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Top 5 Most Loved Web Design Posts of 2019

That’s a wrap for 2019, my friends. But where there’s an end, there’s always a beginning. It was really exciting to sift through our year-end website data and see so much love for some of our most cherished content. We were especially tickled-pink to see how popular our design and non-design related posts were, too….

That’s a wrap for 2019, my friends. But where there’s an end, there’s always a beginning.

It was really exciting to sift through our year-end website data and see so much love for some of our most cherished content. We were especially tickled-pink to see how popular our design and non-design related posts were, too. So, here are the top five most loved posts of 2019—and still relevant in 2020!

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1. Why I Learned American Sign Language & You Should Too

“Fortunately, learning another language proves very useful when one is presented with common challenges in communication by bringing your problem solving and critical thinking skills to a new level.”

 

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2. Why We Love WordPress

“This article will explain why we’re particularly in favor of WordPress, why our web design business focuses on WordPress…”

 

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3. The Importance of SEO in Pittsburghese: Red Flags N’at

“An original post about SEO Red Flags shared in 2017 and updated 9/16/2019. It was about friggin’ time.”

 

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4. Rant #425 — You Can(not) Manually Update Google Sitelinks!

“This question has come up quite often lately, and often at the advice of an SEO professional. Here’s a brief overview of what’s going on…”

 

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5. The Smack Happy Design Team

Geeze, we’re blushing, people. So much love in 2019!

“No matter the project — we love what we do and we want you to love it, too.”

Dani Iera

Dani Iera

I started my digital life in 2007, writing and managing content for lifestyle publications covering motorcycles, golf, and winter sports. The team I worked alongside went on to become executive producers, podcasters, cinematographers, and senior designers. That environment taught me to move fast, stay curious, and figure things out as I go. It's where I discovered that digital publishing, marketing, and web design are all parts of the same puzzle, and I've been rearranging the pieces ever since.

For over fifteen years, I've worked as an extension of my clients' marketing teams across industries ranging from executive recruitment and telecom to healthcare, legal services, and nonprofits. The specific sector changes; the job doesn't. Say what you mean, make it easy to find, and build something that actually works for the people using it.

I'm a refined yinzer, a proud RMU alumna (Go Colonials), and my son's biggest fan. I think in systems, celebrate neurodivergent thinking, and practice festina lente, which is a fancy way of saying I believe in doing things right instead of doing them fast. I'm also the person most likely to disappear into a Sleep Token rabbit hole when I should be doing something else.

Everything I know about doing good work comes down to one Pittsburgh proverb: don't be a jagoff.