diff --git a/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/api.go b/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/api.go
index 4a7881d..09ec2c2 100644
--- a/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/api.go
+++ b/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/api.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/clients"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/database"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/errors"
+	"github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/metrics"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/polling"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/types"
 	"net/http"
@@ -180,7 +181,6 @@ func (wh *webhookHandler) handle(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	// but we've base64d it.
 	base64srvID := segments[len(segments)-1]
 	bytesSrvID, err := base64.RawURLEncoding.DecodeString(base64srvID)
-	srvID := string(bytesSrvID)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.WithError(err).WithField("base64_service_id", base64srvID).Print(
 			"Not a b64 encoded string",
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ func (wh *webhookHandler) handle(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		w.WriteHeader(400)
 		return
 	}
+	srvID := string(bytesSrvID)
 
 	service, err := wh.db.LoadService(srvID)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -203,9 +204,10 @@ func (wh *webhookHandler) handle(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 	log.WithFields(log.Fields{
-		"service_id":  service.ServiceID(),
-		"service_typ": service.ServiceType(),
+		"service_id":   service.ServiceID(),
+		"service_type": service.ServiceType(),
 	}).Print("Incoming webhook for service")
+	metrics.IncrementWebhook(service.ServiceType())
 	service.OnReceiveWebhook(w, req, cli)
 }
 
@@ -319,6 +321,7 @@ func (s *configureServiceHandler) OnIncomingRequest(req *http.Request) (interfac
 	}
 
 	service.PostRegister(old)
+	metrics.IncrementConfigureService(service.ServiceType())
 
 	return &struct {
 		ID        string
diff --git a/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/metrics/metrics.go b/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/metrics/metrics.go
index f9f80c4..3023210 100644
--- a/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -4,45 +4,47 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 )
 
-// CommandStatus is the status of a incoming command
-type CommandStatus int
+// Status is the status of a measurable metric (incoming commands, outgoing polls, etc)
+type Status string
 
-// The command status values
+// Common status values
 const (
-	StatusPending CommandStatus = iota
-	StatusSuccess
-	StatusFailure
+	StatusSuccess = "success"
+	StatusFailure = "failure"
 )
 
 var (
-	numIncomingCmds = prometheus.NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
-		Name: "num_incoming_commands_total",
+	cmdCounter = prometheus.NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+		Name: "goneb_pling_cmd_total",
 		Help: "The number of incoming commands from matrix clients",
-	}, []string{"cmd"})
-	numSuccessCmds = prometheus.NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
-		Name: "num_success_commands_total",
-		Help: "The number of incoming commands from matrix clients which were successful",
-	}, []string{"cmd"})
-	numErrorCmds = prometheus.NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
-		Name: "num_error_commands_total",
-		Help: "The number of incoming commands from matrix clients which failed",
-	}, []string{"cmd"})
+	}, []string{"cmd", "status"})
+	configureServicesCounter = prometheus.NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+		Name: "goneb_configure_services_total",
+		Help: "The total number of configured services requests",
+	}, []string{"service_type"})
+	webhookCounter = prometheus.NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+		Name: "goneb_webhook_total",
+		Help: "The total number of recognised incoming webhook requests",
+	}, []string{"service_type"})
 )
 
-// IncrementCommand increments the incoming command counter
-func IncrementCommand(cmdName string, st CommandStatus) {
-	switch st {
-	case StatusPending:
-		numIncomingCmds.With(prometheus.Labels{"cmd": cmdName}).Inc()
-	case StatusSuccess:
-		numSuccessCmds.With(prometheus.Labels{"cmd": cmdName}).Inc()
-	case StatusFailure:
-		numErrorCmds.With(prometheus.Labels{"cmd": cmdName}).Inc()
-	}
+// IncrementCommand increments the pling command counter
+func IncrementCommand(cmdName string, st Status) {
+	cmdCounter.With(prometheus.Labels{"cmd": cmdName, "status": string(st)}).Inc()
+}
+
+// IncrementConfigureService increments the /configureService counter
+func IncrementConfigureService(serviceType string) {
+	configureServicesCounter.With(prometheus.Labels{"service_type": serviceType}).Inc()
+}
+
+// IncrementWebhook increments the incoming webhook request counter
+func IncrementWebhook(serviceType string) {
+	webhookCounter.With(prometheus.Labels{"service_type": serviceType}).Inc()
 }
 
