What bugs me most about....

OK, so I've been really slack and not kept this blog as up-to-date as I should have but I've been soooo busy.

Something that has really bugged me this week is yet another example of small businesses being ripped off by other small businesses. You think we'd stick together but oh no. Some people prey on the naivety of others. We can't all understand everything.

As an IT bod I feel it's my duty to educate those who don't understand IT. They should be given the facts plain and simple. All the facts. They should end up with enough of an understanding to make an informed choice.

They don't have to be able to do it themselves - just understand what the options are. If somebody doesn't understand something I've explained then it's my fault for not explaining properly not theirs for being a bit dense. Nobody is totally stupid but some people need a simpler explanation.

Telling your customer that you need to take over hosting of the site to make changing it 'easier' is a whole load of hogwash. Then charging an extortionate price for the privilege is just plain theft.

It doesn't matter where a website lives so long as the servers it lives on support it and you have access to it. Those servers could be in Outer Mongolia or in a bedroom in Brimstage - it really doesn't matter.

SO the lesson for today is find out as much as you can about what you want to do before you let others advise you into expensive decisions. Ask around. Ask what your friends and business acquaintances are paying for their hosting. Look on the Internet and see what the mainstreams are charging. Then you'll have an idea if what you've been quoted is reasonable or not. Don't take anything at face value.

Ask us and we'll give you an honest opinion - no charge.