Web Development, AI, SEO & AEO Resources
Explore practical web development, website design, SEO, AEO, CMS platforms, best practices. Created for business owners, marketers, and technical teams, these guides answer common web development questions, compare technologies, explain costs and processes, and help you plan, build, and improve secure, scalable websites and applications.
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Web Development
Build the tools that power your business, with applications, integrations and SaaS Platforms. View Category
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AI
How to get the most from custom AI to streamline business processes, find new opportunities and enhance user experience. View Category
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AEO
Get recommended and cited in AI for the questions your customers are asking with answer engine optimization. View Category
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SEO
Learn about how to get your website ranked with search engine optimization. View Category
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Concrete CMS
Learn how to manage your website and online marketing with the Concrete CMS. View Category
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All Resource Articles:
Conversion of Frontpage Websites into a Concrete5 Website
Microsoft no longer supports Microsoft Frontpage and as a result many website owners that relied on the Frontpage Extensions have websites that will no longer work going forward. Many people liked Frontpage because it put them in control of their websi...
Concrete5 Version 5.7 is now Released!
The much anticipated release of Concrete5 content management system version 5.7.0 is now available. This version is the largest release by the Concrete5 team since 5.5. New interfaces, new tools and some pretty slick functional changes come with this b...
This Deal is Crazy Good for You! Time is Limited.
My team says I'm crazy, but we are going to do it! This limited time offer will expire on September 3rd. Get a concrete5 website with the following items for only $999.00. This offer will be limited to just the first five people that signup and after t...
The Art of Business, Website Design & Giant Pumpkin Growing
For those who don’t know, I grow giant pumpkins during the summer in my free-time. These aren’t your ordinary Halloween, jack-o-lantern pumpkins but the ones you see on the news that are over 1,000 pounds. Over the years we’ve had a lot of fun with the...
SEO Rant: Concrete5 CMS vs. Wordpress for Top Rankings in Google
I'm forced to write this post. I've heard it come up more than once by supposed search engine optimization (SEO) experts/gurus/professionals and it drives me crazy! The scenario is something like this: Potential client is wisely meeting with different ...
How to Nearly Stop Spam From Your Concrete5 Form without a Captcha
Stop spam coming from your Concrete5 forms with a honey pot. Quick and easy to implement.
Fighting email Spam & Google Apps for Work for Your Business
Are you getting tired of email spam or looking for other email options for your growing business? Have you considered Google Apps for Work?
Why You Should Use a Concrete5 Website for a Kickstart Campaign
Start up businesses or established companies with a new product often times will turn to Kickstart to build funding or to market a new product. Kickstart is a wonderful way to promote a new product to an eager audience looking for a deal, latest techno...
How to Migrate Your Website From Wordpress to Concrete5 CMS
I can't count how many times we've taken a Wordpress, Drupal, or Joomla website and turned it into a Concrete5 website. For many users those before mentioned content management systems just doesn't meet the user's needs. Usually the problem is that for...
How Google has Leveraged the SEO Community to Build Google+
Google+, Google's social media equivalent to Facebook, has had a meteoric rise in the number of users over the last year. We've been telling our clients that they need to be on Google+ for the last two years, because we saw a trend and statements from ...
How to Use Your Slideshow as User Navigation to Drive Conversions
This is one of those simple little things that can turn a good website into a great website. Get a slideshow on your homepage that not only makes your page more visually appealing but also becomes a navigation piece for your users that can increase cov...
Get a Sneak Peak at Concrete5 Version 5.7
Some great changes coming to Concrete5. Significant changes to how you edit pages that we have talked about for a while will be in version 5.7. Also better support for javascript libraries (yea!) which will be great for developers. Watch this video to ...
Getting Social with Disney
For five years Disney has put on the invite only Disney Social Moms event at one of its park. We were invited the previous two years but were not able to attend because of scheduling conflicts. This year we made it a point to attend and it did not disa...
How to Use Influencers in Your Online Marketing Strategy
One of Pixo's websites is milehighmamas.com. It is the top mom community website in Colorado where the top mommy bloggers share ideas with other moms and have a lot of fun together. One of the interesting things we have found and research has proven ov...
Concrete5 5.6.3 Released
A new version of Concrete5 is now available. Version 5.6.3 contains the following new features and improvements. This is a relatively minor release but one that most website owners should upgrade to for the added security benefits.
The 7 Most Important Things to Consider for Your Website Design
Everyone wants to get an edge when it comes to having a great website. There isn't a one size fits all formula when it comes to creating a great website design that increases your sales but there are 7 things that every good Concrete5 theme should have...
New Concrete5 Version Coming Soon!
A release candidate for the next major version of concrete5 is now available! That means a stable version of the new Concrete5 should be available in the next two weeks. In addition to better password security, this release fixes many bugs and includes...
Learn Why Social Media Will Become Your Biggest Ranking Factor in the Future
We've been saying for nearly two years now that if you want your website to rank well in the future on Google you have to start doing social media optimization now. We have seen where Google has been heading for a while now and telling our clients that...
Click Through Rates By Position in Organic Search Engine Results
Have you ever wondered how many more clicks someone that ranks position #1 on page #1 on Google? Here are some interesting facts:
How to Choose the Best Keywords for Local SEO
The definitive guide to choosing the best local keywords for search engine optimization (SEO). Find the right keywords to rank locally.
Helping a Client in a Pinch; Ecommerce Website in Just Two Days
We were recently contacted by a company in Boulder, Colorado who was in a real pinch. His current website vendor, who was one of those "build your own website services," wasn't working (literally) and he was in great need of getting a website that woul...
Pixo Acquires Popular MileHighMamas.com Mommy Blogger Website
For five years, in partnership with The Denver Post, Pixo Web Design & Strategy has managed the editorial and marketing efforts of Denver’s Mile High Mamas mom website. The website features Denver’s leading mommy bloggers, recipes, product reviews, con...
The Most Popular Blog Posts of 2013
We thought you might find it interesting to see what other people were reading in 2013. There are really some great posts here that got a lot of traffic. We had some fun going back and reading posts from earlier this year. 2013 was certainly a year of ...
Welcome to Pixo's New Website Design
Pixo has always seen itself a leader in cutting edge website design. But lately we noticed that some of the websites we were building for our clients were more cutting edge than our own. Any good website needs to renew itself from time to time because ...
Celebrating an Amazing 10 Years!
Ten years ago we saw an opportunity in the under-severed small to medium sized business space to help great businesses get amazing websites and online marketing tools. The concept was simple. Partner with forward thinking companies, develop best of bre...
Improve your Website Ranking with Google+ and Google+ Authorship
Chances are, you are already have a website with great content and are optimizing your website with keywords related to your content. And you probably already know that Search Engine Optimization (SEO) helps your page rank and allows your website to sh...
The Growth of Social Media Marketing and Controlling The Message For Your Business
A wise business person once told me, "Go where the people are." With the massive growth of social media over the last 5 years it is easy to see where your customers are located these days and the numbers keep growing. It seems that everyone from young ...