Useful Tips for SEO by Maile Ohye, a developer advocate on Google's Webmaster Central Team

1. 301 redirect to preferred domain (www version or not)
2. Verify ownership of site in Webmaster Tools (set up e-mail forwarding for any issue reports)
3. Background check domain name (site:domain.com)
4. Fetch as Googlebot
5. Include analytics code
6. Strategic site design
   1. Appeal to target audience
   2. Focused content
   3. User Experience
7. Define conversions:
   1. Newsletter Signup
   2. Contact sales lead
   3. Buy product
   4. Share product
8. Keyword based copy
   1. Unique Topic
   2. Unique Title
   3. Unique meta description
   4. Non-dynamic sites; keywords in url, hyphen separated
   5. Descriptive anchor text (avoid "click here")
9. Use social media to drive interest

Jonathan Goldford of JG Visual takes you through the process of designing and programming a Facebook landing page.

I wasn't sure where the artist was going with this but I was dragged along by curiosity laced with a nice tune. The result would be outstanding - see for yourself.
It would be outstanding if it were actually true. The work was declared a hoax back in 2008 and the artist himself, 'fessed up. He was however, extremely creative.

Warning: This video is incredibly slooow. So slow in fact that I just couldn't stop watching it. By Tom Guilmette this was shot with a Phantom Flex high speed digital cinema camera at a whopping 2,564 frames per second.

How does Venice work exactly? This is a beautifully presented video that shows you why Venice is so enchanting taking you behind the scenes and giving you a history lesson well worth watching.