05Field Guide
Practical answers to common questions.
These articles address the questions that come up most often in conversations with small businesses and organizations. Some are technical. Most are not. All of them are written to be useful, not impressive.
DOMAINS & DNS
I don't know who owns our domain name. How do I find out?READ→What happens when business email runs through a personal account?READ→What is DNS, and why does it matter for my business?READ→What is a key-person dependency, and does your business have one?READ→My website stopped working. Where do I start?READ→Does my business need a password manager?READ→Why does IT always tell me to restart my computer?READ→What is web hosting vs. website maintenance?READ→Why did changing my DNS break my email?READ→The verification code goes to a former employee's phone. What now?READ→Poor Google reviews: what should I actually do?READ→Everything works, but nobody knows why. Is that actually a problem?READ→What should I preserve before replacing a website?READ→I clicked something suspicious. What should I do now?READ→I received a password-reset email I didn't request. Is it legitimate?READ→How do I know whether my backups are actually working?READ→Is file syncing the same thing as having a backup?READ→A service renewed automatically and nobody expected it. What should we check?READ→Two technology vendors are blaming each other. How do I figure out who actually owns the problem?READ→What should I check before changing DNS records?READ→What actually depends on my domain name?READ→Who should receive domain and hosting renewal notices?READ→My website is working. How do I know everything behind it is in order?READ→Who owns our Google Search Console, Analytics, and Business Profile accounts?READ→
EMAIL
I don't know who owns our domain name. How do I find out?READ→What happens when business email runs through a personal account?READ→What is DNS, and why does it matter for my business?READ→What is a key-person dependency, and does your business have one?READ→My website stopped working. Where do I start?READ→Does my business need a password manager?READ→Why does IT always tell me to restart my computer?READ→What is web hosting vs. website maintenance?READ→Why did changing my DNS break my email?READ→The verification code goes to a former employee's phone. What now?READ→Poor Google reviews: what should I actually do?READ→Everything works, but nobody knows why. Is that actually a problem?READ→What should I preserve before replacing a website?READ→I clicked something suspicious. What should I do now?READ→I received a password-reset email I didn't request. Is it legitimate?READ→How do I know whether my backups are actually working?READ→Is file syncing the same thing as having a backup?READ→A service renewed automatically and nobody expected it. What should we check?READ→Two technology vendors are blaming each other. How do I figure out who actually owns the problem?READ→What should I check before changing DNS records?READ→What actually depends on my domain name?READ→Who should receive domain and hosting renewal notices?READ→My website is working. How do I know everything behind it is in order?READ→Who owns our Google Search Console, Analytics, and Business Profile accounts?READ→
OPERATIONAL CONTINUITY
I don't know who owns our domain name. How do I find out?READ→What happens when business email runs through a personal account?READ→What is DNS, and why does it matter for my business?READ→What is a key-person dependency, and does your business have one?READ→My website stopped working. Where do I start?READ→Does my business need a password manager?READ→Why does IT always tell me to restart my computer?READ→What is web hosting vs. website maintenance?READ→Why did changing my DNS break my email?READ→The verification code goes to a former employee's phone. What now?READ→Poor Google reviews: what should I actually do?READ→Everything works, but nobody knows why. Is that actually a problem?READ→What should I preserve before replacing a website?READ→I clicked something suspicious. What should I do now?READ→I received a password-reset email I didn't request. Is it legitimate?READ→How do I know whether my backups are actually working?READ→Is file syncing the same thing as having a backup?READ→A service renewed automatically and nobody expected it. What should we check?READ→Two technology vendors are blaming each other. How do I figure out who actually owns the problem?READ→What should I check before changing DNS records?READ→What actually depends on my domain name?READ→Who should receive domain and hosting renewal notices?READ→My website is working. How do I know everything behind it is in order?READ→Who owns our Google Search Console, Analytics, and Business Profile accounts?READ→
WEBSITES
I don't know who owns our domain name. How do I find out?READ→What happens when business email runs through a personal account?READ→What is DNS, and why does it matter for my business?READ→What is a key-person dependency, and does your business have one?READ→My website stopped working. Where do I start?READ→Does my business need a password manager?READ→Why does IT always tell me to restart my computer?READ→What is web hosting vs. website maintenance?READ→Why did changing my DNS break my email?READ→The verification code goes to a former employee's phone. What now?READ→Poor Google reviews: what should I actually do?READ→Everything works, but nobody knows why. Is that actually a problem?READ→What should I preserve before replacing a website?READ→I clicked something suspicious. What should I do now?READ→I received a password-reset email I didn't request. Is it legitimate?READ→How do I know whether my backups are actually working?READ→Is file syncing the same thing as having a backup?READ→A service renewed automatically and nobody expected it. What should we check?READ→Two technology vendors are blaming each other. How do I figure out who actually owns the problem?READ→What should I check before changing DNS records?READ→What actually depends on my domain name?READ→Who should receive domain and hosting renewal notices?READ→My website is working. How do I know everything behind it is in order?READ→Who owns our Google Search Console, Analytics, and Business Profile accounts?READ→
SYSTEMS
