Ranking transparency
How Curated Spot rankings work.
Every Top list uses the same published logic: profile quality and reviews create the points, then the Spot’s relevance to that exact category decides how much of that score counts.
01 · Eligibility
One Spot can belong to several Top lists.
A Spot can be considered for every category and amenity that describes it. A café can therefore appear in Coffee, Wi-Fi, Outdoor Seating, Date Night or any other relevant ranking at the same time.
Every Top list is separate. The Spot’s percentage for Coffee affects only its Coffee ranking; its Wi-Fi or Outdoor Seating percentages are applied independently in those rankings.
02 · Review points
The rating sets the base. The source sets its weight.
The values below come directly from the active Score Points Rules in Curated Spot.
The source factor applies to negative points too. Lower-star reviews can therefore reduce a ranking score, and a stronger source multiplier increases that reduction as well as increasing positive points.
03 · Category relevance
Points count in proportion to the Spot’s match.
100profile + period review points×0.30Coffee match=30Coffee ranking points
A 30% Coffee match means 30% of the Spot’s available points count in the Coffee ranking. The same Spot may match another category differently and therefore have a different score and position there.
04 · Ranking periods
Month, season, and year are separate competitions.
Month
Uses qualifying reviews from that calendar month and the latest details about the place.
Season
Uses the published seasonal date range and produces its own standings.
Year
Uses eligible reviews from that calendar year and is ranked independently.
Live rankings can move. Scores may change while a period is active as place details, reviews and moderation decisions change.
Final rankings are snapshots. At the end of a period, Curated Spot may finalize the standings and issue the applicable badges or awards.
05 · Integrity and enforcement
Fair rankings require enforceable rules.
Manipulation hurts visitors, legitimate businesses, and the meaning of every Curated Spot award.
Curated Spot may, at its sole discretion and without an obligation to offer an appeal, exclude, suspend, recalculate, remove, or permanently disqualify any Spot, Business, account, review, source signal, ranking entry, badge, or award when abuse is detected or reasonably suspected.
Abuse includes, without limitation, fake or incentivized reviews, coordinated manipulation, duplicate activity, false business or location information, inaccurate amenity selection, impersonation, interference with data imports, automation intended to distort results, exploitation of technical errors, and attempts to evade moderation or an earlier restriction.
- No Spot or Business is guaranteed inclusion, visibility, a particular position, an award, or continued participation.
- Curated Spot may correct source data, classifications, calculations, ties, technical errors, and historical results.
- Rules, base points, source multipliers, eligibility thresholds, periods, and award conditions may be amended when necessary to protect ranking quality.
- External platforms are data sources only. Curated Spot independently calculates and publishes Curated Spot ranking points.