The search engines of today have become really smart and are great in figuring out all of your business’s information when they crawl your site. Or in this case, properly label your Google map so they know which location is correct for your business.īut can’t they figure this out on their own without this additional code? In short, yes. Marking up your website with the correct code can greatly increase your visibility in search engines. In short, is a collection of HTML tags that Google, Bing, and Yahoo! came together to create so webmasters can properly markup their sites so search engines can properly “digest” or crawl what’s inside. Note: If you are doing this for a local business website, we strongly suggest you continue with Step 5. Once you have customized your map and are ready to put it on your website, copy the code at the top of the widget box and then paste it wherever you would like it to appear on your site. Make sure to have the zoom and position of the map exactly how you want it. This is where you can see how your new map will look on your website. Here you can choose from one of the preset sizes or give your map your own custom dimensions. Google and the Google logo are registered trademarks of Google Inc., used with permission.

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