This is particularly important if you are using a small sized map less than around 400px square.

1. Go to google maps or google maps uk
2. Do a search to find (and pin) the location you want to embed a map of.
3. Click the text link, which you will find top right of the main map.
4. Click Customise and preview embedded map
5. Change the dimensions of the map as required and drag the pin to the centre of the map using your mouse.
6. Copy the embed code.
5. In your embed code find the src of the iframe tag ( <iframe src=”http ) and replace

iwloc=addr

or

iwloc=A

with

iwloc=near

6. Stick the embed code into your website and marvel at seeing a pin but no info window.

Before view:

Before iframe code:

<iframe width=”300″ height=”300″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no” marginheight=”0″ marginwidth=”0″ src=”http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=manchester&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=21.613333,29.619141&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=53.492131,-2.228851&spn=0.122552,0.205994&z=11&iwloc=A&output=embed”></iframe>

After view:

After iframe code:

<iframe width=”300″ height=”300″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no” marginheight=”0″ marginwidth=”0″ src=”http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=manchester&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=21.613333,29.619141&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=53.492131,-2.228851&spn=0.122552,0.205994&z=11&iwloc=near&output=embed”></iframe>

http://www.google.com/search?q=christmas

Promot, remove and comment are now shown as small icon links next to each web search result. Promote is an up arrow with bar which goes green on hover, remove is a cross which goes grey on hover and comment is a small speech bubble which becomes bolder on hover.

Selecting remove shows you a little more information about the new options.

So your choices will be visible to other signed in Google users. When you choose to continue, the listing you selected to delete disappears in a very Apple OS X style puff of smoke and the remaining results move up the page to fill the gap.

Promoting a result moves it to the top of the page and adds further information to it.

So the promote link is now green and we can see that one person has promoted it.

What we don’t yet know is how the scoring works. Does one remove equal one promote or is removing more damning that a single promotion.

Selecting to comment results in a comments form and a button which makes it perfectly clear that your comment will be available to everyone.

At the bottom of the results pages is a further option to ‘Add a result’. Clicking on this results in a url form where you can suggest a result for the search you are currently viewing.

A clever way of quickly building a list of peoples favourite pages. Even if the page is listed but my be on page 15, Google can take this submission as a favourable tick for that result.

So there you go. Digg style Digging and burying but only for yourself. You can view all your customised searches and changes by clicking on the links at the bottom of the results page.