Netco newsletter November/December 2007

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Put your name on the map

(how to bring business right to your front door)

For a while, on-going royalty fees made dynamic location maps expensive, which is why most sites that Netco designed and built used a static graphic map to show their physical address.

Google has come to the rescue. It has allowed developers, such as Netco and by default, its customers, to use its extensive street and satellite maps free. Now we can place a street map on your web site that visitors can scroll around, zoom into, zoom out of and receive street directions in text and graphics. They can also see your address marked on a street map, a satellite image or both.

To its credit, Google hasn't plastered the maps with advertising other than its own logo and a copyright notice.

The maps should be a boon for associations, to list the physical location of each member, and for individual businesses who accept visits from customers such as shops, bed and breakfasts, hotels and markets.

The only costs involved in having these location maps installed on your site are for Netco's time to write the code that highlights and centres the map's focus on your business. Google charges no initial or on-going fee.

For associations with many members, we can implement a version of the map that allows each member to have his or her business mapped when a visitor searches for individuals by location or name. For bed and breakfasts, the maps allow an efficient way of letting first-time guests find you because they can zoom out to find your region and then zoom in and scroll, noting main roads and side streets to reach you.

Because a picture is worth a thousand words we've set up a display map.

We can install these maps on any site for any region of New Zealand (or anywhere in the world, for that matter). Should these interest you, please enquire about the type of map and we'll gladly quote to install them on your site.

this issue:
Put your name on the map | Googling your competitors | Spam, Spam, Spam - stemming the flood | Netco search upgrade