As part of a fascinating Local Search webinar yesterday on Search Marketing Now, Greg Sterling presented a slide (above) from Comscore / TMP Directional Marketing last year (2008) about how people are searching based on industry category. I’m hoping an excellent discussion will follow in the comments.

A much delayed fourth installment of my Links of Local Interest Series, which seems to have garnered mediocre popularity among readers. I discuss a new Local Search resource, Local SEO’s on Twitter, the Yellow Pages, frustrations with Google’s LBC, trust, social responsibility, my SMX West presentation, outreach to the business community, citations, and Searchfest. WOW! It’s action-packed!!

Matt McGee first noticed the “K-Pack” announced on the official Google Maps Blog last night and the Local Searcharati have been buzzing about it ever since. All in all, this seems to be good for users, good for businesses, and good for Google. Nice going, Maps team.

This should have been written a week ago when the finalists were named, but what can I say?–things have been more than a little hectic recently. Just a quick note to say that SEMMY voting closes tonight & if you’d like to vote for any of my three posts that were named finalists (thanks, judges!), visit http://www.semmys.org.