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I'm seeing a lot more localized results.  I think it's gone way overboard.  I can't even fathom someone wanting local results for some of these search terms.

Here is an article detailing local results for some pretty broad search terms.  http://www.webpagefx.com/blog/search-engine-optimization/penguin-2-0-update-google-blending-local-results-with-organic/

I understand your concern, and the same thing has happened to us. But, the real question is, how has your traffic for those search terms been affected?  Are you getting less traffic now that you have  a video snippet show up in the third result as opposed to the plain text 1st result?

We've actually received higher CTRs with our snippet results.  As long as the snippet is generally above the fold. You need to weigh the actual affect of the snippet on your traffic and not just the vanity of a ranking position.

I'm trying to figure out a process to find specific youtube embed videos using Google search.  But a lot of sites are not being returned.  For example, I know that the following video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MnylRaQC3w) is linked to and embedded on http://gizmodo.com/5898438/watch-how-fender-builds-its-iconic-stratocasters

However, I can't figure out a set of search terms to find that in Google.  Searching for (1MnylRaQC3w  Gizmodo) doesn't return the right page in the results.

I'd like to figure this out so I could see everywhere a certain youtube video has been embedded.

I don't have control over how the SEOmoz tool interacts with Google

I'm trying to use the Keyword Difficulty Tool to research some keywords. However, I keep getting local Seattle results in the SERPs.  For example, if I search for "guitar lessons". At least 4 of the 10 results seem to be Seattle based (I guess because of SEOMoz ip addresses).  Is there a way to eliminate local results?