Editorial Policy

Useful travel content must say what is known, who supports it and when it was checked. Kakagogo publishes for decision support, not search-engine word count.

Source hierarchy

1. Law, regulation and responsible government authority for entry, stay, payment and emergency procedures.
2. Official attraction, museum, railway, transport or service-operator information for tickets and access.
3. UNESCO and responsible cultural institutions for heritage context.
4. Clearly identified secondary scholarship or reporting when primary sources do not answer the question.

Review and currency

A “last checked” date means a human or documented editorial process opened the cited source and verified that it supported the statement on that date. It is not updated automatically merely to look fresh. High-change guides are reviewed more often than historical background.

Experience and expertise

We identify verified local experience where it genuinely exists. We do not invent a named writer, credential, inspection or customer story. Medical, legal and immigration decisions are attributed to the appropriate professional or authority.

Corrections

Material errors are corrected promptly. Substantive changes update the modified date and source list. Readers can report a problem through Plan My Trip without submitting sensitive personal data.

Commercial disclosure

Content may link to Kakagogo planning services. A recommendation is not a hidden promise that a supplier pays for placement. If affiliate compensation, sponsorship or a hosted visit is introduced, it must be disclosed on the relevant page.

Page ownership and accountability

Managed guides are published by the Kakagogo Editorial Desk. The page records publication or modification information, source links and a checked date where time-sensitive claims are involved. Until named author biographies can be verified, we use an accountable desk identity rather than inventing credentials. Specialist medical, legal or immigration claims are attributed to the appropriate institution.

Editorial responsibility includes deciding the question a page answers, removing unsupported language, checking links, maintaining internal relationships and correcting errors. Search performance does not justify keeping a claim that cannot be supported.

How topics are selected

Topics begin with traveller decisions: whether a visa-free route fits, how a Panda Base reservation works, what Dazu adds to a Chongqing trip or whether hotpot can accommodate a dietary need. Keyword research helps discover the language people use, but it does not determine the conclusion. We avoid creating several pages that compete for the same question without a distinct purpose.

Each new URL receives a primary intent, supporting questions, internal-link role and update risk. City and archive pages organise decisions; place and experience pages provide depth; journey pages compare trade-offs; China Ready guides explain systems. This structure helps readers and search engines understand why each page exists.

Source verification and citation placement

A source must support the adjacent claim, not merely relate to the topic. Official sources are preferred for rules, tickets and institutional facts. We open the page, record its publisher and use the most direct URL available. When a conclusion is analysis rather than a statement made by the source, the language marks it as interpretation.

We do not treat search-result snippets, copied travel blogs or generated summaries as final evidence. If an official English page is unavailable, a Chinese authority page may be used with careful translation. Broken or superseded links trigger review; they are not hidden behind a generic Sources heading.

Experience, reviews and commercial influence

First-hand experience is identified only when it occurred and can be responsibly described. Supplier statements are not converted into independent verification. Testimonials and ratings are not fabricated, and a hosted visit or commission must be disclosed on the relevant page. Editorial inclusion does not promise future availability.

Paid service calls to action can appear after useful content, but they should not interrupt every paragraph or conceal free official resources. The page should help a reader who never contacts Kakagogo. Conversion is earned through clarity, not manufactured scarcity.

Corrections, updates and artificial intelligence

Material corrections update the content and modification date. High-change topics are rechecked more often, while stable heritage pages are reviewed when official interpretation, access or source availability changes. Readers can report a conflict with the page URL and evidence. Correction requests are assessed, not automatically accepted or silently deleted.

Digital tools may assist research organisation, drafting or quality checks, but a managed release requires human editorial responsibility for claims, sources, tone, links and service boundaries. We do not use automation to refresh dates or mass-produce location pages that contain no local information.

Quality gates before publication

A substantive page must answer its main question early, contain topic-specific narrative rather than an outline, distinguish stable and changing facts, link internally according to reader need, include decision-focused FAQs and cite sources that were actually opened. Place and experience pages also address access, family or mobility fit, ethical boundaries, uncertainty and purchase questions. A word count alone cannot pass a page that repeats itself.

Technical checks cover canonical URL, indexability, one primary heading, metadata, image attribution, link status, mobile reading and valid structured data. Search-engine schema never creates facts that are absent from the visible page. An FAQ is marked up only when the same question and answer are visible to readers.

Search and AI-discovery principles

Pages use clear entities, dates, place relationships, concise answers and primary citations so both conventional search and answer systems can interpret them. We do not insert unnatural keyword variants, invisible text or fabricated statistics. Internal links explain relationships among cities, places, experiences, journeys and practical guides; they are not added merely to increase link counts.