom, a performance monitoring software company, posted a blog entry on Tuesday with the results of a study that monitored how much downtime 14 major social networks experienced between Jan. 1 and Feb. 25. Bebo, which is most popular in the U.K. and Ireland, clocked in a total of 12 hours and 28 minutes of downtime. In second place was Microsoft’s Windows Live Spaces, with seven hours and 25 minutes of downtime recorded, and Friendster came in third with six hours even. [...]

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