Understanding the Search Radius Feature

Introduction to Search Radius in MyHome

MyHome includes a feature called Search Radius that improves how visitors find ads on your website through Google Autocomplete.

Understanding Google Autocomplete's role

When you use Google Autocomplete for places like "New York" or "New Orleans", it suggests those names as points on the map — an exact longitude and latitude — not as the area those cities cover. Because the suggestions are single points, they are not much help when you want to search for ads across a whole area. This is where the Search Radius feature becomes useful.

How Search Radius works

The Search Radius feature lets you set a default distance around the point Google Autocomplete identifies — in kilometres or miles, for example 10 km or 10 miles. That distance decides how far from the point MyHome looks for listings. You will find it in the MyHome Panel → Settings → Maps, where these two controls set your preferred default search distance.

Configuring the radius values

The values visitors can choose from come from the search results page. Go to the MyHome Panel → Templates → Search Results Page and edit your active template.

Then choose the values inside the widget that holds the location search field:

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