Where in the world are you?
Now you can tell everyone and be searchable by location, with the location YOU specify, not your etsy billing address.
set your location on the planet
We just updated the Public Profile page ( http://www.etsy.com/public_profile.php ) to allow you to set your location on a map! We tried guessing where everyone is by your country and city, but for many, this has put you in the right city, but the wrong state (for example, Brooklyn, IL vs. Brooklyn, NY).Help us get your shop in the right place. Go to your public profile now to set your position.
Thanks!
ps, this will help your shop appear in our newly launched Geolocator ( http://www.etsy.com/geolocator.php )!
Posted at 6:58 pm, August 28 2007 EST
Update:
A detailed announcement from the etsy blog
It is our pleasure to introduce to the Etsy community the latest Geolocator.
We’ve also updated your Public Profile page with an interactive Google Map. Use this map to position your shop in the world. This way you can guarantee exactly where you would like to appear in Geolocator search results. If you’re a seller, you should update this data as soon as possible.
New Features!
We’ve been working really hard to bring you the best features in the
shortest amount of time possible, however if there a new feature you’d
like to see, please let us know!Some of the new features in Geolocator 3 include:
Place Search
Now besides being able to search by tags, materials or seller names,
you can finally search by place! The way it works is by pulling your
location information from your Public profile.
Be sure you log in into your Etsy account and update that information.
Select your country in the drop down and do a quick search for your
City by typing it in and pressing the lookup button. The location data
you provide here is the data we’ll be using within Geolocator.Result Clustering
The number of Etsy Sellers has grown exponentially during the last
year so we needed to somehow simplify results when plotting them on a
map. Through Clustering we are now able to group users according to
their location and current zoom level, creating this way an
*approximation* of where the users are.Deep linking, Browser History
You can now deep link directly into any specific search. Simply grab
the URL (web address) currently being displayed in your browser and
voila. The back button is also now enabled within the flash application.
Paging Through Results
Of course you can probably imagine the incredibly large number of
results we get for any search. To be able to cope with this, you can
now page through results the exact same way you’d do in most
websites, by using paging. The difference here is that these results
get plotted on the globe.Maximized View
To fully appreciate this new application in all its full screen
glory, be sure to check the [ maximize view ] link on the top right
of the application.The Geolocator 3 was built by Marcos Weskamp for Etsy. Marcos is truly a world class developer and a wonderful human being. It is a joy for us to be working with him. Curious about what he is working on next?
For previous coverage of the new geolocator and the privacy bugs which are finally resolved by this new map feature, see these old articles:
http://etsynews.com/352/geolocator3-part-iv/
http://etsynews.com/350/geo3-still-shows-seller-location-part-iii/
http://etsynews.com/338/ability-to-search-by-place-on-geolocator-3-disabled/
http://etsynews.com/332/help-test-geolocator3-part-2/
http://etsynews.com/314/help-test-geolocator3/
August 28th, 2007 at 7:31 pm
My opinion: Yay!!
This is exactly what I wanted (and suggested). Let people choose where they display in the world. You can be as general or specific as you want, you can show your business address even if it’s different from your billing address, and you can update it whenever you move.
It also allows shops to opt out of geolocator, by just not entering a location n the map.
August 28th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
I like it, too. I put myself somewhere in my vague location but not exact. (My good friend in the country would probably laugh to know that I put myself in her back field.)
I did not see a way to opt out though. How do you *not* enter a location on the map?
August 28th, 2007 at 9:22 pm
Oh duh I just saw Jared’s comment about how leave yourself off the Geolocator.
“If you don’t want to appear in the Geolocator at all, simply set you country to the very first drop down option ’select your country…’ “.
August 29th, 2007 at 1:01 am
i’m just wondering when rapid city, SD moved to montana…hehe. when i first looked it showed me in montana…hmmmmm….silliness
August 29th, 2007 at 3:15 am
Montana is the geographical center of the US (if you include Alaska) so all of the U.S. sellers who the system could not decipher their location, got placed in Montana. I was there too. You had a comma in your location field, which confused the system so it placed you in the default location, which is the center of whatever country you live in.
August 29th, 2007 at 10:20 am
ahhh..how interesting. thanks JB….
August 29th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
I think the population of Montana doubled overnight. :D