<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="3.9.2">Jekyll</generator><link href="https://zombiedogz.github.io/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><link href="https://zombiedogz.github.io/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><updated>2022-12-29T22:11:45+00:00</updated><id>https://zombiedogz.github.io/feed.xml</id><title type="html">Zombiedogz</title><subtitle>Testing and Development of Zombie bits.</subtitle><author><name>Zombiedogz</name></author><entry><title type="html">About This Theme</title><link href="https://zombiedogz.github.io/About-This-Theme" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="About This Theme" /><published>2022-12-27T14:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2022-12-27T14:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://zombiedogz.github.io/About-This-Theme</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://zombiedogz.github.io/About-This-Theme">&lt;h1 id=&quot;keeping-it-fast-and-simple&quot;&gt;Keeping it Fast and Simple&lt;/h1&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This website is a Jekyll site on GitHub. It uses the Jekyll engine and Liquid. However, it does not use generic Jekyll themes.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I set out to understand the minimum requirements for a Jekyll site. I stripped out all the external links and unneeded CSS, scripts, and HTML files.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This process of elimination increased my performance dramatically, and I learned a lot about how Jekyll. Liquid and how GitHub processes the markdown files.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Creating simple and fast HTML pages can positively impact your search engine optimization (SEO). Here are a few reasons why:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Fast page load times: Search engines like Google prioritize fast-loading pages in their search results because they provide a better user experience. If your HTML pages load slowly, it can negatively impact your SEO.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Mobile-friendliness: As more people are accessing the web on their mobile devices, so your HTML pages must be mobile-friendly. Google’s algorithms prioritize mobile-friendly pages in its search results, so if your HTML pages are mobile-friendly, it could help your SEO.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Simplicity: Simple HTML pages with clean and well-structured code can be more accessible for search engines to crawl and index, which can help improve your SEO. More complicated and cluttered pages with a lot of unnecessary code can make it harder for search engines to understand the content and relevance of your pages, which could negatively impact your SEO.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;User experience: Besides benefiting your SEO, simple and fast HTML pages provide a better user experience for your visitors. Users are more likely to stay on your site and engage with your content if it loads quickly and is easy to navigate. A better User experience can also improve your SEO, as search engines consider user engagement a ranking factor.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Creating simple and fast HTML pages can help improve your SEO by providing a better user experience, improving mobile-friendliness, and make it easier for search engines like Bing and Google to crawl site and index your content. This can lead to higher ranking in search results.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</content><author><name>Zombiedogz</name></author><category term="general" /><summary type="html">Keeping it Fast and Simple</summary></entry><entry><title type="html">In The Beginning</title><link href="https://zombiedogz.github.io/In-The-Beginning" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="In The Beginning" /><published>2022-12-24T14:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2022-12-24T14:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://zombiedogz.github.io/In-The-Beginning</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://zombiedogz.github.io/In-The-Beginning">&lt;h1 id=&quot;in-the-beginning&quot;&gt;In The Beginning&lt;/h1&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The first creation of a blog post from scratch. A long journey from start to here. There will be much more to come.&lt;/p&gt;</content><author><name>Zombiedogz</name></author><category term="general" /><summary type="html">In The Beginning</summary></entry></feed>