http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ allows you to test if a website is down, or just not working for you i.e. you have a problem with your connection.
A great domain name, and will help with those many forum posts that we all encounter, asking the exact same question.
October 17th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
Is it just me or is the website not working, I can’t get on it?
October 17th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
It works fine for me, another way to check is to use a free proxy (or several) to check too.
http://proxy.org/
October 22nd, 2008 at 6:27 pm
There’s another one that will also check if the site got infected: http://www.uptimekeeper.com/