How to get sitters?

[Silversitters]

@ziggy I remember that this was discussed on the forum in 2023 which is when I found out about it - @geoff.hom did a lot of research into the THS search results .

This may (or may not ) help with your research

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@uk_american

the way the search functionality works, if someone is searching for ‘dogs’ in your area, you don’t appear due to the other pets.

It’s only if they search for ‘Any pets’ OR ‘dogs’ + ‘poultry’ + ‘small pets’ that you appear.

@geoff.hom

As a practical TH example, let’s start with Ireland and try some animals:

• “dogs” returns only dogs (no other pets) (21)
• “cats” returns only cats (1)
• “dogs” + “cats” returns sits with both, and sits with either (31)
  • so that’s the 21 + 1 above, + 9 more
• “horses” returns (0)
• “horses” + “dogs” + “cats” + “small animals” + “birds” returns 32, but no actual sits with horses
• “horses” + “dogs” + “cats” + “small animals” + “birds” + “poultry” returns (35),

@Carla

it is in the T&Cs that all pets must be on the listing.
I do get where you are both coming from regarding this particular listing not showing if you only type in dogs, when some members may be happy with the additional chicken and small furries, however, that is kind of the point of the filters as when members select only dogs they normally only want to find dog sits, if they are open to other animals then they can easily select those animals as well.

If when members selected the dog-only filter and we showed listings with other pets as well then it would make the dog-only filter redundant for those members that only want to sit dogs, this applies to the cats-only filter, the small furries-only filter etc.