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This page is used to control the zipsearch addon, according to the following settings:

Turn this off to temporarily disable searching by zipcode.

The units (either miles or kilometers) that the system will use when making distance calculations during zipsearches. Changing this setting will affect the text displayed on the site, where appropriate. You can edit the text used for both miles and kilometers in the addon's Edit Text page.

Exact Match - If your database contains postal codes that can be matched exactly, such as the US and Germany, use this option.

Hierarchical Match - Choose this option if using postal codes for the UK, Canada, or another country with similar, hierarchical formatting. When searching, the system will match only the first 3 or 4 "top-tier" characters, to make the search faster.