Have you ever seen a map with in a web page and thought I would really like a map of my company or events location on my website?

Well in this article we will explain more about your options about how to get, or embed, a map of your company or companies to show in your web pages and the benefits they can bring to your website along with which mapping services are avaliable to you to accomplish this.

The jump links below will take you to the section of the page on embedding Google maps, Bing maps or Yahoo Maps to make your life that little bit easier.

But what is an embedded map in a web page as I haven't seen an embedded map before on some one elses website?

An embedded map is simply a map of your business or companies location or locations, normally with a marker, that is loaded (otherwise known as embedded) in to your web pages so people can see them live on your website. These tend to allow directions to be printed off to your business or event location and the map to be viewed in larger detail to help people find your location via your website.

So whats the point I know where I am is and is it really that beneficial to my business to have a map embedded in my web pages?

An embedded map of your actual business can be a great way to show to your customers and clients that you actually hold a physical address and are not a micky mouse company. It is also a great idea if you run a club or require clients to meet you at your premsesis on a regular basis as they can go on to your website see an actual live map of your business location and download directions to you without having to phone you.If you run an event and have thousands of people attending imagine the time you could save by them getting the directions straight off your website rather than having to phone you.

But an embedded map is best used on your contact form, that way if someone is unsure about contacting you for what ever reason, maybe they just don't have enough trust in your business yet, they can see that you have a physical location and thus put more faith in your business as you will still be their in 6 months time and are not a fly by night operation. If this is placed on the page where they then either phone you or fill in your on line contact form this may be the difference between a sale and a lost oppurtunity. You do also have an actual form on your contact form that they can fill in right?

The other main web page of your website where embedded maps of your business are the most benefitial is on your about us web page. This page is all about your business and again if some one needs that little bit more of a push in the right direction to contact you then seeing that you have an actual physically location may be all they need to have the faith to pick up the phone or drop you an email.

Examples of embedded business maps on live business websites

For a prime example of how powerful embedded maps of your business can be lets take a look at some of our clients websites so you can see for yourself how this will look in a web page but more importantly how it adds a lot more faith in their businesses.

As you can see placing an embedded map on your contact us page alone is a very powerful way to add confidence in your business to perspective clients.

Embedding mapping services

Specnet can embed maps into your website from a number of different map embedding companies for you. The top 3 we recommend to use are:

Below you can find some live examples of Specnet's office location embedded into this web page using each of the mapping services above, as well as more details about each mapping service, to give you even more of an idea of how it will look in your web pages.

Bing Maps

Bing Maps provides embeded map services powered by Microsofts Bing Search Engine which uses what use to be the MultiMAP map service, before Microsoft took it over, to run it's mapping service.

This mapping service like Google maps and Yahoo! maps allows you to embed your business location into your website using Bing's map service.

Below is an example of our company offices embedded into this web page using Bing maps.

Google maps

Google maps are powered by the worlds most popular search engine, Google. This mapping service like Bing maps and Yahoo! maps allows you to embed your business location into your website using Google's map service.

Below is an example of our company offices embedded into this web page using Google maps.


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Yahoo! maps

Yahoo! maps are powered by Yahoo! one of the oldest search engines and a massive social portal website. This mapping service like Google maps and Yahoo! maps allows you to embed your business location into your website using Yahoo!'s map service.

Below is an example of our company offices embedded into this web page using Yahoo! maps.

If you interested in adding an embedded map of your business to your web pages Contact us today to talk about your mapping needs and we will try our best to help you.