Thanks for the mention Mike. Looking at the combo of links above, I was reminded of the mobile search query analysis I read recently (put out by att&t ?). The most striking thing about that was the LACK of local queries.

It’s a fascinating time to be in this isn’t it?

I read Local Hound’s blog post. Great stuff. I’ve been doing that kind of thing for years and continuously expanding it. It is amazing how one can generate more and more local traffic by continuously expanding on Search Hounds research.

Dave

I really….really like search hound’s analysis and discussion. Most of my relevant local/small business traffic stems from long tail phrases in organic search that combine geographical and business terms.

There are always some powerful sources for links. While you gotta dig for many of them, Craigs list is the most obvious.

I’m starting to experiment and get some additional traffic from directed social media sites focused on the local side of social media. Its beginning to work but I’ve got a long way to go to learn about it and expose its potential power.

His comments about navigational type searches are pretty nifty and very valuable.

Mike: my efforts are too new to report results and we’re trying things and changing them on the fly.

facebook is very local. tagger.com allows you to identify members by region/city. linkin does that also.

There are a bunch of ways to do this. I’m experimenting, reading about the efforts of others and frankly new to the game.

I’ll be better able to report on this later.

Dave