It seems that today, having a status page is more imperative than necessary for a website, especially when your site is temporarily down because of
- Update
- Maintenance
- Sudden explosive traffic
- Technical problems
- Attack
- Other reasons
Since the short closure is unavoidable, keeping your visitors in the loop is essential for their coming back. CLARITY is never a bad choice. You konw what happened to you site, but let your visitors konw, too!

Here are some similar STATUS pages:

CONTINUITY is another important point. Always guide your visitors, help them find the looked-for information instead of getting them lost or in the dead end. However, if that happens, don’t hesitate to make a wise 404 page to get the visitors back.
In addition, Gmail Inbox tells you that: Don’t worry, if you really like reading, and you don’t have new coming mails, go to Google New!

What’s your opinion?




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