If you’re interested in local search (and you know I am), you should be aware of some announcements that came from Marchex today: Open List, the local/city guide portal Marchex owns, has been relaunched with a new look, expanded content, and tighter integration with Marchex’s portfolio of local/vertical web sites.

Here’s the official release.

Per my policy, I won’t be commenting on the news here on SBS. If you’re interested in reading coverage elsewhere, here are a few links of note:

• Greg Sterling: OpenList Grows Up
• Search Engine Watch blog: Marchex Connects Its Local-Vertical Network
• ClickZ: Marchex Adds Local Sites, Offers Centralized Search Through Open List Portal
• MediaWeek: Marchex Rolls Out OpenList.com
• MediaPost: Marchex Revamps Open List Portal, Adds Local Sites
• Chris Linnett: OpenList.com is Live!

This Business 2.0 article also covers it a bit, mainly on pg. 2.