Palmer Web Marketing - 25 Ways to Optimize for Local Search

Informative post on local search with some good tips for localized SEO:
Palmer Web Marketing - 25 Ways to Optimize for Local Search

Wordpress Crawl Rate Tracker Plugin and SEO Meter Tools

Hamlet Batista passed along these cool tools for tracking crawl rates:
BlogStorm - Wordpress Crawl Rate Tracker Plugin
and
SEO Meter

Search Engine Journal - Niche Marketing and Link Building Resources

Well written article with tangible ideas on niche link building:
Niche Marketing and Link Building Resources