“No minute gone comes ever back again…take heed and see ye nothing do in vain”
–inscription near Liberty, Carnaby Street London, visited on 23/04/10

A surprising number of you have emailed or mentioned to me at conferences that you’ve been disappointed with my blogging schedule recently.  I’ve become involved in a number of projects that have required more time than I anticipated–not the least of which is GetListed.org’s Local University–the next one is in Minneapolis on May 13 (shameless plug: please encourage any small business owners you know in the Twin Cities to attend–they can use discount code ‘mihm2010?).

I’ve even had to suspend my Search Engine Land column, unfortunately, because I just feel I’ve been overextended.  I was sad to do that, because SEL has given me tremendous visibility beyond this tiny little corner of the blogosphere.  My editor, Elisabeth Osmeloski, has graciously offered to allow me to contribute guest posts going forward, however, which I plan to do on a more-or-less quarterly basis.

And, as many of you know, I’ve just returned from a three-week trip to the Netherlands, India, and the UK–a much-needed break after such a busy Spring.

After a Herculean effort churning through my feed reader over the weekend, as well as my Delicious account for the past few months, I thought I’d highlight what I found to be the most significant developments in Local during my vacation, and over the course of my time away from blogging. Andrew Shotland took the words right out of my mouth last night.

Google Local Business Center Places Rebrand

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