SEO Fremantle

SEO in Fremantle, for businesses that have to win locals and visitors

A Fremantle business is often found by two very different people: someone who lives five minutes away, and someone planning a day in Freo from the other side of the city or the other side of the world. We plan SEO for both.

5.0
our own Google rating, across 26 reviews
+536%
sessions for Fridgy Australia across twelve months
1,100
tracked enquiries at $9.53 each for Impact Dents, a Perth local business
$1,000
where our SEO starts, including GST, per 4 week cycle

Locals and visitors
search Fremantle
differently.

A local searches "cafe near me" from their kitchen, and Google answers with whatever is closest. A visitor searches "best breakfast Fremantle" from a hotel in the city, or weeks before a cruise docks, and Google answers with the place named in the search, whatever the distance.
Most Fremantle businesses only set up for one of those. We set you up for the one you actually earn from, and usually both.

What visitors check
before they choose.

Watch how people pick a Fremantle business on their phone and the same things come up every time:
recent photos, and whether they match the place
the newest reviews, and whether the owner replied
opening hours they can trust today
how far it is from where they will be standing
a menu, price list or booking link without leaving Google
whether the business turns up in the guides they already trust
Two kinds of searcher

The local and the visitor, side by side

The local
The visitor
Where they search from
Inside Fremantle and the suburbs around it
Elsewhere in the metro area, interstate or overseas, often days ahead
How they search
"near me", or no place at all
"Fremantle" or "Freo" in the search, plus the thing they want
What decides it
Distance, reviews, opening hours
Photos, reviews, clear pages that name Fremantle, and the lists and guides that rank above everyone
CLIENT RESULTS

Proof this works

We do not have a Fremantle case study yet. These are two of our SEO clients elsewhere, one selling across Australia online and one a Perth training provider, and the work behind both is what a Fremantle business would get.

Fridgy is the one to look at if you sell online as well as over the counter. Retail and hospitality businesses in Fremantle increasingly do both.

Three kinds of Fremantle business, three different
jobs

HOSPITALITY AND RETAIL

Won in the map pack and the guides

Visitors and locals both search here. Profile, photos, reviews and a presence on the lists that outrank you matter most.

MARITIME, TRADES AND INDUSTRY

Won on service pages

Around the port and the industrial areas nearby, buyers search for a specific capability. Clear, specific service pages matter more than the map pack.

HEALTH AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Won on trust

Health is Fremantle's biggest employer. Reviews, credentials and pages that answer real questions decide who gets the booking.

Want to know what locals and visitors see when they search for you?
The profile

A Fremantle address, or a business that serves Fremantle

If you trade from Fremantle

Shops, venues, galleries and clinics in the West End, on South Terrace or around the markets need a storefront profile that is complete down to the attributes: accessibility, outdoor seating, bookings, parking. Those details are what visitors filter by.

If you come to Fremantle from somewhere else

Trades, maritime and home services based in O'Connor, Bibra Lake or Spearwood should set an honest service area and show real work done in and around Fremantle. A second profile or a borrowed address in the town centre to look local is the fastest way to lose the one you have.

Ranking levers

What moves local rankings in Fremantle

Fremantle is dense. A few blocks hold dozens of cafes, bars, shops and studios, so the map pack is decided on small margins.

The levers we work, in the order they usually pay:

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the right primary category, because "restaurant" and "seafood restaurant" are different races
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photos that show what a visitor will actually walk into, kept current
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opening hours that are right on public holidays, event days and cruise days
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pages that name Fremantle and the thing you do, so searches with a place in them have somewhere to land
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being on the local guides and lists that rank above the businesses themselves

Visitors decide from the listing and the photos, often before they ever reach your website. That is where most of the early work goes.

