Mostly to remind myself, this is a list of local search directories and data aggregators with corresponding submit/edit links: http://local.google.com (http://www.google.com/local/add) http://local.msn.com http://local.live.com http://local.yahoo.com (http://listings.local.yahoo.com) http://www.infousa.com (http://list.infousa.com/dbupdate.htm) http://www.citysearch.com http://www.merchantcircle.com (http://www.merchantcircle.com/signup) http://www.truelocal.com (http://www.truelocal.com/getlisted.aspx) http://www.registerlocal.com (https://www.registerlocal.com/order/configAddress.aspx) http://www.insiderpages.com http://www.judysbook.com http://www.superpages.com (http://www.superpages.com/about/new_chg_listing.html) http://www.acxiom.com (http://bcb.acxiom.com/start.pl) http://www.yellowikis.org (http://www.yellowikis.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) Have I missed any?

Peter Norvig, Director of Google Research recently described the "Lake Wobegon" hiring strategy and contrasted it with two other strategies he dubbed "dot-com boom" and "hiring manager centric". The data is compelling and is worth considering, however I question the claim that Google hires people at the company level and then assigns them to projects (rather than hiring into project groups). That's just not been my experience (disclaimer: I don't work for Google so "my experience" is conjecture based on hearsay and public job descriptions).