All websites hosted by FireSpike now have an additional layer of performance and protection included, at no additional cost, provided by a global service called Cloudflare. As a speed booster, Cloudflare works in a few different ways. First, it can deliver a copy of...
In 2019, WordPress introduced its version 5.2, which included a new tool for monitoring issues that might affect a website’s security and performance. Called “Site Health”, the tool now includes both a summary panel on a site’s WordPress dashboard and a page...
First, What is User Traffic?When you click a link and go to a website, you are considered a visitor to that website. Google counts how many times someone visits your website by a tracking code for new and returning visitors. The number of visitors over a time period...
You want to be the first search result found when people search for your product or service. In order to accomplish that we track where your site ranks in Google when someone searches for what you do or what you make. This lets us see if your website is being...
Our SEO Philosophy Starts with Our Client FireSpike puts a priority on knowing our clients and that carries through to our SEO (search engine optimization) philosophy. Knowing our clients’ goals and keeping regular communication helps us to find the best focus for...
First: you totally rock! Thank you so much for entrusting us with the care of your WordPress website! We take the responsibility seriously, and we very conscientiously set up both the monthly services that we offer for you, and the system we use to provide those...
Essential Every month, FireSpike performs the following essential services: domain check (so you don’t lose your web address!) confirm site backups update WordPress update plugins manual malware scan site review (to make sure nothing broke! contact form test (to be...
New Hands-On Monthly Maintenance Offerings We are excited to announce that FireSpike is adding two new tiers to our Hands-On Monthly Maintenance for WordPress websites—designed especially for our customers who are hosted with us. (Remember, our Hands-On Monthly...
One part of FireSpike’s “Hands-On Monthly Maintenance” ("HOMM") service for WordPress websites is checking with our customers that they are receiving the submissions from their website’s contact forms. Each month we fill out and submit the contact form, and our...
We are lucky to have clients who believe in us so much that they refer people to us—and we want to express our appreciation! Starting this month, if you refer a new customer to our "Hands-On Monthly Maintenance" (HOMM) service (see the article to the...