KillSwitch - Uptime Monitoring With Google AdWords Integration

In plain words

KillSwitch monitors websites every minute for connectivity issues and alerts stakeholders when downtime occurs. Designed for digital agencies that advertise client sites they don't host, it automatically pauses Google AdWords campaigns if a site remains down past a configurable threshold, then resumes them when service is restored. This prevents wasted ad spend during outages.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

In the maker’s words, at launch

Coincidentally, I wanted to launch this yesterday but HackerNews was down-- I built KillSwitch (http://Killswit.ch) with the busy agency in mind. Many digital agencies don't host the sites they advertise for and this can cause a problem when there is downtime. It's not uncommon for a client website to go…

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