Interesting web-service Down For Everyone Or Just Me helps you find out whether the website you’re trying to access is actually down or blocked by one of the filters from your network.
Next time you see a Youtube, Gmail or any other popular is down simply go to the DownForEveryoneOrJustMe.com and check it out. Type in the address of the website you want to check, click on “just me?” button and it will instantly tell you whether it’s really down or just you.
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I’ve always wondered how reliable these sites are, though. I use another site, http://www.checksite.us, which is a shorter URL and allows you to check actual URLs with page names in them (like mydomain.com/test.html).
The thing is though, from what I understand, the sites check to see if the website you enter returns a code 200 (which means it was accepted), and if it does, then it tells you that it’s up, and if it doesn’t, then it assumes it is down.
But what if the website is up, but has a php/mysql error? Some Internet users may assume that the problem is on their end, not knowing that it’s a PHP/MySQL error.