Is local content important for you?
Do you geotag your articles?

SEO: Localized user generated content is becoming more important

Localizing your content if possible is important. Behind the curtains Google is pushing localized search results and user profiles more and more. The anouncement of Google My Maps in April 2007 opened the borders of easy to create geotagged placemarks to the wide audience. Beside the possibility to track your personal walkabouts Google My Maps opened up new SEO and SEM possibilities.

If you have localized content you should geotag your articles in Google My Maps!

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Are you using i.e. Google personal maps?
How do you promote your maps?

Ongopongo is a specialized directory for maps with some digg-like features.

When Google made the 'My Maps' service public in April 2007 (Map-making: So easy a caveman could do it) it only took a very short while until Riley created Ongopongo. This Drupal driven site is a kind of specialized digg clone for links to maps. As far as I have checked out Ongopongo all of the submitted maps are hosted on the Google My Maps service. But you can submit every kind of map because Ongopongo takes links as submission.

Don't expect explanations for the name Ongopongo from me :)

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