At Simple Tech Guide, our purpose is to make everyday technology easier to understand.
Our readers may be using a device, app or online service for the first time, so accuracy, clarity and trust are particularly important to us.
This Editorial Policy explains how we research, create, review and update information published on Simple Tech Guide.
Our Editorial Mission
We aim to provide technology guidance that is:
- Clear and easy to follow
- Accurate and appropriately researched
- Written with beginners in mind
- Free from unnecessary technical jargon
- Honest about limitations and uncertainty
- Updated when important technology changes make guidance inaccurate
We would rather explain something carefully than make a complicated subject sound more certain or simpler than it really is.
How We Choose Topics
Our guides focus on real technology questions and problems people encounter in everyday life.
Topics may include smartphones, computers, email, internet access, apps, online safety, streaming, smart-home technology, accessibility, artificial intelligence and other consumer technology.
Reader questions and feedback may also help us identify subjects that need clearer explanations.
Our aim is not simply to publish more content. We want each guide to answer a genuine question or help solve a genuine problem.
Research and Sources
Where appropriate, we check information against reliable sources relevant to the subject.
These may include:
- Official documentation from technology companies and service providers
- Device manufacturers and software developers
- Government websites and public bodies
- Recognised cybersecurity and online-safety organisations
- Other authoritative primary or specialist sources
For important instructions, security information or features that may have changed, we aim to favour authoritative and primary sources rather than relying solely on third-party articles.
Testing and Verification
Where practical, instructions may be checked against the relevant device, software, website or service.
However, technology can vary between devices, operating-system versions, app versions, account types, subscription levels and countries.
We therefore do not claim that every instruction has been physically tested on every possible device or configuration.
When these differences are important, we aim to make them clear.
Accuracy
We aim to distinguish between confirmed information, general guidance and situations where an answer depends on a particular device, service or account.
We do not knowingly publish information that we believe to be false or misleading.
Technology changes quickly, however, and even previously accurate instructions can become outdated. Readers should therefore also consider any publication or updated date shown on a guide.
Updates and Reviews
Apps change. Menus move. Software is updated. Products and services are changed or discontinued.
We may review and update existing guides when we become aware of significant changes.
Where appropriate, an article may display a publication or updated date to help readers understand when the information was last revised.
Substantial updates may involve rechecking instructions, links, screenshots, product information or relevant official guidance.
Corrections
If we discover a meaningful factual error or outdated instruction, we aim to correct it.
Readers are also welcome to tell us when something appears incorrect or no longer works.
We consider useful reader feedback an important part of keeping Simple Tech Guide accurate and helpful.
Artificial Intelligence and Digital Tools
Simple Tech Guide may use digital tools, including artificial intelligence, to assist parts of the research, organisation, drafting, editing or content-development process.
AI-generated information is not treated as an authoritative source simply because an AI system produced it.
Where accuracy matters, important information should be checked against appropriate sources before publication.
Responsibility for material published on Simple Tech Guide remains with Simple Tech Guide.
Our use of technology should help us make information clearer and more useful — not replace the need for appropriate checking and editorial judgement.
Product Recommendations and Commercial Independence
When discussing products, apps or services, our aim is to help readers understand their options and make informed decisions.
We do not want a commercial relationship to determine what we tell readers about a product or service.
Where content contains an affiliate relationship, sponsorship, advertising arrangement or another material commercial relationship, we aim to disclose this appropriately.
A commercial relationship does not guarantee favourable coverage.
Where a recommendation is based on research rather than direct hands-on testing, we should not represent it as personally tested.
Online Safety and Higher-Risk Topics
Some technology questions can involve scams, account security, financial information, privacy, health information or other potentially serious consequences.
For these subjects, we aim to be particularly careful about sources and the limitations of general online guidance.
Simple Tech Guide provides general educational information. It is not a substitute for professional medical, financial, legal or other specialist advice when such advice is appropriate.
For account-specific, financial or security-critical problems, readers may also need to contact the relevant official provider.
Our Plain-English Standard
Being technically correct is not enough if a beginner cannot understand the answer.
We aim to:
- Explain unfamiliar terms
- Break complicated tasks into manageable steps
- Avoid unnecessary jargon
- Avoid assuming previous technical knowledge
- Never make readers feel foolish for asking a basic question
- Explain risks calmly rather than using unnecessary fear
- Make instructions easy to scan and follow
This is one of the core editorial principles of Simple Tech Guide.
Reader Feedback
If you find an error, outdated instruction, broken link or explanation that could be clearer, please tell us.
Reader feedback helps us improve existing guides and identify new questions that deserve straightforward answers.
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Our Commitment
Simple Tech Guide exists to make technology less confusing.
Our editorial standard can be summarised simply:
Be useful. Be clear. Be accurate. Be transparent. Put the reader first.
Simple Tech Guide — Technology Made Simple.