Google Place Search - finding local businesses

A couple of months ago, Google launched Place Search, a complete overhaul of the way in which they display local business search results. The listings 7-pack has gone, and each result has a much more substantial quantity of information, including images, and where applicable... video! Each listing has results from the major directories, so video-rich directories will vastly increase the visibility and ranking of their listed businesses.

Take a look at the video about Place Search:

A great blog post to learn about how it all works -

http://blog.getreachcast.com/32274/2010/12/08/keeping-up-with-google-part-1--the-rapidly-changing-world-of-search-discovery-for-small-businesses.html