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Core SEO & Technical Beginner · 5 min read · Updated October 2026

24/7 Website Uptime, Latency & Automated Incident Alerting

Set up 60-second ping checks, monitor global response latency curves, track SSL certificate expirations, and receive instant outage alerts via Email and Webhooks.

Summarize runbook:
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Where to find this in your workspace:

Left Sidebar → Uptime & SSL (/projects/<id>/uptime/)
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Key Takeaways & Architectural Rules

  • Monitor HTTP/HTTPS availability every 60 seconds from multiple geographic nodes.
  • Measure DNS lookup, TCP connect, TTFB (Time to First Byte), and total response time.
  • Receive SSL certificate expiration warnings at 30, 14, 7, and 1 days before expiration.
  • Dispatch automated incident notifications to email, Slack, or webhook endpoints.

EXECUTION PLAYBOOK

How to Do & From Where to Do (4 Steps)

01

Access the Uptime & SSL Monitor

Screen: Left Sidebar → Click 'Uptime & SSL' under the active project.

Navigate to the Uptime & Infrastructure dashboard. Here you will see the 24-hour availability percentage, current response latency in milliseconds, and the SSL status indicator.

Pro-Tip SEO Runway initiates monitoring automatically upon project creation using your primary domain.
02

Configure Check Intervals & Expected Status Codes

Screen: Uptime Dashboard → Click 'Monitor Settings' gear icon.

Select your desired check frequency (e.g. 60 seconds or 5 minutes). Specify the expected HTTP status code (typically 200 OK) and set custom timeout thresholds (e.g. 5,000ms).

Pro-Tip If your site enforces basic authentication in staging, you can supply HTTP basic credentials in the advanced settings.
03

Inspect Global Response Latency Breakdown

Screen: Response Time Chart → Toggle regions (US-East, EU-Central, AP-Southeast).

Inspect latency spikes across different geographic edge nodes. If TTFB exceeds 800ms in specific regions, consider implementing CDN caching via Cloudflare or Fastly.

Pro-Tip Prolonged high latency degrades Google Core Web Vitals and increases bounce rates.
04

Review SSL Health & Certificate Details

Screen: SSL Certificate Card → Issuer, Expiry Date, and Days Remaining.

Check the SSL expiration countdown. Ensure automated renewal alerts are toggled ON so your team is notified well in advance of certificate expiry.

Pro-Tip Combine this with Domain Expiry monitoring to ensure your web infrastructure remains 100% operational.

INTERACTIVE TOOL WORKSPACE

Actual Screen & Telemetry Inspection

Examine the exact SEO Runway screen below with live parameters and dummy data to see how findings appear and where to execute actions.

https://app.seorunway.com/projects/acme-store/uptime/
HEARTBEAT: EVERY 5 MINS (UTC)
SEO RUNWAY /
Acme Global E-Commerce (ecommerce-flagship.com)
30-Day Uptime
99.98% 1 min total downtime
Edge HTTP Latency
142 ms Global Avg TTFB
Domain Expiration
164 Days Renewal: Apr 2027
SSL Validity
78 Days Let's Encrypt Auto-Sync

Monitored Endpoints & SSL Telemetry

Showing 4 of 24,810 records
Monitored EndpointCheck IntervalHTTP StatusLatencyAlert Recipient
https://ecommerce-flagship.com/5 minutes200 OK118 msSlack #ops
https://ecommerce-flagship.com/api/health1 minute200 OK64 msPagerDuty
https://ecommerce-flagship.com/checkout5 minutes200 OK184 msEmail & SMS
WHOIS Expiry DaemonDaily CheckValid: 164dICANN SyncAdmin Alert
How to Read & Execute on This Screen in SEO Runway
① Automated Hourly/Daily Queue

Background worker cycles through 1 project domain per day, distributing WHOIS lookups cleanly without server load.

② SSL Expiry Warning Threshold

Dispatches high-priority notifications at 30, 15, and 3 days before TLS/SSL expiration.

③ Multi-Channel Incident Dispatch

Fires instant webhooks to Slack, Discord, or SMS when 2 consecutive pings return non-200 codes.

Field Insights & Advanced Tactics

Downtime during search crawler visits causes immediate temporary ranking drops. Keep uptime above 99.9% to maintain search authority.
Display uptime badges in client white-label portals to prove infrastructure reliability as part of your agency maintenance retainer.

Frequently Asked Questions

What happens when an outage occurs?

SEO Runway runs an immediate second verification check from a secondary node. If confirmed down, an incident is opened and alerts are fired instantly to configured email and webhook recipients.

Need tailored assistance?

Our customer engineering team can review your project setup, calibrate your rank trackers, or audit your GEO readiness. Reach out anytime.

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