Microsoft should have a website - not a blog, not a forum - dedicated to small business website devs. Why? Microsoft's technologies have literally thousands of people developing daily. It is very difficult to track what is applicable to our work vs. what is useful only to corporate development groups. The information is a constantly changing moving target. BTW, I was referred to this forum from the VS forum. Also, I e-mailed the MS guy who advises on web, but did not get a reply.
I have chosen Microsoft tools over LAMP development primarily for security reasons, but need to keep costs down for clients who often have no advertising budgets, and little money for an Internet presence. The alternative is to go with LAMP and Google products, which have very large and active small business web development communities. The LAMP development environment is also cheaper than using Microsoft tools, so has to be a consideration. I am trying not to pick free and easy in favor of smart and affordable.
Originally, I wanted something like smbiz.msdn.com. The idea is that someone or a group at Microsoft operate a website that discusses the challenges, solutions, recommendations, reviews and the like with and for small business website developers. The website would look at a larger scope of operations, whereas a forum tells you how to do one thing specifically. A blog is also something of a moving target. Most of us can not be faithful to their timeline. I think the Microsoft small business website development community needs the guidance a dedicated website could afford, especially one authored by Microsoft web savvy employees.