How to Put a Google Map on Your Link in Bio

A cafe, a store, a pop-up market stall, a real estate office, a wedding venue. If people need to physically find you, a map on your link in bio does more work than an address typed into a caption, and it takes under a minute to add.

Here is the catch with the usual approach. You write "123 Main St" in your Instagram bio or a post, and the reader has to copy it, switch apps, paste it into Google Maps, and hope they got the spelling right. Most won't bother. A map they can see and tap removes every one of those steps.

This is a short post on purpose. Adding the map is genuinely quick.

If you are new to the format, a link in bio is a single page that holds all your links and content behind a URL you can share in a social profile. We cover the basics in what is a link in bio. A map is just one of the blocks you can drop onto it.

What the Map block actually does

In ManyLinks you add a Map block, paste a Google Maps URL, and the page renders an interactive map centered on that spot with a pin on it. It parses the location and a sensible zoom level from the link you pasted, so you are not fiddling with coordinates.

Visitors can pinch, drag, and zoom the map right on your page. It is a real interactive map, not a flat screenshot, and you do not paste any iframe code or touch the Maps Embed API to get it. The result is that someone scrolling your page sees exactly where you are without leaving it.

One honest note up front. The block draws a clean map with a pin. It does not show a live "we are open now" status or a turn-by-turn directions panel inside your page. For most local businesses that is exactly enough. If you do want a directions button, the simplest path is to add a normal link block right under the map that points at your Google Maps URL, so a tap opens Google Maps, where visitors can request directions.

Add a map in four steps

1. Find the place on Google Maps

Open Google Maps and search for your business name or address. If you do not have a listing yet, type the full address or drop a pin on the exact spot. Make sure the pin sits where you actually want people to arrive, not the parking lot two doors down.

2. Copy the URL

The simplest way is to copy the link straight from your browser's address bar once the place is selected. Or click the Share button in Google Maps and copy the link it gives you. Either works. The share link is a little cleaner, so reach for that one if it is handy.

3. Add a Map block and paste

In your ManyLinks editor, add a new block and choose Map. Choose the Google style and the Paste a link tab, then paste the URL you copied. Check the preview before adding the map. The map appears centered on your location with the pin in place. Drag the block where you want it on the grid and resize it. A 2x2 tile gives a map useful space near the top of the page. New Google-style embeds cannot use 1x1 on desktop or mobile: Google documents a minimum supported size of 200 by 200 pixels. Use a larger tile, or choose the Custom map style if you need 1x1.

4. Publish

Save and publish. Open your live page on your phone to check the pin lands on the right doorstep and that the map pans and zooms cleanly on a small screen. That is the whole job.

Who this is for, and how to pair it

A few setups where a map earns its space on the grid:

• Local shops and cafes. Pin the storefront so social followers can walk in.
• Pop-ups and events. Drop the map for this weekend's location, then swap the link when the next one comes around.
• Real estate. Pin an open house or your office. If you list properties, the map pairs well with listing cards. More on the full setup in the best link in bio for real estate agents.
• Short-term rentals. Show the neighborhood near your place, then add an Airbnb listing block with photos and reviews right below it.

For a store or studio, put the map near the top, your hours in a text block under it, and your booking or order link as the first button. That covers the three things a walk-in customer needs in one screen. The same logic shows up across the best link in bio for small business.

Quick tips

Copy the link from the Share button rather than a raw lat-long where you can. The share URL points at the real listing, so the pin lands on the actual storefront, and that same URL is the one you reuse if you add a directions link block underneath.

If you have more than one location, add more than one Map block, each with its own short label so visitors know which is which. Two pins beat one vague "find us" link.

And if you ever move, you only edit the block once. Everyone who saved your bio link still lands on the right place, because the URL in your profile never changed.

The Map block is free, so the easiest way to see how it sits on your page is to add one and look at it on your phone. If you later want your own domain on the page, that lives on Pro, but the map itself does not cost anything to try.