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Customizing and Embedding Google Maps

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Real Estate Agent with LAER Realty Partners

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Customizing and Embedding

Google Maps

Original content by Craig Daniels

Google Maps is my most often “go-to” mapping site. Including a map image on your web page or blog post is a great visual element to supplement your hyper-local content. Instead of posting a snapshot of the map, why not embed the map as an object. As such, your readers can dynamically pan and zoom to get more understanding. Furthermore, if you embed an actual map object, consider also that Google surely associates your map’s geo-location as evidence of your local page content.

What if you wanted to highlight multiple locations in your blog post? Let’s say you wanted to highlight the three different movie theater complexes closest to a neighborhood. Wouldn’t it be nice to show a map with the three placemarkers highlighting the locations? Consider also, how bounded areas are nice to illustrate a location. Perhaps, you are drawing a boundary line around a neighborhood or school district. Google lets you do all of this and you can also save your custom map and embed it in your blog or web page.

To save your custom maps, the first thing you will need to do is get a free Google account. At any of the google pages (such as the main search page, or maps page) in the upper right you will see the links that you need either to sign in by using your email address (if you already have an account) or to click that you want a new account and there are just a few questions and you will be on your way.

Once you are signed in to Google, you are ready to start creating custom maps that you can use on your web pages. The following video tutorial will show you how to do it (runtime: 20 minutes)

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Comments (60)

Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

We all should learn this skill - and check the newer post, Carol.

Oct 27, 2016 03:07 PM
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

Craig, indeed one of the best posts - and best re-blog, too! 

Oct 27, 2016 03:07 PM
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

With 22 re-blogs, this is the most I have heard of in 'unintentional' re-blogging history.

Oct 27, 2016 03:08 PM
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

And thanks for tutorial or video of the newer version of the same, Craig.

Oct 27, 2016 03:08 PM
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

This was the time when bookmarks were difficult to find....lol!

Oct 27, 2016 03:09 PM
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

Anyways, Thanks for stopping by at this post and your comments, Mark Don.

Oct 27, 2016 03:09 PM
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

Good you found that cute little bookmark icon, Mark Don - thanks for bookmark.

Oct 27, 2016 03:10 PM
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

(And better post - revised one after this was written by Craig in 2014., Mark Don.)

Oct 27, 2016 03:10 PM
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

Thanks for stopping by at this post and your comments., Nina.

Oct 27, 2016 03:11 PM
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

Yes, this post has a lot to learn - so to bookmark is the best way!

Oct 27, 2016 03:11 PM
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

Thanks for stopping by at this post and your comments, Grant.

Oct 27, 2016 03:11 PM
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

And since you have used it, Grant -  you know  the value in doing this.

Oct 27, 2016 03:12 PM
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

Thanks for stopping by at this post and your comments, Diana Z.

Oct 27, 2016 03:12 PM
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

In fact ,we all should do it in our business, Diana. 

Oct 27, 2016 03:12 PM
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

Thanks for stopping by at this post and your comments, Patricia Feager.

Oct 27, 2016 03:13 PM
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

Thanks to Craig for the updates, though that was done before this post, Patricia Feager.

Oct 27, 2016 03:13 PM
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

Thanks for stopping by at this post and your comments, Carla M.

Oct 27, 2016 03:14 PM
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

I think it is one of the best SEO tool, Carla - and you know it better because you use it.

Oct 27, 2016 03:14 PM
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

Thanks for stopping by at this post and your comments, Frank R.

Oct 27, 2016 03:15 PM
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

This comment prompted me to visit my re-blog.

Once again, thanks all for stopping by at this post and your comments.

Oct 27, 2016 03:15 PM