Restaurant Local Search

Restaurants are among the most highly searched businesses at the local level. This means that a large percentage of your potential customers use search engines when they are looking for dining options in your market.

Unlike other advertising venues - such as Yellow Pages, print, radio, TV where you deliver your message to a large audience and hope that some of them are potential customers - people making a search for ‘your city’ restaurant have already identified themselves as potential customers.

Doesn’t it make sense to make your web site easy to find?

Restaurant SEO Frequently Asked Questions

Why Does my restaurant need SEO?

 You probably invested a great deal of time, effort and money developing your web site. If your web site is not in the top 20 results when you check the major search engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN) for the following search - ‘your city’ and ‘restaurant’ - you are probably not getting much return on your investment. A web site, when properly optimized, while help potential customers find you quickly and easily. We will get you into the Top 20 results or refund your money. Period.

Can’t I get the same results from Pay Per Click Ads?

No, only about 20% of web users actually click on PPC ads. 80% depend on the organic or natural results. We specialize in getting your restaurant top organic search engine ranking. There are times when PPC ads can be effective. We create and manage PPC campaigns for selected client - but top organic ranking is more effective and less expensive for general search engine marketing.

How much does the SEO Report cost?

Restaurant SEO Reports range from $500-$1,000. In some rare cases the report can be over $1,000 - but that is rare. The typical report is $600. Unlike nearly every single one of our competitors - there are no ongoing monthly fees.

Why are your SEO services so much less expensive then any other search engine optimization firm?

We believe that most SEO firms use a model that is flawed when it comes to local search optimization. We have specialized in local search optimization for over 4 years and do not believe in overcharging our clients or providing monthly ‘services’ that have no impact on search engine ranking. Contact us and we can explain the way search engines and search engine optimization works. You will quickly understand why other SEO firms are taking advantage of the fact that most restaurant owners (and most web developers) don’t know a lot about SEO.

When should I expect to see results?

It will take 60-90 days for the search engines to recognize the changes to your site. It will take 6- 9 months for your site to become fully indexed and have good ranking across all major search engines. There is no way to speed up this process. Beware of anyone promising to get you top organic rank in a matter of days.

What information will my restaurant SEO report contain?

Your Restaurant SEO Report will contain all of the information you or your developer need to optimize your site for top ranking. Each report is 6-10 pages long containing; keyword research, competitive analysis, density analysis, domain analysis, known issues analysis, PPC analysis and then 3 levels of SEO instruction.

• Critical Changes - the changes to your site (or planned site) that must be in place for you to have a chance in the search engines.
• Secondary Changes - other modifications that will increase search engine visibility.
• Future Considerations - additional ideas that may help your restaurant more effectively use search engine marketing.

How long will it take to complete?. Most reports are delivered in one business week.

How do I know that my restaurant will get top search engine ranking?

We’ve created sites or provided SEO reports for sites that have top ranking for terms like ‘pittsburgh italian restaurant’, ‘denver catering’, ‘brooklyn pizza’, ‘boston take out food’, ’westchester seafood restaurant’, ‘ santa barbara deli’, ‘bronx restaurant’ and many many more. If we can gain these results for other clients - we can do the same for your restaurant.