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Hi Neil, Thanks for reaching out, I am sorry that the rankings did not update for you.  You issue could be caused by a known we had in the past, I have open a ticket for you to properly diagnose your account and take care of lost rankings we missed.  You should be hearing from me soon. Sorry again for the inconvenience, I hope I can resolve your issues soon. Best, Peter SEOmoz Help Team.

Thinking it through I think that your ScrantonAutoGlass.com and ClevelandRealEstate.com suggestions are bad advice. I appreciate your opinion though! For a local business the disadvantages from this type of name outweigh  the one advantage you gain by having a better chance of ranking for popular search term. IMO. This discussion has helped me think it through. Thanks all Neil

Thanks Andy That was a great tip Neil

Je suis probablement un petit peut influencée par les Américaines. Normalement tous les trends de l'internet viennent d'Amérique, alors je crois que n'utiliser pas les tirets et certainement pas faux. Un tiret - ca va - mais plus qu'un - c'est certainement pas bien.

Great question Neil!  Google uses optical character recognition (OCR, more specifically OCRopus) to convert visible print into search searchable text; hence, you're able to find terms in Google books via Google search. Link text is also recognizable due to the standard 'http' format, so even though you'd never be able to click it via an old book in the library (who knows what new ones will do!) Google Books is still able to recognize the link and treat it as such in the digital, Internet realm.  Now, a website that is being mentioned in books has a high likelihood of having a robust backlink profile, but that notwithstanding, I'd bet that Google would give an high amount of trust to a link that makes it into its OCR database. As for street view, that is pushing it!  Who knows though, there's merit in giving a website online exposure for the offsite work they do via billboards, store fronts, etc.  I think you and I both would love to know the people that could truly answer that one though, huh?