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When Google Map first came on the scene of web design, not too many people paid attention to it or saw the possibilities. It didn’t take long for that realization to set in and web designers all over began to take advantage of this new feature they could add to their designs. Then clients begin to ask for it from those designers who were not aware of the advantage of having a Google map to incorporate in their designs. The rest is history.  Now suffice it to say Google map is used in 9 out of 10 websites to provide directions and location of the website business.

So you say what does Google map have to do with Zhiing and what in the world is Zhiing anyway? Zhiing is another communication tool provided by ZOS Communication company that can be placed on a web page, preferably in the contact page, to help people to find the business location. While Google map is viewed at the user’s location and may not be portable while the user is driving to that business, Zhiing is.  Like Google map, Zhiing is free and provided to anyone who want to take advantage of this new technology.

Zhiing uses the ZMS messaging service, a highly adaptable, compressed, information packet that bundles location with content and travels on any global IP network. What this means is ZOS Communications, the developer of Zhiing, provides a send-to-mobile / send-to-email widget that can be placed next to any physical address on websites, which enables that location to be sent to a phone. When site visitors click on the send to mobile / email button a utility window opens. Users enter mobile numbers and/or emails and receive a pre-programmed message with a map route to the address.

• Location “send to phone” functionality
• Ability to create a browser to mobile, mobile to browser instant messaging interface with embedded location information. 

Its a portable map! The advantage of this is enormous in providing an easy tool for customers/ clients to find the website business physical location. This Send-to-Phone experience is so much more than just sending a static address to a mobile phone. Smart Phones, Browser Enabled Phones, and Feature Phones alike can each have rich navigation.

• Dumb” Phones can reply with their current address and receive turn-by-turn SMS directions.
• Browser Enabled phones can open a map from a link for routing.
• Smart Phones have the option to load the Zhiing utility app, which enables interactive routing by automatically laying their route on many mapping systems.
• When users do load the Zhiing utility app, content from the website can be also be served into the device. From realtor contact information to daily restaurant specials, the possibilities are limitless.

If you are interested in adding this service to your client’s websites, search for ZOS Communication, grab the widget and go. The installation is simple and the provided installation direction easy to follow. For more website design ideas, methods, templates and functional web design visit IG Webs or Huntsville Web Design.