Each week on our blog, we share our latest updates, bug fixes, and improvements to Testomato with you in our Release Notes. Here’s a change log of our latest release: Reports are now sent twice a month by default. Fixed issue where UP email notifications were being sent to users (only errors are sent by default). New sign-up page. Have an idea or feature you’d like to see us add to Testomato? Share your ideas with us support@testomato.com. You can also join us on Facebook or Twitter.

As you might already know, Testomato was accepted to the 2015 accelerator program at StartupYard in early March. We recently completed a month of intensive mentoring, and as a result, the whole team has had experimentation on the brain. Reading isn’t always just for keeping up with industry news! It’s also a great way to pick up new ideas and learn techniques that can help you grow as a service. With that in mind, here’s another team roundup of the best finds from our recent reading lists. We hope you find something for your next coffee break at the office. Improve JavaScript Performance Analysis Results with User…

Each week on our blog, we share our latest updates, bug fixes, and improvements to Testomato with you in our Release Notes. Here’s a change log of our latest release: New Feature: Use new Rules to create custom page tests with added support for word presence, HTTP header content, and more complex regular expression matching. Uptime status will no longer be sent in notification emails. Connection timeouts are now considered errors, instead of warnings. Only errors are now sent by default in email notifications. Projects are now created even when there is a download error. Fixed issue where project users other than admins…

As we mentioned in a recent post, Google’s mobile ranking algorithm will be released April 21, 2015 and making sure your website is mobile-friendly is more important than ever. If you haven’t already started started putting mobile best practices into action, it’s time to get moving. You need to be prepared for this update. According to Google’s Zineb Ait Bahajji from the Webmaster Trends team, the upcoming algorithm is one of the biggest updates we’ve seen to date. In terms of the amount of people affected, the new algorithm will have more of an impact than either Panda or Penguin. In today’s post…

Testomato has a nifty new feature to make testing your pages for in-depth content easier! We just gave our old string tests an upgrade – introducing new Rules in Testomato. We’ve been hearing a lot requests for a way to create and customize specific rules that allow users to dig deeper into their website pages. You asked, we listened. How to Use Rules in Testomato Rules are a new way to customize your tests to monitor your website for more specific problems that may impact your users. We’ve done our best to make setting up rules as fast and as easy as possible. Each test appears separately…

The right mix of development tools are key to staying organized, focused, and on task. It makes it a lot harder to reach your goals and deliver quality products to your users when you don’t have the right tools for the task. At Testomato, we’re always on the search to find ways Testomato can be combined with other tools to help make your testing experience more efficient. We recently heard from one of our users that they use IFTTT to receive mobile notifications from Testomato, and thought it was a great tip to share!

We’re all familiar with the feeling of panic that arrives after receiving an alert saying your site is down. But ever felt confused? Here’s a common question about Testomato we’ve been hearing from some of our users: “Why is Testomato reporting that my site is down when I can access it?” Testomato may occasionally report your site as down or unavailable, but everything looks fine when you go to investigate the problem for yourself. There are a few reasons that can cause this to show up in your reports, so we’ve pulled together a short guide to help you better…