Using the correct, most appropriate website for places

I am wondering if it would be best to use the top level website for locations, or a more specific page on the same domain specifically for that venue?

For example you have a fast food chain, that has several venues all over the country/world. Now you have a venue of that fast food chain in “City A”. The website of the fast food chain ( https://fastfoodchain.com ) has a specific web page for every of its venues ( https://fastfoodchain.com/city-a.html ).

My question is: should we use: https://fastfoodchain.com , or the more specific https://fastfoodchain.com/city-a.html .

At the moment, I choose the more specific web page if I create a location, or edit the the website from a wrong URL. But if the more general website was used, I wouldn’t change it.

Is this a good practice?

I currently follow the following order. Starting at the top, and falling to the bottom as long it is not available:

  1. Specific website: https://fastfoodchain.com/city-a.html
  2. General website: https://fastfoodchain.com
  3. Third-party website of reliable source (eg. city has a listing of the venues)
  4. Third-party website on social media that looks maintained by the owners of the venue

Any suggestions or tips on this approach are appreciated.

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Hello @ndsmyter

I personally would go for the specific website: https://fastfoodchain.com/city-a.html

Because when I’m going to search for any information I’d like to be on the specific page that talks about the location I am interested in. I do not have the time to browse their directories to find a speciifc location.

What do you think @ErmesT ?