How to Monitor a Law Firm Website for Downtime

Legal websites generate leads from time-sensitive situations. If your site is down, potential clients move on quickly. Monitoring keeps your intake path open and ensures your firm stays reachable when it matters most.

These checks are built for law firm sites, but they work for any professional service business.

Monitor your intake and consultation pages

Start with the pages that collect leads: consultation forms, call scheduling, and contact pages. These pages are the business and should be checked frequently.

Track key practice area pages

Practice area pages often drive SEO traffic. Monitor the top pages that bring in new leads so you know quickly if a high-value page goes down.

Confirm domain and SSL integrity

Clients expect a secure, professional site. SSL errors or domain misconfigurations break trust immediately. Add checks for SSL expiration, final URL, and redirect integrity.

Set alerts for after-hours lead capture

Many legal leads arrive outside standard business hours. Use SMS alerts for downtime so you can respond quickly even at night or on weekends.

Reduce false alarms with confirmation checks

Require two or three failed checks before alerting. This avoids unnecessary notifications caused by brief connectivity glitches while still catching real outages fast.

Quick response plan

If the site goes down, update your Google Business Profile and social profiles with a temporary contact number. That keeps leads flowing while you fix the issue.