The search was working fine, now all of a sudden it isn’t. We used to be able to search by postcode within Australia – now searching by postcode jumps to the other side of the globe.
How to limit searches and get more accurate results , 1) I would change Map domain to Australia
but Google is fooling around with the map algorithms again as they keep trying to outsmart the third party API and force businesses to favor Google ADS.
1) You can use the append feature (Part of Experience addon) that should help a bit , and 2) add instructions in label for the user to be more specific in the search form label