Filed under: Internet, Web services
Is this web site down for everyone or is it just you?
Down for everyone or just me does one thing, and it does it well. Type a URL into the site, and you'll find out if the whole world is seeing what you're seeing. Easy as pie. You know, eating it, not making it. There's no info on the site explaining exactly how it checks to see if a site is up, but the results appear to be at least as accurate as emailing your friend and asking for a second opinion.
Now, we're big fans in giving products and services a descriptive name. And Down for everyone or just me certainly does that. But if you have any use for this service at all, we suggest you bookmark the site, because seriously, who's going to remember a URL like downforeveryoneorjustme.com?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Andrew said 6:03PM on 3-15-2008
So much for accuracy.
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/9227/picture1qq8.jpg
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Brian said 8:55AM on 3-16-2008
Yea, it couldn't find my site, either:
http://www.teamsaints.org/
ryan10ad said 8:55AM on 3-16-2008
How did you do that. When I can't get on to del.icio.us you spring up this. How much is AOL paying you?
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Hany Hanna said 9:02AM on 3-16-2008
Can'y wait to try it.....clicked on the link but it appears to be down.
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BananaBoat said 9:03AM on 3-16-2008
This might replace the years old system of asking people on IRC to check for me.
....Nah =D TRADITIONNNNNNNNN
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Koan said 9:04AM on 3-16-2008
It's a good way to test your web site when it's hosted on the same network as you. Thanks!
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Klink258 said 9:58AM on 3-16-2008
The first thing I did was put in their own URL. I got a funny response:
http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/q?domain=http%3A%2F%2Fdownforeveryoneorjustme.com%2F
If you can see this page and still think we're down, it's just you.
Check another site?
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Sam said 10:07AM on 3-16-2008
I just tried YouTube and it said it was down but I went onto YouTube and it's working fine so this service is broke already or just not made properly.
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Max said 10:16AM on 3-16-2008
I tried digg.com and it said it's down (yesterday and today) but it's been working fine. I also tried www.digg.com and got the same results. Guess they need to tweak the site.
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yarden sachs said 12:34PM on 3-16-2008
i made a new search for FF:
http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html?name=www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com&sherlock=yes&opensearch=yes&submitform=Search
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Greg said 7:38PM on 3-16-2008
Hmm, maybe it's just me (obviously from all the other posts it's not) but checking www.cms.hhs.gov (http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/www.cms.hhs.gov) shows it down when it's not.
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Marko said 8:12AM on 3-17-2008
Hi,
I ran the program on my own site http://www.onime.com, which I haven't been able to access from my home computer as of Friday 14 March, and it reported back "it's just you". This may well be the case as I was able to access the site from work. At home I can't however even access the site of the host, iPowerweb, let alone my control panel. No problem at work.
Is there a virus on my computer or what?
How to fix it?
Help appreciated,
Marko
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Brad Linder said 8:14AM on 3-17-2008
I can see your site just fine. Cute cat. First thing I would think about doing is switching from iPower to another web host. I had nothing but problems with them, and found that it typically took several days to get a response whenever I sent an email to tech support.
hlgladiator said 4:32PM on 3-17-2008
Interestingly enough, I got a 404 error when I tried to use this site.
Seriously.
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Marko said 4:40PM on 3-17-2008
Thanks for the comment. I totally agree: they are a pain in almost every respect. Replies take ages and so on...
But is it their fault if I suddenly can't connect from my home computer? I mean, obviously the site is not down, so is there something I should do regarding my own connection to regain access to my site and iPower, too?
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a_lazy_dude said 9:54PM on 3-25-2008
come on everybody... it wasn't that hard to figure out how this service works. Just type in the url name of the website you're looking for, without www. or http://.
So for example, to see if www.youtube.com is up, simply type "youtube" into the search box, NOT "www.youtube.com". Or, not test www.comcast.net just type "comcast.net"
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Donovan said 10:22AM on 3-26-2008
Thanks for putting us on the right track. This looks useful once I understood not to put html:\\ in the query. In all fairness, that really should be documented on the page. It's not unreasonable behavior on the part of the user to include the protocol.
FYI: If you leave off the top level domain, the page assumes that it should be .com. Just something to be aware of.
Gustavo said 8:37AM on 4-23-2008
For those that speak spanish there is a similar website named: www.estacaido.com (that's means It's down)
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Nathan said 2:22AM on 4-28-2008
There is a similar utility on Computer hope called: Is it up, that not only checks the domain, URL, or IP but also pings and lists response time. Page is at: http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/isitup.cgi
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