Data Sources

Business Listings

Primary Source: Direct submissions from business owners through our listing form

Business owners provide their own information including:

• Business name, description, and category
• Hours of operation and contact details
• Photos, amenities, and special features
• Premium fields (fit signals, accessibility notes, etc.)

Location & Map Data

Source: Google Places API (where applicable)

For some businesses, we supplement owner-provided information with publicly available data from Google Places to ensure accuracy on:

• Address verification and map coordinates
• Business hours (cross-referenced with owner data)
• Phone numbers and website URLs

Note: Owner-provided information always takes precedence when there's a conflict.

Events & Activities

Sources: Multiple channels

• Business submissions: Events submitted by venues and organizers
• Public calendars: Official Hochatown and Broken Bow event calendars
• Community sources: Local announcements and verified social media posts
• Manual curation: Our team verifies event details before publishing

User-Generated Content

Future Feature: We plan to add user reviews and photos

When we launch reviews, we will:

• Require verified accounts to prevent fake reviews
• Moderate reviews for spam and violations
• Allow business owners to respond
• Never sell or manipulate review rankings

The numbers on the home page, the Get Listed page and our llms.txt file are computed from our database when the page is built. They are not estimates.

Local businesses is the number of business listings marked active. These are the same listings shown in the business directory. Cabin records are not included, because places to stay are shown on a live map from Stay22 rather than as listings on this site.

Upcoming events and activities is the number of active events that have not ended yet, by Central time, plus ongoing activities that have no end date. Past events, events that have been switched off, and single events with no date are left out. An event entered twice for the same day counts once. A show that happens on two dates counts twice.

Unique visitors, last 30 days is the number of different browsers and app installs that opened a page or screen on hocha.town or in our mobile app in the 30 days before the number was computed. It is a rolling 30 days, not a calendar month. Each browser or app install is recognized by a random ID stored on the device, or, when that is not available, by a code made from part of the IP address and the browser type that changes every month. Known bots and automated browsers are not counted, and neither is traffic from the site owner's own internet connection. The same person on two devices, or after clearing their browser data, is counted more than once, so this is a count of devices, not people.

The Get Listed page shows the date and time its numbers were computed. They are refreshed about once an hour.

Verification Process

• Manual review: Our team reviews every new listing before it goes live
• Cross-referencing: We verify contact info, addresses, and hours when possible
• Business verification: We confirm ownership before publishing listings
• Regular updates: We periodically check listings for accuracy
• User reports: Travelers can flag outdated or incorrect information

Content Ownership

All photos, descriptions, and details you submit remain yours. We display your information to help travelers find you, but we do not claim ownership of owner-submitted content.

Ownership of your content never depends on payment.

For unclaimed listings created from publicly available information (Google Places, official websites), the listing is based on public data. Claiming the listing, which is free, lets you replace auto-generated information with your own.

Corrections & Removal (Always Free)

These actions never require a subscription:

• Request factual corrections: Wrong hours, address, phone? We fix it promptly — no subscription needed
• Request removal: Any business can be removed at any time, for any reason, with no fee
• Report inaccurate information: Flag anything outdated or harmful
• Verify permanent closure: Let us know and we update the directory

Accuracy and removal are rights, not paid features. Email info@hocha.town.

If You Have an Older Paid Plan

Paid listing plans are no longer sold. If you have an older one and it ends, your listing stays on hocha.town and you keep your owner tools. Only the Sponsored placement the plan included ends. No penalties apply.

Full removal only happens if you specifically request it.