Take a look at the following sources (Yes, if you read them you can count them as this weeks log and next weeks too!):

Information about design and getting your site recognized etc:

http://www.usableweb.com/topics/000445-0-0.html

http://www.colin.mackenzie.org/webdesign/

http://osu.orst.edu/aw/tutorials/

http://www.webreference.com/dlab/

http://webdesign.about.com/compute/webdesign/cs/designtips/

http://www.neonlollipops.com/design/

http://graphicdesign.about.com/arts/graphicdesign/cs/designtips/

http://www.elated.com/tutorials/

http://www.websitetips.com/

http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,1600299,00.html

http://www.webtemplates.com/design.html

http://www.toto.com/tips.html

http://www.graphic-design.com/Web/index.html

http://danny.oz.au/design/index.html

http://www.useit.com/

http://trimatrix.com/tips.html

http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/alertbox/990530.html

http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,179227,00.html

http://www.informationweek.com/773/web.htm

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/

http://www.sitepoint.com/

http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/

http://webdevfoundations.net/secondedition/chapter7.htm

http://webdesign.about.com/cs/webdesignlayout/a/bl_layouts.htm

Information, sources etc

http://www.searchenginewatch.com/webmasters/index.html

http://www.searchenginewatch.com/webmasters/rank.html

http://www.searchenginewatch.com/webmasters/tips.html

http://www.searchenginewatch.com/webmasters/meta.html

http://www.submit-it.com/subopt.htm

http://webservercompare.internet.com/

http://www.fastcompany.com/online/28/one.html

http://www.submit-it.com/

http://www.w3.org/