The IT guide

Answers for the technology problems small businesses actually run into.

No trend-chasing for its own sake. Just useful explanations for websites, email, domains, account ownership, security basics, and the things that tend to break at inconvenient times.

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Why are our business emails suddenly going to spam?

A plain-English look at the common reasons legitimate business email gets filtered—and what to check before customers stop seeing your messages.

Your website contact form looks fine. Is it actually sending leads?

Contact forms can fail quietly for months. Here is why it happens, how to test yours, and what a small business should monitor.

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The person who built our website disappeared. Now what?

A practical recovery checklist for businesses that lost contact with a former developer, employee, agency, or friend who managed the website.

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7 signs your small-business website may be costing you calls

A practical website check for local businesses: mobile contact flow, trust signals, service pages, forms, speed, and stale information.

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A simple small-business computer hygiene checklist

A practical baseline for passwords, MFA, updates, backups, email, domains, devices, and account ownership.

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Who actually owns your business domain name?

Why domain ownership matters, how small businesses lose control of domains, and the five things worth checking before there is an emergency.

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