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Create your first monitor
We will set up a monitor that checks facebook.com every 30 seconds. If it goes down, Better Uptime will call us, send an SMS, and an e-mail.
1.Go to Monitors → Create monitor
2.Enter your website's URL to monitor (eg. https://facebook.com)
3.Tick the Call, Send SMS, and Send e-mail boxes
4.Click Advanced settings and change the Check frequency to 30 seconds (available on premium plans only)
5.Click the Create monitor button
6.Done! Better Uptime now checks https://facebook.com every 30 seconds and alerts you via a call, SMS, and email if it goes down.
Example monitor configuration
Tip: You can tweak the monitor settings to look for a specific keyword on a website or create a PING monitor for your server.
Next steps
Learn more about Monitors ​
Start monitoring your CRON jobs using Heartbeats​
Create a branded Status page​
Invite team members and set up on-call schedules​

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