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Allen Maris
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IFTTT & Craigslist Issue

Allen Maris
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Posted May 28 2016, 16:48

Well I guess this is just a Craigslist issue, but using IFTTT to try to pull some leads.

I've read up on how to modify searches using "|" and "-" for adding or eliminating.

When using the | I'm not getting the same results as if I search separately.

Example is in LA, I did a search for Montrose|Toluca Lake and Montrose isn't showing up in the results. But does pull some results when just searching Montrose. And it doesn't matter which goes first, it still doesn't work show both cities.

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks!

Allen

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Daniel Hanson
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Replied Aug 29 2016, 20:23

You should have quotes around "Toluca Lake" in your search, otherwise the search is looking for ads that have either Montrose or Toluca but also have the word Lake as a separate search term. My guess would be that not that many ads have Montrose and Lake in them thus why you are not seeing many Montrose results.

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Allen Maris
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Replied Aug 29 2016, 21:12

Hi Daniel,

Well I feel silly, that's usually search 101 issues. Thank you for helping! That worked.

Allen

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Replied Aug 30 2016, 08:14

Glad to be of help, @Allen Maris