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42%
42% -- increase in direction requests for Google My Business restaurant listings (2025)
Restaurants that add high-quality photos to their Google My Business profile receive 42% more requests for directions.
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42%
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Data Vintage
2025
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B
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50
Source Trust
60
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20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
rankmybusiness.com.au
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Tier C
https://rankmybusiness.com.au/local-seo-for-restaurant-2/ ↗
Source Article
How Can You Rank Higher in Local Searches for Your Restaurant?
Sep 11, 2025
In today’s digital world, the way customers find restaurants has changed dramatically. While traditional word-of-mouth is still important, many people now rely on the internet to discover new dining spots. In fact, studies show that 46% of all Google searches are looking for local infor…
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rankmybusiness.com.au
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Google My Business restaurant listings: 42% increase in direction requests. Source: rankmybusiness.com.au (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/gmb-photos-direction-requests
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/gmb-photos-direction-requests" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>42%</strong> -- increase in direction requests for Google My Business restaurant listings<br><small>Source: rankmybusiness.com.au (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/gmb-photos-direction-requests" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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