Definition
Local SEO
Local SEO is the practice of making your restaurant show up when nearby people search for somewhere to eat, in Google's map pack, local results, and increasingly in AI-generated recommendations.
Local SEO is how you get found by the hungry person half a mile away with their phone out. It covers your Google Business Profile, accurate listings across the web, reviews, photos, and on-page signals that tell search engines what you serve and where. It is the highest-intent traffic there is, because someone searching for a place to eat nearby is ready to walk in. 62% of consumers find restaurants through Google, and near-me style searches have grown 150% faster faster than searches without a location. The cost of getting this wrong is concrete: businesses that never claimed their listings averaged -$72,000/yr less in annual revenue.
Local SEO also depends on consistency and reviews, which is why NAP consistency (the same name, address, and phone everywhere) and review replies matter so much. And it is expanding: as diners ask AI assistants where to eat, Generative engine optimization (GEO) is becoming part of the same job. AI helps by keeping listings accurate everywhere at once, drafting review responses, and generating the local content and structured data that both Google and AI engines read. See local SEO and review management.
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Your next service / Ready when you are
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Turn what you have learned into a focused brief. Start with the job that matters most, and keep the tools that already work for your restaurant.
Describe it. Review it. Keep improving it. Check connections and costs before going live.