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Healthcare SEO Services

Your Practice Gets Filtered By Google Before A Patient Ever Calls

95+
Lighthouse Score
Every client site
6+
Languages
Multilingual patient SEO
<1s
Load Time
Core Web Vitals
2-4/wk
Articles
Auto-blog engine
What Medical Practice SEO Actually Fixes — And Why Most Practices Still Rank Below WebMD

A patient searches "orthopedic surgeon near me" and your practice vanishes below hospital systems and directory sites. Medical practice SEO rewires that visibility gap. Your Google Business Profile gets optimized per location — not templated across branches. Your service pages earn E-E-A-T signals through physician credentials, clinical citations, and condition-based schema that Google's algorithms actually trust. Your content engine publishes 2–4 patient-facing articles weekly under real MD bylines, not ghostwritten fluff. Your technical stack gets audited for HIPAA pixel risks that most agencies ignore. The outcome isn't just traffic — it's appointment requests from patients already searching for your specialty, in your zip code, ready to book. Without this, your practice loses 60–80% of local search volume to competitors who simply show up first.

プロジェクトが失敗する理由

Google suppresses thin or unattributed medical content under YMYL scrutiny Your service pages get buried while competitors with stronger E-E-A-T signals capture the patient traffic you should own
Local map pack visibility is inconsistent across multiple clinic locations Patients searching 'near me' land on a competitor's Google Business Profile instead of yours, even when you're physically closer
Site architecture wasn't built for organic search — page speed, crawlability, and schema are broken Google can't efficiently index your specialty and condition pages, leaving high-value keywords invisible regardless of content quality
Content production is bottlenecked by physician availability and legal review cycles Your blog hasn't published in months, authority is stagnant, and competitors with active content engines are widening the gap daily

コンプライアンス

Technical SEO Foundation

Full HIPAA-aware site audit, crawl architecture fixes, indexation strategy, Core Web Vitals, MedicalOrganization and Physician schema markup

Content Engine Deployment

AI-assisted auto-blogging: 2–4 clinically accurate, E-E-A-T-optimized articles per week, with named author attribution and citation sourcing

Link Building & Domain Authority

Healthcare directory citations, digital PR targeting health media, and editorial backlinks from medically relevant domains

Competitor Intelligence

Monthly specialty-level competitor analysis, keyword gap analysis across condition and treatment clusters, SERP feature monitoring

構築する内容

Validate every medical claim with clinical citations before publishing

Your specialty pages rank above hospital aggregators and directory spam

Build physician author profiles with verifiable credentials and schema markup

Your map pack listing appears for every "near me" query in your service area

Optimize each location's Google Business Profile with unique service descriptions

Your content library drives 40+ qualified appointment requests per month

Audit analytics pixels and form handlers for inadvertent PHI exposure

Your tracking stack complies with HIPAA without losing conversion attribution

Deploy hreflang tags for multilingual patient communities you serve

Your non-English patient segments find condition pages in their native language

Map programmatic content across ICD codes and condition verticals

Your telehealth platform captures search demand from both patients and enterprise buyers

私たちのプロセス

01

Technical Audit & HIPAA-Aware Foundation

Full crawl audit, site architecture fixes, Core Web Vitals remediation, schema implementation for medical entities, and analytics configuration review
Month 1-2
02

Keyword Strategy & Content Engine

Specialty and condition keyword research, content calendar across treatment clusters, auto-blogging engine deployment with clinical review workflow
Month 2-3
03

Authority Building & Local Dominance

Healthcare directory citations, editorial link acquisition, Google Business Profile optimization per location, and digital PR outreach
Month 3-6
04

Compound Growth & Conversion

Traffic compounding across content clusters, appointment funnel conversion rate analysis, reporting dashboard, and quarterly strategy recalibration
Month 6+
Google Search ConsoleCore Web VitalsSchema MarkupAstroNext.js

よくある質問

How much does healthcare SEO cost?

Healthcare SEO pricing depends on a few key factors — how many locations you have, which specialties you're targeting, and how competitive your markets are. Engagements start at $2,500/month and go up from there based on how much content you need, what's happening on the technical side, and the scope of link building involved. Multi-location hospital systems and telehealth platforms typically land somewhere in the $5,000–$12,000/month range. Before we quote anything, we run a free technical audit — that way the number we give you actually reflects your situation.

How does Google's YMYL framework affect healthcare SEO?

Your Money or Your Life pages — anything touching health decisions, diagnoses, or treatments — get held to the strictest E-E-A-T standards by Google's quality raters. And that matters more than most site owners realize. Thin content, anonymous authorship, missing credentials? Those aren't just quality issues. They actively suppress your rankings. Here's how we handle it. Every content piece gets structured with verified author bios, clinical citations, and schema markup for MedicalCondition and Physician entities. We also build in editorial review workflows that actually satisfy these standards — not just check a box.

Can you do local SEO for multi-location medical practices?

Yes. Multi-location SEO for healthcare is something we do a lot of, and we're good at it. For each service area, we build location-specific landing pages with clinical content that's actually unique — not the same page with a city name swapped in. Every Google Business Profile gets its own optimization and ongoing maintenance. We keep citations consistent across the directories that matter in healthcare: Healthgrades, Zocdoc, Vitals, WebMD. And we implement LocalBusiness and MedicalClinic schema where it counts. The short version? Each location page is treated as its own ranking asset.

Is your content HIPAA-compliant? Will it expose patient data?

Content itself — blog posts, service pages, FAQs — doesn't touch PHI, so HIPAA isn't a concern at the content layer. The places it actually matters are forms, analytics, and contact workflows. We work alongside your existing HIPAA-aligned infrastructure (or help you build one) to make sure no PHI ends up flowing through non-compliant analytics tags, tracking pixels, or form processors. We also steer clear of patient testimonials or case study content that could accidentally reference identifiable health information.

How long does it take to rank for high-intent medical keywords?

Competitive terms like 'orthopedic surgeon [city]' or 'telehealth platform for chronic care' usually start moving somewhere in months 3–6 of a well-run campaign. That's just the reality of how Google treats established niches. Long-tail condition and symptom queries — the ones that bring in your highest-intent visitors — tend to rank within 60–90 days when the technical foundation is solid. In month one, we go after quick-win keyword clusters while simultaneously building the domain authority you'll need to crack the harder terms. That second track plays out over a 6–12 month arc.

Do you produce medically accurate content, or do we have to write it ourselves?

We handle the full content pipeline — from first draft to final publish. The process works like this: AI-assisted drafting gets things moving quickly, then writers who actually know clinical topics do an editorial pass, followed by a compliance review for medical accuracy and citation sourcing. Before anything goes live, you or a designated clinician signs off. Simple. We also ghostwrite under a named physician's byline with appropriate disclosure. This matters more than most people realize — it's one of the cleaner ways to strengthen E-E-A-T signals in a space where Google is paying close attention to who's behind the content. A doctor's name on a well-sourced piece carries real weight. The auto-blogging engine runs at 2–4 pieces per week. Consistent output, handled.

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