 func init() {
-	prometheus.MustRegister(numIncomingCmds)
-	prometheus.MustRegister(numSuccessCmds)
-	prometheus.MustRegister(numErrorCmds)
+	prometheus.MustRegister(cmdCounter)
+	prometheus.MustRegister(configureServicesCounter)
+	prometheus.MustRegister(webhookCounter)
 }
diff --git a/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/plugin/plugin.go b/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/plugin/plugin.go
index 0f170c0..0007bec 100644
--- a/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/plugin/plugin.go
+++ b/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/plugin/plugin.go
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ func runCommandForPlugin(plugin Plugin, event *matrix.Event, arguments []string)
 		"user_id": event.Sender,
 		"command": bestMatch.Path,
 	}).Info("Executing command")
-	metrics.IncrementCommand(bestMatch.Path[0], metrics.StatusPending)
 	content, err := bestMatch.Command(event.RoomID, event.Sender, cmdArgs)
 	if err != nil {
 		if content != nil {
diff --git a/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/services/guggy/guggy.go b/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/services/guggy/guggy.go
index 5045694..4d6a2d3 100644
--- a/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/services/guggy/guggy.go
+++ b/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/services/guggy/guggy.go
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ package services
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	log "github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/matrix"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/plugin"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/types"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"math"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ func (s *guggyService) cmdGuggy(client *matrix.Client, roomID, userID string, ar
 	querySentence := strings.Join(args, " ")
 	gifResult, err := s.text2gifGuggy(querySentence)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to query Guggy: %s", err.Error())
 	}
 
 	if gifResult.GIF == "" {
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ func (s *guggyService) cmdGuggy(client *matrix.Client, roomID, userID string, ar
 
 	mxc, err := client.UploadLink(gifResult.GIF)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to upload Guggy image to matrix: %s", err.Error())
 	}
 
 	return matrix.ImageMessage{
@@ -114,9 +116,20 @@ func (s *guggyService) text2gifGuggy(querySentence string) (*guggyGifResult, err
 		log.Error(err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	if res.StatusCode < 200 || res.StatusCode >= 300 {
+		resBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.WithError(err).Error("Failed to decode Guggy response body")
+		}
+		log.WithFields(log.Fields{
+			"code": res.StatusCode,
+			"body": string(resBytes),
+		}).Error("Failed to query Guggy")
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to decode response (HTTP %d)", res.StatusCode)
+	}
 	var result guggyGifResult
 	if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&result); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to decode response (HTTP %d): %s", res.StatusCode, err.Error())
 	}
 
 	return &result, nil
diff --git a/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/services/rssbot/rssbot.go b/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/services/rssbot/rssbot.go
index 226d83a..3fd8069 100644
--- a/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/services/rssbot/rssbot.go
+++ b/src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/services/rssbot/rssbot.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/polling"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/types"
 	"github.com/mmcdole/gofeed"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"html"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
@@ -18,6 +19,13 @@ import (
 
 var cachingClient *http.Client
 
+var (
+	pollCounter = prometheus.NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+		Name: "goneb_rss_polls_total",
+		Help: "The number of feed polls from RSS services",
+	}, []string{"url", "http_status"})
+)
+
 const minPollingIntervalSeconds = 60 * 5 // 5 min (News feeds can be genuinely spammy)
 
 type rssBotService struct {
@@ -127,8 +135,15 @@ func (s *rssBotService) OnPoll(cli *matrix.Client) time.Time {
 		feed, items, err := s.queryFeed(u)
 		if err != nil {
 			logger.WithField("feed_url", u).WithError(err).Error("Failed to query feed")
+			herr, ok := err.(gofeed.HTTPError)
+			statusCode := 0 // e.g. network timeout
+			if ok {
+				statusCode = herr.StatusCode
+			}
+			pollCounter.With(prometheus.Labels{"url": u, "http_status": string(statusCode)}).Inc()
 			continue
 		}
+		pollCounter.With(prometheus.Labels{"url": u, "http_status": "200"}).Inc() // technically 2xx but gofeed doesn't tell us which
 		// Loop backwards since [0] is the most recent and we want to send in chronological order
 		for i := len(items) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
 			item := items[i]
@@ -285,4 +300,5 @@ func init() {
 		}
 		return r
 	})
+	prometheus.MustRegister(pollCounter)
 }