Case study No. 15
Old restaurant reservations links, new destinations
With restaurant reservations, old links resolve to sensible destinations instead of error pages. The work preserves access; no claim is made about search positions.
Case docket
- Restaurant Lebanese mezze restaurant, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- The team 9 staff; one locally managed operation
- Built with URL inventory, Redirect map, Internal link updates, Missing-page checks, Launch review 5 parts
Working days after content approval, including staff review and handover.
Before
Where the restaurant started
The starting point
The existing restaurant reservations pages had collected links over the years from staff emails, printed material and external listings. A redesign was about to change several addresses.
What it cost the team
When it comes to restaurant reservations, a rebuild without a redirect plan would quietly break years of shared links. The business had no map of what pointed where.
What we built
The fix, in plain terms
Every old address was cataloged and paired with an appropriate new page, tested before go-live. The rebuilt reference pages present reservation guidance and the current food menu with labels consistent with the reorganized site.
The parts that went in
- URL inventory
- Redirect map
- Internal link updates
- Missing-page checks
- Launch review
Timeline
20 working days, from sign-off to handover
Content approved
The working-day count starts once the restaurant has signed off the content that goes on the page.
Built
Every old address was cataloged and paired with an appropriate new page, tested before go-live.
Staff review
The restaurant's own team checked the work against how they actually take inquiries before anything went live.
Handed over
Live and handed over 20 working days after content approval.
After
What changed
With restaurant reservations, old links resolve to sensible destinations instead of error pages.
The work preserves access; no claim is made about search positions.
The old restaurant reservations link is in years of our correspondence. Seeing exactly where it would land mattered more to me than the new color scheme.
Is your inquiry form costing you mornings too?
Show us your current site on a live walk-through and we will point at the first thing we would fix, and say so if it is not the website at all.
Questions about this project
How long did this project take?
20 working days after content approval, including staff review and handover. On our plans a new site goes live in 7 days on The Daily Menu, 10 on The Full Menu and 15 on The Tasting Menu, counted from the onboarding call.
What exactly did the Lebanese mezze restaurant get?
Every old address was cataloged and paired with an appropriate new page, tested before go-live. The rebuilt reference pages present reservation guidance and the current food menu with labels consistent with the reorganized site. The pieces, in the restaurant's own list: url inventory, redirect map, internal link updates, missing-page checks, launch review.
Would the same fix suit my restaurant?
It fits any restaurant whose starting point sounds like this one: The existing restaurant reservations pages had collected links over the years from staff emails, printed material and external listings. The quickest way to tell is a demo call, where we look at your current site and say plainly whether this is the fix it needs or whether something else matters more.
Is this part of a plan, or an extra?
It is part of building and running the site. The site features this project used: hosting, security and uptime, handled (on every plan). Plans start at $117 a month, the $647 build fee is invoiced only after launch, and 5 revisions a month are included.
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See the site you would get
About 30 minutes, on your screen, built around your menu and how your team takes bookings. Plans from $117 a month, with the $647 build fee invoiced only after launch.