Iraqi local search is the cheapest growth lever you're ignoring
Most Iraqi SMEs have either no Google Business Profile or a half-claimed one with two photos and zero reviews. The handful that have done it properly are dominating local search across their cities. "Near me" searches grew 500% globally over five years, and Iraq is in the middle of that wave right now. The impact of doing nothing is real: every month you don't appear in the Maps 3-pack, customers are calling someone else.
Of local clicks go to Maps top-3
Growth in "near me" searches (5 yrs)
Iraqi internet users (DataReportal 2025)
Cadence of posts to stay ranking