Ping

Ping Website checks whether a website is reachable and how quickly its server answers. It sends four requests to the site from SEOpeck's server, one after another, and shows the IP address it reached and the response time of each request in milliseconds. If a request fails or takes longer than 5 seconds, it is marked as lost.

How to use Ping Website

1. Enter a domain or URL, for example example.com.
2. Click the button and watch the four results appear.
3. Compare the times: steady numbers mean a stable server; one slow or lost request among fast ones points to a busy or unstable connection. Use the share menu to send someone a link to the result.

How this ping works

A classic ping sends small ICMP packets and times the echo. Many servers and firewalls block ICMP, so a classic ping often says "unreachable" for a website that works fine. This tool times what really matters for a website instead: a full HTTPS request to the web server, including the connection and the server's reply. The numbers are therefore a little higher than an ICMP ping, but they reflect how fast the site really answers.

The requests come from one location, our server. To see how fast a site answers from other countries, use the Global Ping Test, which runs real pings from up to 15 locations, or Traceroute to see every hop on the way.

What is a good response time?

• Under 200 ms: fast. The server is close or well cached.
• 200 to 600 ms: normal for a site hosted far away or a dynamic page.
• Over 1000 ms: slow. The server is overloaded, far away, or the page does heavy work before answering.
• Lost requests: the server did not answer within 5 seconds, or refused the connection.

When it comes in handy

• Checking whether a site is down or just slow.
• Comparing response times before and after moving hosting or adding a CDN.
• Spotting an unstable server that answers some requests slowly or not at all.

Frequently asked questions