Illustration of a DNSSEC trust chain with a validation warning

Tips and Tricks

DNSSEC's 2026 stress test: what to check before the October root-key rollover

DNSSEC failures made otherwise healthy .de and .al sites unreachable this year. The root zone is scheduled to use only KSK-2024 from 11 October 2026, so resolver readiness is now an availability topic.

Jelle De Laender - 27 September 2026

Browser warning for insecure mixed content

Tips and Tricks

Chrome 154 will ask before HTTP: audit your forgotten URLs now

In October 2026, Chrome will enable Always Use Secure Connections by default for public sites. Users will be asked before they first visit a public URL that does not support HTTPS.

Jelle De Laender - 24 August 2026

Incident management in Semonto

Tips and Tricks

From alert to resolution: a lightweight incident workflow for small web teams

Turn alerts, incident records, linked tickets, comments, and status pages into a repeatable operating routine without needing a dedicated incident manager.

Jelle De Laender - 14 May 2026

Broken link monitoring checklist illustration

Tips and Tricks

How to Monitor Broken Links: 12 SEO Best Practices (2026)

A practical guide to monitor broken links continuously, prioritize fixes, and keep user journeys healthy.

Jelle De Laender - 16 February 2026

Short-lived TLS certificates

Tips and Tricks

Monitoring Short-Lived TLS Certificates with Semonto

How Semonto helps you stay in control when using short-lived Let's Encrypt certificates, including smart alerting and dead man switch monitoring.

Jelle De Laender - 18 January 2026

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Tips and Tricks

Essential Website Metrics Every Business Should Track

A practical guide to the website metrics that protect revenue, UX, SEO, and trust (including what to track beyond uptime).

Jelle De Laender - 8 December 2025

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New

Export Your Uptime Data in JSON Format

When you monitor website or server uptime, sometimes you need more than a polished report. You might want the raw data instead, so you can integrate it into dashboards, prepare for audits, or keep a performance archive. Semonto’s new JSON export gives you full access to your uptime data.

Jelle De Laender - 23 October 2025

Incident management in Semonto

New

New in Semonto: Issue Management

Starting now, you can add comments to incidents and manually change the status. This way, you can keep all incident history organised in one place.

Jelle De Laender - 18 September 2025

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Tips and Tricks

AI is flooding the web with content. But who is keeping it clean?

Are you pushing out content at scale? Then, you might leave behind a trail of error messages. Find out how to keep your site clean, fast, and reliable as AI floods the web.

Jelle De Laender - 4 September 2025

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Tips and Tricks

Reactive website monitoring is dead (Here’s what to do instead)

If you build websites, your clients expect them to perform well. Monitoring the websites you build is a must. But if you want a clear edge over the competition, you need to be even smarter about it.

Jelle De Laender - 20 August 2025

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