Will the web site addition of a Google Map increase search engine ranking?

no

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Bob

Then what is the 'draw' to use them?

design your site for user friendliness not for search engines. googlemaps for listings may help drive other people in linking to your site because you offer something useful and then your site will become more important to google.

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Satellite Beach Real Estate
Advanced Brevard MLS Search

we use it on this site www.propertydeveloper.us and alot of people have said they find it very usefull instead of just directions (text) so it's definetly a bonus for the users of the site i would say.

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This is great advice; similar advice can be said for your link strategy and any content on your site - we need to start thinking in terms of usefulness to visitors, and the search engines will respond to that in time.

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285 Columbus Lofts - New 63-unit Boston loft development in the former Red Cross building
FP3 Boston Condos - FP3 Fort Point Channel Boston Seaport Condos
Boston Real Estate - Providing Google Map based search of condo developments

I have a jpg image of my Google map on the homepage. That image is the #1 search result (term = eau claire real estate) on images dot google dot com.

I realize this isn't exactly the same as ranking #1 on text searches, but:

1. It's a start!
2. Believe it or not, it does drive traffic to my site
3. I have to believe it increases my site's relevance in the Book of Google.
4. Oh yeah, and people visiting the site like it too!

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Michael Paul

Eau Claire Homes for sale | Eau Claire Real Estate | Discount Realty Works

I have sitemap generator in one my image web sites and it gets a lot of visitors from google images.

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Is there a direct ranking benefit from utilizing the google map API? Absolutely not

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No ranking benefit.

The whole idea of "mashups" are to create map based searches as opposed to database based searching. They are purely for user friendliness.

Best;

Eric

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Eric Blackwell
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