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31 Dec This post is from from my other blog here At the end of any year, it is a natural thing to take a step back and review what has been done and see what is coming up. Every small business needs to do this; I definitely am working on my plan for 2008 based on 2007. I wanted to pull together some of the more interesting posts reviewing local search in 2007 and those looking to 2008. Happy reading! Local Search in 2007 Google Maps: year in review for its posts and product launches Happy Holidays from the LocalPoint Team Praized Blog: A Look Back at 2007 Kevin Newcomb at Search Engine Watch: 2007: The Year that Search Grew Up A couple of notable items: BackFence, Judy’s Book, Edgeio shut down
A lot of new sites such as Greyboxx, Yellowbot
Many new local search blogs, such as LocalBizBits were established (had to throw that in Local Search in 2008 Praized Blog: Local & Social Media Predictions for 2008 Fred Aun at ClickZ: 2008 Outlook: No Sign of a Cooldown in Local Online Ads Greg Sterling at Search Engine Land: Local Online Ads Will Reach $12.6 Billion In 2008, Local Search Will Bring In $5 Billion Of That Total Mike Boland at Search Engine Watch: 8 White-Hot Trends Lift Local Search in ‘08 2008 looks like it will be a big year - will be exciting to see how it all pans out. See you next year! Update: Make sure you see Matt McGee’s post, Big List of 2008 Prediction & Resolution Posts over on his blog! 
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Lots of great conferences such as SMX Local, ILM
