Just to point out a new website www.gbbo.co.uk has been created, planning on "Getting British Business Online" - target is to create 100,000 websites for SMEs, completely free.
It's an initiative from Google, Enterprise UK, BT, etc. You choose your own .co.uk domain name, and they expect that within 20 minutes (entering details yourself) you could have a website pretty much ready to view.
Now, it does seem pretty good for any small business wanting an online presence at no cost (there will only be the domain renewal fee to pay in a couple of years), but it certainly smacks a lot of website designers in the face, and the BIS with Peter Mandelson gave it the Government's backing last week when it was launched.
Certainly there could be spin-offs for web developers, but having seen quite a lot making dramatic cuts in prices to attract business, it's really just too hard to compete with "FREE" while Google, BT, and PayPal no doubt expect some longer term benefits from this...
(Right, now I can make very little from encouraging start ups, I'm glad I didn't spend a small fortune on business cards and advertising of my own... rant over!)
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WebDude · 02/03/2010 08:41
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