How UAE businesses show up online, and what to fix
Our own research and plain advice for restaurants, hotels, clinics, salons, estate agents and gyms in the UAE: what is happening online, and what to fix.
Only 13 % of UAE restaurants have a website that works on a phone
We checked 11,029 independent restaurants across the seven emirates. Most guests who look for them online find a Facebook page, a dead link or nothing at all.
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54 % of UAE restaurants are online only through social media
Most of them send guests to a Facebook page. What a guest, a search engine and an AI assistant can read there, and what they miss.
Sector by sector
RestaurantsRestaurant websites in Dubai: what guests check before they order
Guests decide on a phone, in a queue or in a parked car. Four things carry that decision: the menu, the price, the hours and one button to order.
HotelsDirect bookings for small hotels and holiday homes in the UAE
Portals bring guests and keep a share of every night. Your own website wins back the guests who already know your name.
ClinicsClinic websites in the UAE: what patients look for, and what the rules allow
Patients check insurance, doctors and hours before they call. Health regulators decide how a clinic may say it.
BeautySalon and spa websites in the UAE: put the price list where clients can find it
Your best work lives on Instagram and your prices live in DMs. A small website puts both where a new client can decide in one look.
Real estateEstate agency websites in Dubai: leads you do not share with five other agents
On the portals, the same flat appears under several agencies. Your own website is where owners and returning buyers come to you.
FitnessGym and studio websites in the UAE: a timetable people can find
Class times in a story are gone tomorrow. A timetable on your own website is there when someone decides at 6 am to train at 7.