# Search specifics **URL:** \ **Category:** Sitter Questions, Advice & Chat\ **Created:** [21 August 2026 10:48 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/search-specifics/79445 "2026-08-21T10:48:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Jane](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/Jane)\ **Post date:** [21 August 2026 10:48 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/search-specifics/79445/1 "2026-08-21T10:48:55Z")
Does anyone else have an issue with their search for sits? I am looking for sits in Jersey, Channel Islands, but keep getting alerts for France and Guernsey (where I live!) I assume that the search comes up with the nearest geographical location. However, if I want to sit in London I don’t want alerts about Manchester. If I want to go to Spain I don’t want alerts about Portugal. Do others have the same problem? ---
**Author:** ![Rhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Rhe](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/Rhe)\ **Post date:** [21 August 2026 10:56 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/search-specifics/79445/2 "2026-08-21T10:56:36Z")
Yes, the search is rubbish and never gets improved. I have suggested several times being able to drag a rectangle/shape over an area (eg the coast but not the inland areas) in order to specify searches, but, of course, nothing ever gets done. ---
**Author:** ![Twitcher](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.trustedhousesitters.com/twitcher/32/2011_2.png) [@Twitcher](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/Twitcher)\ **Post date:** [21 August 2026 10:57 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/search-specifics/79445/3 "2026-08-21T10:57:42Z")
As the mapping feature doesn’t appear to work very well I would search for Jersey and then filter by distance. Hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Jane](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/Jane)\ **Post date:** [21 August 2026 11:11 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/search-specifics/79445/4 "2026-08-21T11:11:26Z")
That sounds useful! ---
**Author:** ![Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Jane](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/Jane)\ **Post date:** [21 August 2026 11:12 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/search-specifics/79445/5 "2026-08-21T11:12:20Z")
Yes, I do that. It’s more about being sent alerts for places I have no interest in going. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Smiley](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.trustedhousesitters.com/smiley/32/86_2.png) [@Smiley](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/Smiley)\ **Post date:** [21 August 2026 21:40 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/search-specifics/79445/6 "2026-08-21T21:40:36Z")
We’ve been complaining about this on the forum since its inception and I referred to it again recently. It really is an issue that needs addressing once and for all > [@Bringing up this subject again: search results should come up with city required or very close by](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/bringing-up-this-subject-again-search-results-should-come-up-with-city-required-or-very-close-by/79108): > > This subject has been discussed ad infinitum here on the forum but still nothing is done by the tech team. Here’s one such thread: I’m bringing it up again because I have a few UK cities/towns saved and it’s driving me to drink that every single day I get a message telling me there are sits in the various towns but, to date, there never are. I wouldn’t mind up to 5 miles away but they’re often 60 or 70 miles away. When, or when is THS going to resolve this and all the other issues we’ve bee… ---
**Author:** ![Globetrotter](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.trustedhousesitters.com/globetrotter/32/34174_2.png) [@Globetrotter](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/u/Globetrotter)\ **Post date:** [22 August 2026 01:37 UTC](https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/search-specifics/79445/7 "2026-08-22T01:37:44Z")
I’ve been a member on here for 11 years and this has been a problem since I joined but still hasn’t been fixed. I don’t quite understand how simple search features such as this can’t be improved on. It falls into the same category as the abysmal calendar which isn’t worth updating anymore. I think it’s about time that THS spent some money on some decent tech savvy employees!