Use Addresses in Company Listings but Ignore for Search Results

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April 14, 2020 at 8:06 pm #540222

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How can I continue to implement listings with addresses but have their locations ignored when a user searches?

Limiting search to a selected city ignores all nearby cities with helpful matches, limiting search order to “closest” ignores some of the better matches and/or matches where someone has paid more for a better package for higher visibility.

April 14, 2020 at 10:11 pm #540237
Alex Rollin
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Hello,

you can hide the Near search field. It can be done easily with some CSS you can find on this page:

https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs-v2/faq/common-examples/#gd_search
```
/*GDV2 Custom CSS – Hide the Search Near field in all GD Search Bars */
.gd-search-field-near {
display: none;
}
```
April 14, 2020 at 11:33 pm #540260

Guust
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Or turn off
GD > Settings > Locations tab > Enable location search autocompleter? > NO

And check the search radius search at
GD > Settings > General tab > Search sub-tab > Search near radius

Thanks

April 15, 2020 at 6:33 pm #540407

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To clarify – my companies have addresses which need to be listed.

I would like user entered search (keyword?) results to not take the company locations into consideration when determining order.

April 15, 2020 at 7:58 pm #540420

Alex Rollin
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Yes, we understand. Have you tried the above?

April 15, 2020 at 8:09 pm #540427

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April 15, 2020 at 9:42 pm #540455

Alex Rollin
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Those would have numbers if they were in effect, they are not. Only using the Near search field triggers ordering by distance.

The CPT sorting options are not available for search. Search results are always sorted by the relevance of the keyword in the post title/description/categories/tags, and a small bump is given if the listing is relevant and ‘featured’.

April 15, 2020 at 9:48 pm #540457

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I see – well it’s unfortunate the results cannot be controlled better but I appreciate your thorough response.
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