From Zero Presence to #1 in Gold Coast for Yi Dynasty Korean BBQ & Hot Pot
From a restaurant with zero impressions and zero clicks, to 44.7K impressions, 725 organic clicks, and 13 keywords in the top 3 — in just five months.
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Yi Dynasty Korean BBQ & Hot Pot sits at 3004–3005/9 Lawson Street, Southport, Gold Coast. The menu covers premium Korean barbecue, traditional hot pot, wagyu meats, bibimbap, and classic Korean dishes — catering for families, couples, and large group bookings.
The food is good. The reputation is growing. But when Yi Dynasty came to us in December 2025, the online presence had not caught up. Google Search Console recorded zero clicks and zero impressions in the months before the campaign. The site was invisible to organic search.
Just 32 keywords were tracked in total, with only 2 in the top 3. Organic search sat at 35.9% of traffic — behind paid advertising. In a competitive Gold Coast Korean dining market, that needed to change fast.
Over five months, we audited and rebuilt the website, optimised the Google Business Profile, executed a phased SEO strategy, and scaled content and backlink activity month by month. The results compound from there.
Strong restaurant. Zero online presence.
A premium Korean BBQ brand invisible to search in one of Australia's most competitive dining markets.
Zero organic clicks and zero impressions before the campaign.
Only 32 keywords tracked, with just 2 in the top 3.
Organic search trailing paid ads at 35.9% of traffic.
Existing website with unresolved technical SEO issues.
Meta keywords and descriptions missing across all key pages.
Just 5 backlinks — minimal domain authority to compete.
Google Business Profile underoptimised, low engagement.
Competitors ranking ahead on high-intent local searches.
A 3-Phase SEO Strategy
Structured across five months — foundation first, content and authority second, full site rebuild and growth third.
Setup & Technical SEO
- Full website audit and technical SEO fixes
- Google Business Profile setup & optimisation
- GA4, Search Console & keyword tracking configured
- 20 primary keywords researched and mapped
- 10 directory listings & 4 classified submissions
Backlinks & On-Page SEO
- Guest posting at 2 backlinks per month
- SEO blog content published monthly
- Internal linking strengthened across all pages
- Bing Places live & on-page SEO refined
- New website architecture planned with SEO mapped
New Website & Scaling
- New SEO-optimised website built & launched
- Clean migration with redirect mapping
- Content scaled to 4 blogs per month
- Keyword targeting expanded to 35 terms
- Ongoing GBP activity, posts & photos
The Impact, in Numbers
Five months. One strategy. Measurable growth across impressions, rankings, calls and bookings.
Wins That Made Yi Dynasty Stand Out
Beyond the raw numbers, here are the moments that solidified Yi Dynasty's position as the leading Korean BBQ destination on the Gold Coast.
- Ranked #1 for “korean bbq restaurant gold coast”, “korean hot pot gold coast” and “korean hot pot & bbq gold coast”
- Featured in Google's AI Overviews for competitive local terms — a purely organic achievement
- Search visibility climbed from 2.93% to 22.53% — more than 7× ahead of the nearest active competitor
- Organic phone calls from GBP grew every single month — 45 → 98 (+118%)
- Zero keywords lost from the top 100 — every move was sustained, not a spike
What Worked Best for a Local Restaurant
Insights we'll carry forward into every restaurant & local-service SEO campaign we run.
Foundation First, Always
Fixing technical SEO, GBP, and keyword mapping in month one let every later activity compound — no re-work needed when the new site launched.
Content Compounds Monthly
Scaling from 1 blog/month to 4 after the rebuild drove a 413% keyword lift and pushed 30 of 38 tracked terms into the top 20.
Local Intent Beats Volume
Optimising for hyper-local terms like "korean bbq southport" delivered higher-quality calls and bookings than chasing broad national volume.
From Zero Presence to Local Leader
We helped Yi Dynasty go from invisible on Google to the top-ranking Korean BBQ restaurant in Gold Coast — in just five months. A new website, an optimised GBP, and a phased SEO plan delivered 44,700 impressions, 725 organic clicks, 651 monthly website users and a 118% jump in phone calls. Smart SEO, done right from day one.
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