What we do for a Fremantle business

Three workstreams, weighted to whether your customers are locals, visitors or both.
01

Who finds you now

We look at which searches bring locals and which bring visitors, where you show up for each, and who is taking the rest. A written audit is there if you want one first.
GET A FREE AUDIT
02

The listing visitors decide on

Categories, attributes, photos and hours fixed and kept current, so the listing does the selling before anyone clicks through.
SEE HOW LOCAL SEO WORKS
03

Pages that name Fremantle

Service, menu and product pages built around the searches people run with Fremantle in them, and the local links that back them up.
SEE WHAT IT COSTS
Suburb targeting

Fremantle and the suburbs around it

The City of Fremantle

  • Fremantle
  • North Fremantle
  • South Fremantle
  • Beaconsfield
  • White Gum Valley
  • Hilton
  • O'Connor
  • Samson

Next door

  • East Fremantle
  • Bicton
  • Palmyra
  • Mosman Park
  • Hamilton Hill
  • Spearwood
  • Coogee
  • North Coogee
  • Bibra Lake
  • Cockburn Central

For a business with one shopfront, the job is usually to own Fremantle properly rather than spread thin across the south-west metro. For service businesses that travel, we add areas where there is real work and real demand to show for it.

testimonials

What clients say

"The Enkindle team have been a great addition to our marketing program offering a broad range of services and fast delivery when needed. They've been able to take the pressure off us when we're busy and contribute valuable ideas on how to improve our marketing efforts. Professional and quality service from a young and enthusiastic team!"
Andrew Alexander
Imtrade CropScience
"We have been working with Harvie and Kobi from Enkindle Marketing for about 12 months now and they have been doing an amazing job on the SEO, Google Ads and website development/marketing for my business Fridgy. The proof is in the results and over time it has allowed us to expand our partnership by increasing the services that they provide! If you are looking for marketing experts, give Enkindle a call and have a chat with the lads, because I'm sure you will be impressed."
Dan McCormack
Fridgy Australia PTY LTD
founder-led
Less handover.
Less disconnect.
More aligned growth.

Work directly with
the founder who does your SEO.

We are a Perth business, not a Fremantle one, and we will not borrow an address to look local. Harvie Williams, one of our two founders, does the SEO work on your site himself, so the person who finds the problem is the person who fixes it. Most of the work runs on calls and shared documents.
How we run it

How a Fremantle engagement runs

The first cycle fixes what is costing you now: the listing, the categories, the pages and the gaps between them. After that, each 4-week cycle adds to the last, planned around your busy periods rather than the calendar, and you see what moved in your own Search Console, Analytics and Google Business Profile.

$1,000 inc GST
Where our SEO starts, per 4 week cycle, quoted to scope. We bill every 4 weeks rather than monthly.

Tell us what is not working

Send us your business name and what you are trying to fix, and tell us whether your customers are mostly locals or visitors. We will come back with specifics, not a generic pitch. If you would rather talk it through, call us.

Call 0455 089 036
We reply to every enquiry ourselves. No call centre, no automated sequence.
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Questions

What Fremantle businesses ask about SEO.

Is Enkindle based in Fremantle?+
No. We are based in Perth and work with Fremantle businesses through calls and shared documents. We would rather say that plainly than borrow a Fremantle address, because a fake address is one of the quickest ways to get a Google Business Profile suspended, and we would never set a client up that way.
How do I get found by visitors who are not in Fremantle yet?+
Visitors usually put the place in the search, such as "Fremantle" or "Freo" plus what they want, so Google leans on relevance more than distance. That means a complete listing with current photos and hours, pages on your site that name Fremantle and the thing you do, and a presence on the guides and lists that rank for those searches.
Why do lists and review sites rank above my business?+
For searches like "best coffee in Fremantle", Google often ranks guides and directories first because they compare several places at once. You cannot outrank all of them, but you can appear on them. We work out which ones rank for your searches and help you get listed and reviewed there, alongside your own profile and pages.
My business is in O'Connor or Bibra Lake. Can I rank in Fremantle?+
If you travel to customers, yes: set an honest service area that includes Fremantle and show real work you have done there. If customers come to you, the map pack will lean towards businesses closer to the searcher, so your service pages and the organic results do more of the work for Fremantle searches.
What does SEO cost for a Fremantle business?+
We custom quote every engagement. $1,000 including GST every 4 weeks is the lowest we go, set for a local business targeting local terms. A single shopfront in Fremantle usually sits near that floor. A business selling online across Australia as well is a bigger job, and the quote reflects it.
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