What does Lemwatch monitor?

Lemwatch runs 20+ automated checks per site: uptime, response time, SSL/TLS expiry, domain expiry, DNS changes, sitemap health, broken links, content changes, SEO audits, mobile usability, security headers, and more.

Yes. The free tier monitors up to 5 sites. Pro is $19/month for 50 sites and Agency is $59/month for 100 sites, both with full feature access.

How is Lemwatch different from UptimeRobot or Pingdom?

Lemwatch bundles uptime, change detection, SEO audits, security scans, and a public API in one platform — features competitors charge separately for. It also includes team workspaces, white-labelled status pages, and a webhook system out of the box.

Does Lemwatch send alerts?

Yes. Lemwatch supports email, browser push, webhooks, and per-site notification routing so the right person hears about the right incident.

Is there a public API?

Yes. Pro and Agency plans get a public REST API with webhooks for sites, checks, incidents, and reports.

How does website speed affect ad revenue?

Slower pages = fewer ad impressions and lower viewability scores. Ad networks penalize slow-loading inventory. Google also penalizes slow sites in search rankings, reducing organic traffic. Lemwatch tracks Core Web Vitals continuously so you can catch performance regressions from new ad scripts or CMS updates before they impact revenue or rankings.

Can Lemwatch monitor a content paywall?

Lemwatch monitors publicly accessible pages. It can check that your paywall login page loads correctly and responds quickly. For content behind the paywall, use API endpoint monitoring with custom auth headers to verify authenticated endpoints return expected responses and status codes.

How does SEO monitoring help publishers?

Publishing depends on organic search traffic — often 60-80% of total visits. Lemwatch monitors meta tags, canonical URLs, indexation status, and Core Web Vitals. It catches the technical SEO issues that can tank rankings overnight if a CMS update, theme change, or ad script deployment goes wrong.

Can I monitor multiple publication brands?

Yes. Add sites from all your properties, tag them by brand, and view portfolio-wide health or drill into individual brands. White-label reports can be generated per brand for different stakeholders — editorial, advertising, and technology teams each see what's relevant to them.

How does visual monitoring help media sites?

CMS updates, ad script changes, and content injection can break page layouts. Visual screenshot monitoring captures what your pages look like on downtime, alerting you to rendering issues — catching broken layouts, missing images, and ad placement problems that functional tests miss.

What's the impact of Core Web Vitals on news sites?

Google confirmed CWV as a ranking factor. News sites with heavy ad loads often struggle with CLS (layout shift from ad insertion) and LCP (slow hero images). Lemwatch tracks these metrics continuously so you know exactly which pages need optimization and can measure the impact of ad script changes.

Can we monitor content delivery and CDN health?

Yes. Monitor your CDN endpoints as separate monitors with response time thresholds. If your CDN starts serving slow responses or errors, you'll know before readers experience issues. This is critical for publishers with global audiences served from edge locations.

How do heartbeat monitors help media operations?

Media organizations run critical background processes — RSS feed generation, newsletter sends, content syndication, social media auto-posting, and ad inventory reporting. Heartbeat monitoring ensures these automated workflows keep running. If your newsletter send job fails, you'll know before subscribers complain.

Media & Publishing

Media & Publishing Monitoring

News sites, blogs, and digital publishers depend on traffic for revenue. Monitor uptime, page speed, SEO health, and content integrity — because every minute of downtime costs ad revenue.

$$$

Revenue Protection

Every minute of downtime means lost ad impressions and revenue

60-80%

Organic Traffic

Protect the search traffic that drives most publisher revenue

50+

Properties per Account

Monitor your entire publication portfolio from one dashboard

Downtime Kills Ad Revenue. Slow Pages Kill Rankings.

Without Monitoring

✗New ad script tanks CLS score — organic traffic drops for weeks
✗CMS update breaks canonical tags — duplicate content penalties
✗Newsletter send job fails — subscribers get nothing
✗Breaking news drives traffic surge and the site crashes

With Lemwatch

✓CWV monitoring catches ad script performance impacts immediately
✓SEO monitoring detects broken meta tags and deindexation in real time
✓Heartbeat monitoring catches failed background processes instantly
✓Response time alerts warn before traffic spikes cause full outages

Protect Your Traffic, Protect Your Revenue

Every tool your editorial and engineering teams need to keep content flowing and readers engaged

Ad Revenue Protection

Downtime means zero ad impressions. Monitor your highest-traffic pages with priority alerting and response time thresholds. Track performance during traffic spikes from breaking news or viral content.

SEO Health Monitoring

Publishing depends on search traffic. Monitor indexation, meta tags, canonical URLs, and Google Search Console integration to protect your organic rankings from CMS updates, theme changes, and ad script deployments.

Core Web Vitals Tracking

Google uses Core Web Vitals for ranking. Track LCP, CLS, and INP — especially important for media sites with heavy ad scripts and dynamic content. Measure the performance impact of every ad integration change.

Content Change Detection

Monitor key articles, pricing pages, or sponsored content for unauthorized changes. Keyword monitoring alerts you when specific terms appear or disappear from your pages — catching content injection and defacement.

Multi-Property Dashboard

Publishers often manage multiple brands and properties. Group sites by brand, track portfolio-wide health, and generate per-brand reports for editorial, advertising, and technology stakeholders.

Advertiser Reports

Generate branded performance reports for advertisers, management, and partners showing uptime, speed metrics, and CWV scores. Prove to advertisers that your inventory performs well and loads fast.

Editorial Pipeline Heartbeats

Monitor RSS feed generation, newsletter sends, content syndication, social auto-posting, and ad reporting jobs. If any automated editorial workflow stops running, your team knows before readers or advertisers notice.

Security & Integrity

Media sites are targets for content injection and defacement. Monitor SSL certificates, security headers, and use keyword monitoring to detect unauthorized content changes on your most important pages.