diff --git a/src/components/Search/SmartSearchBar.jsx b/src/components/Search/SmartSearchBar.jsx
index 0a66945..af8ef79 100644
--- a/src/components/Search/SmartSearchBar.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Search/SmartSearchBar.jsx
@@ -4,10 +4,21 @@ import "../../styles/smartSearchBar.css";
 
 function defaultZoomForKind(kind) {
   const k = (kind || "").toLowerCase();
+
+  // Specific types from suggestions endpoint
+  if (k === "post") return 16;           // Close zoom for posts
+  if (k === "profile") return 14;        // Medium zoom for profiles
+  if (k === "city") return 11;           // City-level zoom
+  if (k === "region") return 7;          // Wide zoom for regions/provinces
+  if (k === "place" || k === "poi") return 13;  // Places zoom
+
+  // Legacy/fallback
   if (k.includes("post")) return 15;
-  if (k.includes("place") || k.includes("poi")) return 13;
-  if (k.includes("region") || k.includes("area") || k.includes("city")) return 9;
-  return 12;
+  if (k.includes("city")) return 11;
+  if (k.includes("region") || k.includes("area") || k.includes("province") || k.includes("state")) return 7;
+  if (k.includes("place")) return 13;
+
+  return 12;  // Default
 }
 
 function IconPin(props) {
diff --git a/src/services/recoSearch.js b/src/services/recoSearch.js
index 168a4c4..dd22b9b 100644
--- a/src/services/recoSearch.js
+++ b/src/services/recoSearch.js
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
  */
 
 const DEFAULT_PATHS = [
-  "/api/unified-search",    // NEW: Unified search (posts + profiles + places)
+  "/api/suggestions",       // NEW: Autocomplete suggestions (cities, posts, profiles)
+  "/api/unified-search",    // Unified search (posts + profiles + places)
   "/api/search",            // Fallback: Posts only
   "/api/reco/search",
   "/api/reco/suggest",
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ function normalizeOne(r) {
       .toString()
       .trim();
 
-  // coords possibles
+  // coords possibles (support multiple formats)
   const lat = typeof r.lat === "number" ? r.lat : (typeof r.latitude === "number" ? r.latitude : null);
   const lon = typeof r.lon === "number" ? r.lon : (typeof r.lng === "number" ? r.lng : null);
 
@@ -40,13 +41,17 @@ function normalizeOne(r) {
       : (lat != null && lon != null ? [lon, lat] : null);
 
   const type = (r.type ?? r.kind ?? r.entity ?? "").toString().toLowerCase().trim();
+  const kind = type || (coords ? "place" : "item");
 
   return {
     id: (r.id ?? r._id ?? r.key ?? title).toString(),
-    type: type || (coords ? "place" : "item"),
+    type: kind,
+    kind: kind,  // Keep both for compatibility
     title,
     subtitle: (r.subtitle ?? r.sub ?? r.extra ?? r.category ?? "").toString(),
     coords,
+    lat,
+    lon,
     raw: r,
   };
 }