Are you concerned about your website taking long load times. This could be your internet connection or really a fault with your website. To find out Pingdom tools is the best place. It analyzes your load speed on a standard internet connections. Anything less than 12 seconds is fine. If you have something more than that, it could be a reason to worry.

Pingdom tools gives you a list of objects in a particular order (default in the order they load) and their load times. This helps you find the area of fault. A graph generated is something like this:

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Sometimes the website host goes down without you noticing it. This may lead to a significant drop in the visitor count. You can get notifications of your site going down right at your desktop. Pingdom desktop notifier alerts you when this happens. Later take some action to get your host working again.  It uses the Pingdom uptime monitoring service and is very easy to use. Runs on windows XP, Vista and seven.

It also has several other alert features. Some limited features are available on a free account. Bigger websites can use the paid versions (30 day free trial).
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BRAIN TRAINING

Lumosity is a website that features simple and addictive flash based games to help you keep your brain worked up. These games measure your Speed, memory, attention, flexibility and problem solving skills to calculate the final  BPI* (body performance index). They tell you where you stand among others after analyzing the statistical data.

Lumosity also has a facebook application.

*BPI : Your Brain Performance Index (BPI) is how you measure and track your cognitive performance in Lumosity. It is useful in tracking your improvement and comparing yourself to others.

If you have a low score, there is nothing to worry about. The website also has brain training courses to improve your cognitive abilities.

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