SEO freelancer in Vienna: so customers find you before they find your competitors
Someone in Vienna who googles "dentist 1070", "tax advisor Vienna" or "restaurant Neubau" does not click through ten websites. They open the first three entries in Google Maps, read the reviews and call. My job is to make sure you are one of those three.
I am an SEO freelancer based in Vienna. I take care of local SEO, the technical basics of your website, content built around real search queries, and your visibility in Google's AI answers. One point of contact, no hand-off to a team, one report per month in plain language.
Intro calls in English, Russian or Ukrainian. Written communication in German is welcome too.
- Local SEO in Vienna is no longer won by whoever has the most text. It is won by whoever has a properly set up Google Business Profile, loads fast on a phone, and answers the questions people actually ask.
- I work with small and medium-sized businesses in Vienna: practices, service providers, gastronomy, real estate. No minimum term, month to month.
- The start: a free 30-minute call, then a fixed-price SEO audit. After that, you decide.
SEO in Vienna: what actually matters now
Three things have changed in the last two years, and most Viennese websites have not noticed.
First: the map beats the list. For searches that include a district or the word "Vienna", Google shows the map block above the regular results. Three entries, reviews, opening hours, a call button. If you are not among those three, you practically do not exist for many customers. That is not solved with text but with a fully maintained Google Business Profile: categories, services, photos and a steady flow of reviews.
Second: AI answers. Google increasingly answers questions directly at the top of the page and cites two or three websites while doing so. You get into those citations with a short, direct answer at the top of the page, clear structure, and proof that a real business with an address and people stands behind the website.
Third: the phone. The majority of local searches in Vienna come from smartphones. If the page takes more than three seconds to load or the form cannot be filled with a thumb, even good rankings will not save you.
Where customers in Vienna look for you
Google Maps / map pack
The first three entries for local searches. Decided by profile, categories, reviews and freshness.
Profile + reviewsClassic search results
The list below the map. Decided by content that answers real questions, clean technical basics and mobile load time.
Content + technicalAI answers
Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity. Decided by structure, direct answers and verifiable trust signals.
Structure + trustOne website, three places you need to show up. All three are part of my work.
What you actually get
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Fixed-price SEO audit
Technical basics, content, local signals, Google Business Profile, competitors in your district. You get a list: what is holding you back, what will make a difference, and in which order. The report reads without a glossary.
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Google Business Profile, set up properly
Primary category, secondary categories, services with descriptions, photos, replies to reviews, posts. The fastest lever in local SEO: Google picks up profile changes within days, not months.
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Technical basics
Mobile load time, indexing, URL structure, duplicate content, schema.org structured data. Unglamorous, but nothing else works without it.
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Content built on real search queries
I look at Search Console to see what people actually type and build pages around exactly those questions. In German, in the tone of your business, proofread by a native speaker. English pages where your customers search in English.
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Visibility in AI answers
Page structure, short direct answers, business data in the markup. So that Google and ChatGPT cite you rather than a directory.
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One monthly report you will understand
Positions for the queries that matter, impressions, clicks, calls and inquiries from Google. Plus what I did and what comes next. No forty pages of charts.
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Direct contact
WhatsApp or email, reply within 24 hours. You talk to the person doing the work.
Who this is for — and who it is not for
A good fit
- Businesses in Vienna or Austria whose customers search for the service on Google: practices, workshops, salons, restaurants, real estate agents, consultants
- A horizon of at least three months. SEO is not an ad; the first stable results show after two to three months
- One person who makes decisions and can grant access
- You want to understand what is happening, not just receive an invoice
Not a fit
- You need rankings "within two weeks". That is not how it works, and I will not promise it
- The website sits on a closed platform with no access, and nothing may be changed. Then the website comes first
- An online shop with thousands of products or an international project across five countries. A larger structure is the right choice there
- Grey-area niches and bulk purchased links. I do not do that
How I work — 4 steps
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Week 0 — Intro call
30 minutes, free. What the business is, who we are looking for, what already exists. If SEO is not your lever and Google Ads would work faster, I say so right away.
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Week 1 — Audit
Fixed price €450. Full report with priorities. If the website is easier to rebuild than to repair, I say so honestly.
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Weeks 2-4 — Setup
Google Business Profile, technical fixes, first pages for the most important queries, schema.org, Search Console.
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From month 2 — Ongoing work
Content according to plan, work on reviews, position tracking, one report per month. Month to month, no lock-in.
What it costs
The audit is credited against the first month if we continue working together. No percentages, no hidden packages, no minimum term.
What clients say about working together
From the publicly linked Google reviews.
Stefan Gruber · Park Suites, Vienna
"Aleksandr took over everything for Park Suites — Google Ads, Meta campaigns, photography and the project website. Inquiry quality was consistently high, communication direct and fast."
Maria · WohnKader Immobilien, Vienna
"Aleksandr managed our entire digital marketing — strategy, ads, tracking, monthly reports. What impressed me most is that he really understands what is going on behind the numbers."
Frequently asked questions
- How long until the first results?
- The Google Maps profile reacts within days. Classic search results need two to three months for stable changes and around six months for significant ones. Anyone who promises faster is usually selling something else.
- What matters more for me: SEO or Google Ads?
- Google Ads brings inquiries from the first week but costs every click. SEO works more slowly, but the clicks are free afterwards. For most local businesses the answer is both, just in a different order. We sort that out in the intro call. More here: SEO or Google Ads in Vienna.
- Do you write the content in German?
- Yes. I write the texts, a native German speaker proofreads them. I match the tone to your business, formal or informal, the way you speak to your customers. English pages are possible as well.
- I already have an agency or a web designer. Does this make sense?
- The audit comes first. I show you what is done well and where the potential lies. You decide based on data, not on promises.
- Do you only work in Vienna?
- I work from Vienna, across Austria and the DACH region. Most clients are in Vienna and the surrounding area. The intro call is online or in person.
- What is GEO or AI SEO, and do I need it?
- It is optimization for the AI answers of Google, ChatGPT and Perplexity. For a local business it is part of the normal work: the right structure and clean business data. You do not need to buy a separate "AI package" for it.
Free intro call
Online or in person in Vienna. You tell me about your business and your goal — I tell you honestly whether SEO is the right lever and whether working together makes sense.
Intro calls in English, Russian or Ukrainian. Written communication in German is welcome too.