Personal Technology Tips in Plain English
Is That Site Really Down or Is It My Connection?
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Have you ever tried to go to a website that you really need to get to and it is DOWN?
But wait, is it really down??? Or is it just your computer or connection through your ISP? Perhaps it’s not the site, but it’s YOU!
Here’s a nifty way to find out is the site is down for everyone or just me. . .
SITE: http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com checks any URL to see if it can connect to the website in question and comes back with a report to tell you if it’s up or down or if it’s just you that’s experiencing the problem.
With the recent outages of divshare and some other critical resources online, this is a handy way to make sure I can’t get to the site another way. . .

I love tech, gadgets and the web. Hope you pick-up a useful tip or two here today that helps you use technology to your advantage! Better yet, why not share your own expertise in a comment on a post today to help the other readers that land here for answers!
April 8, 2008 - 7:19 pm
Just used it to test http://www.speedousa.com — and it’s down! It’s not just me. I guess that’s another reason for my dissatisfaction with their goggle products…they just don’t have it together…
April 12, 2008 - 5:22 am
Apparently it isn’t just me!
Some of these outages are a result of internet “BLACK HOLES”. Apparently, data — including requests for website pages and emails — sometimes get completely lost while traversing the Internet!