Why not let them select then give them the option based on returned results whether they want to expand the radius?
On Apr 25, 3:00 pm, zweb <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Tom, > > Thanks for that. Yes, personally I would use more exact locations; > however, I'm just doing some usability testing at the moment from an > average user's perspective. I'm sure there are many random surfers out > there who would input London as a location; after all, it's a big > place. The concern is that if too big a radius is set capturing parts > of Essex, Herts and Sussex, the user will think, "why are these > locations coming up, I only typed in London?" > > What would you recommend? I want to make the user experience as easy > as possible. Should I just hard code a sensible radius and have done > with it? > > Thanks, > > Matt > > On Apr 25, 12:19 am, Tom Wilson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Haven't kind of answered your own question here ? Your feeding in a > > very general location and Google Base is providing results the best it > > can based on the 5mi to 10 mi range showing results it points to > > Google Base not being able to find anything in such a short raduis. > > > Why aren;t you using more exact locations ? > > > On Apr 24, 11:06 pm, zweb <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > HI, > > > > Thanks for the responding. It's for the vehicle item-type. The exact > > > query is as follows (sorry, it's encoded): > > > >http://www.google.com/base/feeds/snippets/-/vehicles?bq=%5Blocation%3...[make:Mercedes-benz][model:Sprinter]%5Btarget+country%3A+GB%5D&max-resul > > > ts= 10 > > > > which is the same as: > > > > This query: Items matching query: ([location:@"london"+5mi] > > > [make:Mercedes-benz][model:Sprinter][target country: GB]) [item type > > > == "vehicles"] > > > > The above queries, which are the same, returned no results. When +5 is > > > increased to +10, it starts to return data. One of returned listings > > > feature 'Greater London' within the location attribute. So why would > > > that listing not be returned when merely querying 'London'? > > > > Thanks for your time. > > > > Regards, > > > > Matt > > > > On Apr 24, 7:57 pm, Celebird <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > for what item-type? what's the exact query? > > > > > i believe london would only match that specific > > > > attribute value or corresponding geocode if > > > > someone submitted that exact information -- > > > > someone selling the victoria embankment. > > > > > within google-base that's not a > > > > city-wide search as far as i know.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Base Data API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Base-data-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
