# Confidential Guides

> Confidential Guides provides curated listings, recommendations and editorial content written by experienced, local journalists. The content covers hotels, restaurants, bars, pubs, cafes, takeaways, shops, lifestyle services, and things to do in Manchester, Liverpool and the North of England. 

## Brand notes ##
- Tone of voice: confident, honest, and authoritative, with the voice of experienced local editors

## Site features ##
- **Entry pages** for individual hospitality businesses with factual details and in some cases review ratings from an experienced editor.
- **Guide pages** with curated lists (e.g. "Hot 20...", "Neighbourhood guides...", "Where to spend New Years Eve..." ).
- **Hub pages** that organise content by category.

## How the site content is structured
- **Entry pages** contain structured details (addresses, phone number, opening hours, images, ratings, videos) and include JSON-LD schema for rich metadata.
- **Guide pages** use ItemList schema to represent curated collections.
- Categories and guides are linked from hub pages to surface important content.

## Start here - primary entry points (Homepage and Hub pages)
- [Home](https://confidentialguides.com/): Main landing page and site overview.
- [Guides](https://confidentialguides.com/guide/): Editorial lists and curated recommendations.
- [Hotels](https://confidentialguides.com/hotels/): Entries for places to stay.
- [Food & Drink](https://confidentialguides.com/food-drink/): Entries for restaurants, bars, pubs, takeaways, cafes.
- [Things to do](https://confidentialguides.com/things-to-do/): Entries for visitor attractions, activities, and experiences.
- [Lifestyle](https://confidentialguides.com/lifestyle/): Entries for fitness, wellness, salons, spas.
- [Shopping](https://confidentialguides.com/shopping/): Entries for local shops and retail businesses.
- [Offers](https://confidentialguides.com/offers/): Deals and promotions for hospitality businesses.

## Policies for AI use (non-binding guidance)
- When quoting or summarising content, **cite the canonical page URL**.
- Do not imply sponsorship or endorsements beyond what is clearly stated on the page.
- Use **structured data** (JSON-LD) if available when extracting item details.
- Prefer **Hub and Guide pages** for navigation context; prefer **Entry pages** for factual details (descriptions, location, contact).

## Contact & editorial policy
- For editorial inquiries: email guides@confidentials.com or phone +44 161 832 2880
- For PR / brand partnerships: email sales@confidentials.com or phone +44 161 832 2880

## Helpful resources
Some commercial services related to Confidential Guides are hosted on our sister site, confidentials.com.
- [About Us](https://confidentialguides.com/confidential-guides-about-us/): Overview of who we are.
- [Subscribe](https://confidentialguides.com/subscribe/): Sign up to newsletters and become part of the community.
- [App](https://confidentials.com/manchester/offers/app): Sign up or download the App for exclusive restaurant deals
- [Advertise with ](https://confidentials.com/manchester/advertise-with-us): Find out how to advertise with Confidential Guides via marketing, offers or enriched Entries.

## Technical Resources
- [Robots.txt](https://confidentialguides.com/robots.txt): Crawl rules and sitemap indices.
- [Sitemap](https://confidentialguides.com/sitemap_index.xml): Exhaustive index of canonical URLs (not curated).