surfin2u - 3:36 pm on Apr 10, 2004 (gmt 0)

Local google seems to have had no significant effect on the traffic to my local directory site. I get a very small number of referrals from local.google.com and a substantial number from google.com. My SERPs are excellent (many #1 rankings) and seem no different than before local search.

If google were to replace all of its results for my city with local results only, then I would be in big trouble. The quality of the local results at this point for my site's specialization are quite poor. I'm keeping my eyes on things.

If google pulls the rug out from under me, then I'll be able to get by with traffic from other SEs and I'm also expanding my local advertising program to try to reduce dependence on SEs.