Gregg Stewart, president of TMP Directional Marketing’s interactive division 15miles, recently blogged about the release of our annual local search study for 2009. You can find Stewart’s recent post on Search Engine Watch, where he is a regular contributor for topics related to search engine marketing. In this post, Gregg highlights:

• The decline, but anticipated sustainability of print directory usage.
• The growth of Internet Yellow Pages.
• Emerging trends of mobile search, social media, and user-generated ratings and reviews.
• The increase in Google Maps usage.