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Search Results Are Not Clean

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I just did a search with category=Financial and city=Allen. The search returned 7 items . . . in McAllen. I see how that could happen but it shouldn't. The search engine needs a bit of tweaking.
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RiverKing wrote:I just did a search with category=Financial and city=Allen. The search returned 7 items . . . in McAllen. I see how that could happen but it shouldn't. The search engine needs a bit of tweaking.
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The current search implementation allows for partial searches on the text fields. Very useful, in my opinion. I don't need to know the exact way someone put a business in to pull it up.

For instance, I can type in "Theater" and it will show all businesses with "Theater" in its name.
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that's the way most searches work
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Russel do you plan on adding geo fencing with alerts so when I get near a biz with (legal) signage my watch/phone beeps at me?
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mcneyens wrote:Russel do you plan on adding geo fencing with alerts so when I get near a biz with (legal) signage my watch/phone beeps at me?
The mobile app does that already. :headscratch
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Russell wrote:Hi RiverKing,

The city search allowing partial matches is, I believe, an oversight. I can't recall right now if there was a reason why I did it that way.

Will ponder on that a bit more. If not, I'll disable partial matches on that field.

Thanks!
Well the partial city search is great for quickly looking up a longer/split city name. What about adding a checkbox for exact phrase only?
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Russell wrote:
mcneyens wrote:Russel do you plan on adding geo fencing with alerts so when I get near a biz with (legal) signage my watch/phone beeps at me?
Like PawPaw said, our mobile apps (for iPhone and Android) have this feature implemented. You can grab a copy of them here: http://www.texas3006.com/mobileapps.php

I've been using the app since the beginning of February and it's never "gone off" when I get near a number of posting in the area I visit most.

Do you have it running as a background service or does the app need to be open for that feature to work.

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Cool. I reboot my phone often, so that was probably my issue.

I played around i the settings yesterday and wouldn't you know it as I'm driving home from work my Apple Watch starts buzzing.

Just need more people to start posting what they've found.

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That app really sounds great! I don't suppose you have a Windows Phone version, do you?

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If I want to do an entry, I go to the MAP area and see if the new entry location is already entered. I do the same with trying to see if an establishment is posted prior to going there. Many businesses are under a holding company name and difficult to search.
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