Adding Map Services to Your Site

Most agents know how to use MapQuest and Google Maps. Linking to these services out of your web site can help users a great deal. Simply navigate to the map you like in these services and copy and paste the URL as a link. Some services don't allow you to save the zoom level but users can zoom in or out as they like.

Use services like these as sub features and don't litter your main content with them. In fact, you may create a page dedicated to these maps.

Do a search by address, zip code or intersection to get in close. Or search by state or country to remain distant.

Here are some ideas:

• Link to your marketing area from two services to give variety
• Link to individual communities you have written about
• Link to the driving direction from a common city
• Link to driving directions to your office from some well known monument
• Insert the services search fields into your own pages so users can search from your site

Get creative with great tools like these.