Local search got a big boost this month when Google rolled out an international change: showing local results on non-local queries.  So now a search for ‘machine shops’ shows a local 10-pack for machine shops near me in Minneapolis:

Before this update, I would have had to search using “machine shops minneapolis” to get the local [...]

Yesterday was certainly quite a day in the US.  Many people took some time out of their day to watch television or streaming coverage of Obama’s inauguration.  Google and Yahoo! have both released some of the popular searches and search trends that occurred during the ceremonies.  According to Google, 12% of their inauguration-related searches yesterday [...]