I don't know who owns our domain name. How do I find out?READ→What happens when business email runs through a personal account?READ→What is DNS, and why does it matter for my business?READ→What is a key-person dependency, and does your business have one?READ→My website stopped working. Where do I start?READ→Does my business need a password manager?READ→Why does IT always tell me to restart my computer?READ→What is web hosting vs. website maintenance?READ→Why did changing my DNS break my email?READ→The verification code goes to a former employee's phone. What now?READ→Poor Google reviews: what should I actually do?READ→Everything works, but nobody knows why. Is that actually a problem?READ→What should I preserve before replacing a website?READ→I clicked something suspicious. What should I do now?READ→I received a password-reset email I didn't request. Is it legitimate?READ→How do I know whether my backups are actually working?READ→Is file syncing the same thing as having a backup?READ→A service renewed automatically and nobody expected it. What should we check?READ→Two technology vendors are blaming each other. How do I figure out who actually owns the problem?READ→What should I check before changing DNS records?READ→What actually depends on my domain name?READ→Who should receive domain and hosting renewal notices?READ→My website is working. How do I know everything behind it is in order?READ→Who owns our Google Search Console, Analytics, and Business Profile accounts?READ→
GOOGLE & REVIEWS
I don't know who owns our domain name. How do I find out?READ→What happens when business email runs through a personal account?READ→What is DNS, and why does it matter for my business?READ→What is a key-person dependency, and does your business have one?READ→My website stopped working. Where do I start?READ→Does my business need a password manager?READ→Why does IT always tell me to restart my computer?READ→What is web hosting vs. website maintenance?READ→Why did changing my DNS break my email?READ→The verification code goes to a former employee's phone. What now?READ→Poor Google reviews: what should I actually do?READ→Everything works, but nobody knows why. Is that actually a problem?READ→What should I preserve before replacing a website?READ→I clicked something suspicious. What should I do now?READ→I received a password-reset email I didn't request. Is it legitimate?READ→How do I know whether my backups are actually working?READ→Is file syncing the same thing as having a backup?READ→A service renewed automatically and nobody expected it. What should we check?READ→Two technology vendors are blaming each other. How do I figure out who actually owns the problem?READ→What should I check before changing DNS records?READ→What actually depends on my domain name?READ→Who should receive domain and hosting renewal notices?READ→My website is working. How do I know everything behind it is in order?READ→Who owns our Google Search Console, Analytics, and Business Profile accounts?READ→
SECURITY
I don't know who owns our domain name. How do I find out?READ→What happens when business email runs through a personal account?READ→What is DNS, and why does it matter for my business?READ→What is a key-person dependency, and does your business have one?READ→My website stopped working. Where do I start?READ→Does my business need a password manager?READ→Why does IT always tell me to restart my computer?READ→What is web hosting vs. website maintenance?READ→Why did changing my DNS break my email?READ→The verification code goes to a former employee's phone. What now?READ→Poor Google reviews: what should I actually do?READ→Everything works, but nobody knows why. Is that actually a problem?READ→What should I preserve before replacing a website?READ→I clicked something suspicious. What should I do now?READ→I received a password-reset email I didn't request. Is it legitimate?READ→How do I know whether my backups are actually working?READ→Is file syncing the same thing as having a backup?READ→A service renewed automatically and nobody expected it. What should we check?READ→Two technology vendors are blaming each other. How do I figure out who actually owns the problem?READ→What should I check before changing DNS records?READ→What actually depends on my domain name?READ→Who should receive domain and hosting renewal notices?READ→My website is working. How do I know everything behind it is in order?READ→Who owns our Google Search Console, Analytics, and Business Profile accounts?READ→
BACKUPS
I don't know who owns our domain name. How do I find out?READ→What happens when business email runs through a personal account?READ→What is DNS, and why does it matter for my business?READ→What is a key-person dependency, and does your business have one?READ→My website stopped working. Where do I start?READ→Does my business need a password manager?READ→Why does IT always tell me to restart my computer?READ→What is web hosting vs. website maintenance?READ→Why did changing my DNS break my email?READ→The verification code goes to a former employee's phone. What now?READ→Poor Google reviews: what should I actually do?READ→Everything works, but nobody knows why. Is that actually a problem?READ→What should I preserve before replacing a website?READ→I clicked something suspicious. What should I do now?READ→I received a password-reset email I didn't request. Is it legitimate?READ→How do I know whether my backups are actually working?READ→Is file syncing the same thing as having a backup?READ→A service renewed automatically and nobody expected it. What should we check?READ→Two technology vendors are blaming each other. How do I figure out who actually owns the problem?READ→What should I check before changing DNS records?READ→What actually depends on my domain name?READ→Who should receive domain and hosting renewal notices?READ→My website is working. How do I know everything behind it is in order?READ→Who owns our Google Search Console, Analytics, and Business Profile accounts?READ→
VENDORS & CONTRACTS
I don't know who owns our domain name. How do I find out?READ→What happens when business email runs through a personal account?READ→What is DNS, and why does it matter for my business?READ→What is a key-person dependency, and does your business have one?READ→My website stopped working. Where do I start?READ→Does my business need a password manager?READ→Why does IT always tell me to restart my computer?READ→What is web hosting vs. website maintenance?READ→Why did changing my DNS break my email?READ→The verification code goes to a former employee's phone. What now?READ→Poor Google reviews: what should I actually do?READ→Everything works, but nobody knows why. Is that actually a problem?READ→What should I preserve before replacing a website?READ→I clicked something suspicious. What should I do now?READ→I received a password-reset email I didn't request. Is it legitimate?READ→How do I know whether my backups are actually working?READ→Is file syncing the same thing as having a backup?READ→A service renewed automatically and nobody expected it. What should we check?READ→Two technology vendors are blaming each other. How do I figure out who actually owns the problem?READ→What should I check before changing DNS records?READ→What actually depends on my domain name?READ→Who should receive domain and hosting renewal notices?READ→My website is working. How do I know everything behind it is in order?READ→Who owns our Google Search Console, Analytics, and Business Profile accounts?READ→
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