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 If you use the Geographic Navigation Addon to allow your clients to filter category results it is easy to use.  It usually only takes a few clicks to get to the region your client only wants to see results from.  Mouse clicks are the only thing needed....easy.  Also with this addon is that the region choice only needs to be made once and their selection is saved.  They only need to change the filter if they want to change the results their listings viewed are pulled from.  The client can move from one category to another and still only see the region results they have chosen.
-The problem with geographic filtering in this addon is that you have to define the regions used and how granular they should be.  The problem is that within major cities and immediately around/within them are a multitude of smaller towns/cities that could pose a problem.  Do you put ALL cities into your addon which takes a lot of work to insert and maintain?  Do you just leave it to cities and force users within these smaller cities to use the major cities around them to place their listing in?  How about those that want to search a few different suburbs in their own area.  To search each they would need to adjust the geographic filter every time.  If you are using the Geographic Navigation may we suggest that you use large regions to place listings into.  The reason for the larger areas is to make it easier on the client when searching.  Many cities have several suburbs.  If you entered each suburb a client would need to navigate into a specific suburb and then navigate to a separate suburb to see results from that another suburb.  In most cases clients are willing to search within larger areas for something weedin out a few listings that may not apply.  You just need to modify your regions so that the client isn't deluged with listings that are completely out of their customary search area.  The client may need to go through a few more auctions or classifieds than they want to but at least they find what they want.  Getting more granular in your regions may force the client to click a lot more to get to where they want...a little more work than they want to put in.
+The problem with geographic filtering in this addon is that you have to define the regions used and how granular they should be.  The problem is that within major cities and immediately around/within them are a multitude of smaller towns/cities that could pose a problem.  Do you put ALL cities into your addon which takes a lot of work to insert and maintain?  Do you just leave it to cities and force users within these smaller cities to use the major cities around them to place their listing in?  How about those that want to search a few different suburbs in their own area.  To search each they would need to adjust the geographic filter every time.  If you are using the Geographic Navigation may we suggest that you use large regions to place listings into.  The reason for the larger areas is to make it easier on the client when searching.  Many cities have several suburbs.  If you entered each suburb a client would need to navigate into a specific suburb and then navigate to a separate suburb to see results from that another suburb.  In most cases clients are willing to search within larger areas for something while weeding out listings that may not apply.  You just need to modify your regions so that the client isn't deluged with listings that are completely out of their customary search area.  The client may need to go through a few more auctions or classifieds than they want to but at least they find what they want.  Getting more granular in your regions may force the client to click a lot more to get to where they want...a little more work than they want to put in.

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