Snippet Formula for area's of Chicago not subarbs of Chicago

[bestbid]

I am kind of confused - I need area's inside of Chicago - Inside Chicago might have over 1.5 million units - its huge and is going to be the primary place for my landing pages - For example the West Loop (60607) which is were i live (might have 10,000 units) - which formula would i use:

$_REQUEST['snippet_city'] = 'west-loop'; or $_REQUEST['snippet_zip'] = '60607';

Here is the snippet that was given to me by Morgan for Chicago Area: (Zip Codes)



<?php



$_REQUEST['snippet'] = true;

$_REQUEST['page_limit'] = 5;

$_REQUEST['idx'] = 'attached-single-family';

$_REQUEST['snippet_zip'] = '60607';


include "idx/common.inc.php";

include "idx/pages/snippet.php";



?>



We have over 80 area's of Chicago some of which I all my business in - If we just use zip codes instead of city in the snippet then it works - but it searches for not the area but the zip code? Right? - No one will search by zip only -



What is the formula that will allow people to search for homes within an area of Chicago - example West Loop (60607) by typing in West Loop and not 60607?



http://www.bestbidrealty.com/west-lo...s-for-sale.php See how the page talks about the zip code - how do i get it to read the Chicago area which is the West Loop ?




Please Help

[RonnieG]

Harvey's problem is that the zip code snippet REW set up just doesn't work. Instead of returning properties for just the specified zip code, it returns properties from all zip codes. see:
http://www.bestbidrealty.com/bucktow...s-for-sale.php

[Aaron]

Hello,

You would use:
$_REQUEST['snippet_zip'] = '60607';

Then to make the title say "West Loop" you would use:

$_REQUEST['snippet_title'] = "West Loop";

I've added that to the snippet (#search-chi-west-loop#) on this page:

http://www.bestbidrealty.com/west-lo...s-for-sale.php


Does that answer it?

[Aaron]

Harvey's problem is that the zip code snippet REW set up just doesn't work. Instead of returning properties for just the specified zip code, it returns properties from all zip codes. see:
http://www.bestbidrealty.com/bucktow...s-for-sale.php

Thanks for the heads up... I've corrected that issue and it's now using the Zip code in the query.

Thank you,

[bestbid]

Aaron - I still dont have an answer - Q. Am i going to get leads from consumers that type in West Loop or does the consumer need to type in the 60607 zip code? (typing into Google: (mls,condo,west loop) or do they need to type this into Google (mls,condo,60607) because no one types in zips and then i cant use that formula - Does this make sense?
Harvey

[RonnieG]

Harvey,
Both. Consumers may enter the zip or community name, but the community name is predominant in the search page content, and the community name is also the only thing will have in your PPC campaigns, so nearly all leads will be from consumers entering the community name. How the search is actually built in the snippet doesn't matter.

[bestbid]

Aaron - I stumped Ronnie this time - Snippet zip code

What if a Chicago community has more then one zip code then how do i write the formula - like this:

$_REQUEST['snippet_zip'] = '60607' or '60606' or '60605';

$_REQUEST['snippet_title'] = "West Loop – Zip 60605,60606,60607";

[Aaron]

You would do:

$_REQUEST['snippet_zip'][] = "60607";
$_REQUEST['snippet_zip'][] = "60606";
$_REQUEST['snippet_zip'][] = "60605";

$_REQUEST['snippet_title'] = "West Loop";

Note the Square Brackets []
The "snippet_title" is only used for the text that shows up on the page.