There are a few news items in Local Search that I’m pretty excited about:

SMX Local/Mobile Conference - I’ll be presenting on Chris Silver Smith’s panel on Case Studies in San Francisco in July. If you’ve never attended this conference, you’re really missing out on the bleeding edge of Local and Mobile Search.

Local Search Rankings Survey - David Mihm sent a ranking survey out to Local Search SEO’s with the intention of creating a document similiar to SEOmoz’s famous ranking factors survey from last year. He’s compiling it now and intends release it on June 12. I’m excited to see how my opinions stack up against other industry experts.

Universal Business Listings - UBL will soon include a WebCard with listings on their service. This is best described as an online business card in the hCard microformat.