{"id":571,"date":"2008-03-28T11:15:08","date_gmt":"2008-03-28T15:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/28\/local-links-of-interest-47\/"},"modified":"2008-03-28T19:28:38","modified_gmt":"2008-03-28T23:28:38","slug":"local-links-of-interest-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/28\/local-links-of-interest-47\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Links of Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ptech.allthingsd.com\/20080327\/dashs-car-navigator-gives-smart-directions-if-others-participate\/\" title=\"Permanent Link: Dash\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Car Navigator Gives Smart Directions, if Others Participate\" rel=\"bookmark\">Dash\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Car Navigator Gives Smart Directions, if Others Participate<\/a> &#8211; Walt Mossburg, WSJ<\/p>\n<p>I have not really been following the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/2008\/03\/27\/review-dash-gps\/\">Dash<\/a> but after having read Mossburg&#8217;s article in the WSJ it struck as quite significant that your car would act as a data &#8220;probe&#8221; to provide real time traffic information to a community of users. Very Cool.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.soloseo.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/26\/leavefeedback\/\" style=\"color: black\" title=\"Permalink\">Announcing LeaveFeedback.org, Free Service for Local Businesses<\/a> &#8211; Michael Jensen, SoloSEO<\/p>\n<p>This is very useful product that I will hopefully have more time to write about later. It vastly simplifies the process by which a small business gets reviews from his\/her customer. It is the last 50 feet of local and creates a &#8220;virtuous cycle&#8221; with benefits for all.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.localseoguide.com\/facebook-pages-local-search-engine-optimization\/\">Facebook Pages &amp; Local Search Engine Optimization<\/a> &#8211; Andrew Shotland, LocalSEOGuide<\/p>\n<p>I am not a facebook maven but this technique appeared to be valuable.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearthblog.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/03\/global_temperature_trends_for_googl.html\">Global Temperature Trends for Google Earth<\/a> &#8211; Frank Taylor, Google Earth Blog<\/p>\n<p>I never ceased to be amazed at the wondrous information that makes it way into a map these days. 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