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

Corporate video conquers the internet

From the BBC News Blog:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11899824?OCID=spttb

This Too Shall Pass

One of the best music videos ever made.

44 Percent Of comScore Top 50 Web Properties Have Major Video Presence

ComScore data from October 2010, crunched by Christophor Rick from ReelSEO:

http://www.reelseo.com/top-50-web-video-properties/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

42 ways to use video to grow your business

Article from One Market Media:

http://onemarketmedia.com/blog/2009/12/42-ways-to-use-video-to-grow-your-business/

Skateistan (Short Video)

SKATEISTAN: TO LIVE AND SKATE KABUL from Diesel New Voices on Vimeo.