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How to Set Up Google Search Console

If you own a website, you need to have Google Search Console configured. It’s a vital tool for making sure your website can perform well for SEO. Setting up Google Search Console is a straightforward process that will help you…

7 Tips to Speed Up Your Website

7 Tips to Speed Up Your Website

Why speed up your website? Speed is the most important metric for your website. If you want your site to rank well on Google, convert users into customers, and really succeed, you need speed. Why Speed Up Your Website? Web…

A lighthouse at sunset - Google Lighthouse

Google Lighthouse – A Free Website Healthcheck

Google Lighthouse is available to everyone. It is the simplest means of reviewing the technical health of your website. As a Google product, it is reasonable to assume that these health metrics will be the same as those used to…

Mobile friendly designs

Creating a Mobile Friendly Website: How to Get Started

Creating a mobile friendly website has never been more important. It is not easy, there are many steps to getting it right. More users are accessing the internet via mobile devices than ever before, so it is crucial that your…

Five Stars

Easier Google Reviews

Google Reviews represent powerful social proof. They lend real credibility to your business profile on the most popular website on earth. It is common (and good) practice to ask a client for their feedback as you finish a project. Google…

.htaccess – the swiss army knife of files

Caching via .htaccess a Simple Tip for a Faster Website

At Little Fire, we like to talk about site-speed. Caching is a critical strategy to improve website performance, reducing server load and improving user experience. Caching stores copies oft-needed files for rapid deployment and reduces the time needed to generate…

A sample XML sitemap - Submit Your XML Sitemap to Search Engines

How to Submit Your XML Sitemap to Google and Bing

Submitting your XML sitemap helps search engines crawl and index your website more efficiently. Below are the instructions to submit a sitemap to Google and Bing. There are other search engines, but these are the most important. Both Google and…

I am not a robot

robots.txt – Tiny File, Big Impact

When it comes to SEO and managing a website’s relationship with search engines, many people think only of keywords, meta tags and backlinks. But there’s one small, often overlooked file that plays a surprisingly big role in how your content…

A PHP script running in an IDE

What is PHP? A Beginner’s Guide

PHP is a widely-used open-source scripting language particularly suited for web development. Its primary role is in server-side scripting, which means it runs on the server, not the user‘s browser and generates dynamic web content. PHP is everywhere. If you’ve…

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Working With an IDE, GitHub and Shopify – Setup

If you’re intending to develop or extend a theme within Shopify. You need some kind of version control. In truth no software project of any size should be without version control. One of the most popular version controls is Git…