radius not working

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  • #378253

    Ido Angel
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    hey,
    i set radius for 400km, but it still gives me results only for the town in search.
    for example, when i search for tel aviv, i only get tel aviv, and not results within 400km radius.
    also – “near me” gives error. can’t locate me.

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    thanks!
    ido

    #378257

    Guust
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    #378258

    Ido Angel
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    Post count: 42

    i don’t want ssl
    i only get ONE result, where i should be getting many.
    the only result i’m getting is the one ACTUALLY in TLV. i’m not getting ANY results from results within radius.
    thanks.

    #378260

    Ido Angel
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    ok – it works only i don’t choose the city from the dropdown list.
    for example oif you type “תל אביב” (tel aviv in hebrew), the city appears in the dropdown, and when i choose it, only results in tel aviv appears.

    #378263

    Ido Angel
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    any ideas?

    #378268

    Guust
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    Please review https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/gd-search/ especially point 4.
    Searching IN Tel Aviv [selecting a suggestion – that is why the suggestion says “IN”] is not the same as NEAR THE CENTER of Tel Aviv [not choosing a selection].

    #378269

    Ido Angel
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    thanks.
    but it’s confusing.
    because on one hand if i type a city which is not present (hence not seen in the dropdown) i will get zero results.
    but on the other hand, if i choose from a dropdown it will give me only resutls within the city.
    how can a client even begin to understand that?
    i can’t explain: “search for a city. if it appears in the dropdown and you want to search in the city itself – select the dropdown. if you want to search within a radius of the city – don’t select the dropdown. if you search for a city and it doesn’t appear in the dropdown, it does OR doesn’t exist, who knows, just try a million times until something happens”.

    #378272

    Guust
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    You can turn off the auto-suggestion in the Advanced Search settings, if you don’t like them.
    Thanks

    #378275

    Ido Angel
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    but if i turn them off, and clients would search a non existing city – i get no results.
    and again, on the other hand, if i keep it on, it gives me only results in the city and not in radius.
    please try to understand the difficulty:

    a client searches “תל אביב” (tel aviv in hebrew). a dropdown appears even after he tyoed 3 letters. he obviously chooses the word from the dropdown. it doesn’t give him results from a radius, like he thinks it might.

    #378277

    Guust
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    Why would they think they choose a radius if the select “IN: Tel Aviv”?
    You can change the text in the field to something that explains it better. Or add an explanation below it.
    What else do you suggest?

    #378278

    Ido Angel
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    Post count: 42

    how do the know they chose “in” or “radius” of a place they type?
    it would only seem normal that if there’s a radius, it would search within the radius. no?
    if a client want to search within 100km of tel aviv, and he types “tel aviv”, and a dropdown appears – how would he know that selecting it would cause it to appear not in radius?
    there should be a more distinct differentiation between when you search within a radius, or IN a city. currently there isn’t such.
    the whole point of not making the search geo-driven was that if you use the geosearch engine, you can get a lot of empty results. this is why when you type a city, only if it exists – it shows.

    #378283

    Ido Angel
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    Post count: 42

    and one other thing – how do i get near me to work? right now i’m getting “Permission denied in finding your location.”
    thanks.

    #378314

    Guust
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    Post count: 29970

    You will need an SSL cerificate, see https://wpgeodirectory.com/adding-a-ssl-certificate-to-your-website/

    They will know that they are searching “IN” because their selection will say “IN: Tel Aviv”.

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