I’ve had at least half a dozen friends/family ask me seriously if I could do up a quick Google alternative so that they could “get in on the business”. My personal favourite response when I tell them costs of even a basic search engine: “Surely a search engine like Google isn’t that complicated.” LOL. The perception seems to be that companies like Google/Facebook just had a good idea and got ahead of everyone else just by timing *shakes head*.

The look on people’s faces when I actually break down what a site like Facebook is actually doing just in hardware on the backend (just to manage photos), let alone the programming to manage it, or the countless hours their company has put into design considerations and testing.

Anyway, all good points. I hope this helps those looking at the web realize the real costs involved for everyone. What was the saying? Pay peanuts, get monkeys. Sounds about right to me. You get what you pay for people!

5 minute job ireckon…just got to do the lick of paint.