Hello Virtual World of Designers; Start Up Needs A Logo

Local Search Texas

I've been involved with SEO and SEM since 1998. I've learned a lot over my 11 years in the business. I've acquired some time test techniques that help local business dominate their competition on Google & Yahoo. Now is the perfect time to start up a new internet venture and a logo is the perfect place to start. I need a kick butt logo, it needs to be warm, bold and colorful.
As you can tell by the name "LOCAL SEARCH" I'm playing off of the term google uses to display it's "local searches results".

As you can imagine my clients will be business owners of all types who run their business from brick and mortar stores; they will range from the local car wash owner to the local plastic surgeon with every type of service and product business in between. The one thing they will all have in common is that they want to improve their web site ranking and get more phone calls or walk-ins into their business, firms, offices.

I know the name implies Texas and yes the cities that reside in this state are my target market but I don't want the logo to have an image of the state in it. No to red white and blue for colors way too simple. Surprise me. Think of this business as the new "yellow page book" for local business. I'm looking for a logo that can stand the test of time here folks and kick butt while doing it. Damn guys I don't know what else to say other than what I guess everybody says ... wow me!