And the results were (finally got 54 votes);

• 29.6% Local


• 20.4% News


• 14.8% Video


• 11.1% Social


• 9.3% Images


• 5.6% Real Time


• 5.6% I don't actively target Universal


• 3.7% Shopping

It is no surprise that local topped the list as peeps had said it was an area of interest for 2010 in an earlier poll. We also know that video SEO was a weakness many had from a poll in Feb. It is though interesting that not many seemed to take the 'shopping' very seriously either as it does tie in with local these days... hmmmm...

Also interesting to me was that the world of Social Search and Real Time were getting nearly 17% when it is a finicky area at best.

We often discuss SEO competitiveness in terms of how strong a given query space is. It is also important to take note of trends such as we see in these polls as well. In case you hadn't notice we've been talking about Universal Search and Video SEO around here a fair bit lately. That's because it really doesn't seem to be common in a lot of folks SEO programs.

I would start to look at Video and Shopping strategies if you aren't already. And of course tie in with some local... It does seem to be some areas that aren't going to be as competitive given what we're learning here.