Posted by NCLisa on 8/28/08 9:04am
Msg #262187

Zip Code Search Feature

I hate this feature on this site! It does not list me in areas that I do cover! Why not have us include a list of counties and zip codes we cover that is what the schedulers will see? I cover 7 entire counties, but don't get shown anywhere that isn't really close to home.

Reply by PAW on 8/28/08 9:34am
Msg #262195

Lisa,

Are you setting the distance properly? I just did a search for Greensboro which is about 70 miles from you. You are listed. (Actually shows 67.7 miles.) Granted, you aren't at the top of the list because there are many other NSA's a lot closer than you.

Reply by NCLisa on 8/28/08 9:48am
Msg #262197

I don't cover Greensboro, but I do cover Goldston, and when I put that zipcode in 27252 I don't show up. If I do a city "quicksearch" I show up with a million others. Most of the schedulers I know, start with the zip code of the closing. I'd like to show up in all the zip codes I cover.

When I've tried to find NSA's to cover areas, I do it by the zip code of the closing. If I use the city and quick search feature, I get NSA's that are 3 and 4 hours away. One of the attorneys we help out needed a NSA in West Virginia on Tuesday as the property owners lived in WV, but owned rental property here, we ended up having to use another directory, because this one only showed us 2 NSA's. One never called back, and the other said it was a 2.5 hour drive.

Reply by PAW on 8/28/08 10:01am
Msg #262204

I dunno, Lisa. I put in 27252 and voila, there you are, third in the list, 34.7 miles away.

Reply by NCLisa on 8/28/08 10:22am
Msg #262213

I show up within 40 miles. It is actually 29.6 miles away. I was looking in under 30 miles.

Reply by PAW on 8/28/08 12:13pm
Msg #262257

Depends on what the software is using as it's geo-center. Different programs use different points of reference. Accuracy within 5 miles is pretty good, if you ask me.