the problem is that according to this.
Search page tags - what they means and how they works
There are many tabs on Search page those specify current location of user. Plugin always consider following search parameters: pattern, category, country, region, city. Based on which of these are empty and which are not, location of user (and usage of tab-specific configuration) is identified.
Pattern - pattern defined, all other params are empty
Category - category defined, all other params are empty
Country - country defined, all other params are empty
Region - region defined, all other params are empty
City - city defined, all other params are empty
Country + Catg. - country & category defined, all other params are empty
Region + Catg. - region & category defined, country ignored, all other params are empty
City + Catg. - city & category defined, country & region ignored, all other params are empty
Pattern + Catg. - pattern & category defined, all other params are empty
Default - none of above match
is you are using subdomain, then country is already define, there is not option Pattern +country so this goes to the default. Can we fix this?