Michael Boland’s 8 White-Hot Trends Lift Local Search in ‘08
8 White-Hot Trends Lift Local Search in ‘08 - Search Engine Watch

Michael Boland has a very good post at Search Engine Land regarding trends in local online marketing for 2008.
He’s hit on several items that I agree with, particularly that local video will grow in importance.
Check out how Weblistic is embedding video into business profile pages.
Weblistic runs a header on top of the proxy version of the advertiser’s site and includes the video.
Here’s an example of Weblistic’s video profile page for a local auto repair facility.
I agree that sales will win the battle, and that Yellow Pages organizations have the leg up.
Like Mike, I am less enthusiastic about 3D mapping as it pertains to local online marketing.
Full disclosure: I work at weblistic, and stand to reap significant rewards from the company’s success with local online marketing.
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