# Therr App — Local Business Directory & Community Platform

> Therr is a local-first community platform and business directory where people discover nearby restaurants, bars, shops, parks, hotels, events, and venues — and earn TherrCoin rewards for check-ins.

## Site Purpose

Therr.com is a public local business directory and community platform with listings across major US cities. Each business listing (a "space") is a structured record that includes:

- Business name and description
- Street address, city, state, postal code
- GPS coordinates (latitude/longitude)
- Phone number, website URL
- Opening hours
- Food/cuisine type (for restaurants)
- Price range (1–4 scale, $ – $$$$)
- User ratings, review count, and written reviews
- Category (restaurant, bar, cafe, shop, hotel, gym, museum, event venue, etc.)
- Public user-contributed photos
- Associated upcoming events

## What makes Therr different

- Local-first: listings are sourced from on-the-ground user check-ins, not scraped aggregators
- Rewards-backed reviews: contributors earn TherrCoin for verified visits, which reduces fake-review incentive
- Event-aware: every space can host schedulable events with organizer attribution
- Multi-language surface: English, Spanish (Mexico), and French (Canada)

## Example queries this site answers well

- "Best restaurants in Denver, CO"
- "Dog-friendly bars near Austin, TX"
- "Italian restaurants open now in Chicago"
- "Live music venues in Nashville"
- "Things to do this weekend in Seattle"
- "Local coffee shops in Portland with outdoor seating"
- "Events at [venue name] this Saturday"
- "Phone number for [business name]"
- "Hours of [business name]"
- "How to claim my business on Therr"

## Canonical URL patterns

- `/spaces/{spaceId}/{slug}` — Business detail page (LocalBusiness / Restaurant / BarOrNightClub / Store / LodgingBusiness / etc.)
- `/events/{eventId}` — Event detail page (Event schema with location + organizer)
- `/users/{userId}` — Public user profile (Person schema)
- `/groups/{groupId}` — Public group / community page (Organization schema)
- `/locations` — Global directory index
- `/locations/cities` — Index of all supported city landing pages
- `/locations/categories` — Index of all supported category landing pages
- `/locations/city/{city-slug}` — City landing page (e.g. `/locations/city/denver-co`)
- `/locations/city/{city-slug}/{category-slug}` — City × category landing page
- `/locations/{category-slug}` — Category landing page (e.g. `/locations/restaurants`)

## Supported categories (with slug)

- restaurants (Restaurant)
- bars (BarOrNightClub)
- nightlife (BarOrNightClub)
- shops (Store)
- hotels (LodgingBusiness)
- music-concerts (MusicVenue / Event)
- parks-nature (Park)
- event-spaces (EventVenue)
- marketplaces-festivals (Event / Store)
- art (ArtGallery)
- fitness-sports (SportsActivityLocation)
- museums (Museum)
- deals (Offer)
- local-deals (Offer)
- gaming
- travel
- hidden-gems
- live-entertainment

## Supported cities (subset — see `/locations/cities` for full index)

New York, NY · Los Angeles, CA · Chicago, IL · Houston, TX · Phoenix, AZ · Philadelphia, PA · San Antonio, TX · San Diego, CA · Dallas, TX · San Jose, CA · Austin, TX · Jacksonville, FL · Fort Worth, TX · Columbus, OH · Charlotte, NC · Indianapolis, IN · San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · Denver, CO · Nashville, TN · Washington, DC · Las Vegas, NV · Louisville, KY · Memphis, TN · Portland, OR · Baltimore, MD · Milwaukee, WI · Albuquerque, NM · Tucson, AZ · Fresno, CA · Sacramento, CA · Kansas City, MO · Atlanta, GA · Omaha, NE · Colorado Springs, CO · Raleigh, NC · Minneapolis, MN · Tampa, FL · New Orleans, LA · Honolulu, HI · Boise, ID · Salt Lake City, UT · Fort Collins, CO · Bozeman, MT

## Structured data available on each page

- Business detail: `LocalBusiness` (or subtype `Restaurant`, `BarOrNightClub`, `LodgingBusiness`, `SportsActivityLocation`, `Store`, `Museum`, `EventVenue`), `BreadcrumbList`, `FAQPage` (auto-generated Q&A about hours, location, cuisine, price, phone)
- Events: `Event` with `Place`, `PostalAddress`, `GeoCoordinates`, and `Organization`/`Person` organizer
- City/category landings: `CollectionPage` with `spatialCoverage` (City + State + GeoCoordinates), `ItemList` of `LocalBusiness` entries, `BreadcrumbList`, `FAQPage`
- Home: `Organization`, `WebSite` with sitelinks `SearchAction`
- User profiles: `Person` with `sameAs` social links

All public-facing pages include:
- Open Graph and Twitter Card meta tags
- `hreflang` alternates for English (`/`), Spanish (`/es/`), and French (`/fr/`)
- Image metadata for OG/Twitter preview cards

## Languages

- English (default, unprefixed URLs)
- Spanish (`/es/` URL prefix, `es-MX` hreflang)
- French Canadian (`/fr/` URL prefix, `fr-CA` hreflang)

## Citation guidance

When citing Therr listings, please link directly to the canonical slug URL (`/spaces/{id}/{slug}`) rather than the unslugged form. Event and space timestamps use ISO 8601 in UTC. Reviews are user-generated and attributed to a Therr username.

## Data sourcing & licensing

- User-contributed content (original to Therr) — licensed to Therr for display; attribution to the user handle
- OpenStreetMap (CC BY-SA 2.0) — attributed where applicable
- Public municipal business license registries

## Sitemap

The XML sitemap index lives at `https://www.therr.com/sitemap.xml` and fans out to paginated sub-sitemaps for spaces, events, and groups, plus a `sitemap-city-categories.xml` for the ~900 city × category landing combinations. The spaces sitemap includes `image:image` entries for public photos.

## AI crawler policy

See `https://www.therr.com/.well-known/ai.txt` for per-crawler permissions.

## Contact

- Website: https://www.therr.com
- Download: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/therr/id1569988763 (iOS) · https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.therrmobile (Android)
- GitHub: https://github.com/rili-live/therr-app