Case Study: Search Engine Optimization
St. Louis Dentist

Client Profile

Client has a large family dentistry practice in North St. Louis County. While he had some okay search engine rankings, competition is fierce due to the large number of dentists in this major metropolitan area.

Project

Drive potential new patients to the website with effective locally targeted SEO.

Results: An initial list of 43 search terms was targeted for immediate improvement. Only 13 of these were ranked with 5 page one rankings.

Three weeks after start of project, 7 more search terms are ranked with 9 page one rankings. While not yet on page one, all of the most important search terms (variations of “St. Louis dentist”) are now showing up in rankings.


Keyword
Engine 5/9/2009 5/3/2009 4/22/2009
treat sleep apnea st louis Google 1 2 1
zoom whitening st louis Google 2 2 2
partial dentures st louis Google 3 10 10
dental implants st louis Google 4 4 2
sleep disorder treatment st louis Google 5 4 11
sleep disorders st louis Google 7 6 Unranked
implants st louis Google 8 8 4
sleep apnea help st louis Google 8 7 Unranked
sleep disorder st louis Google 9 7 35
professional teeth whitening st louis Google 12 13 Unranked
dentist teeth whitening st louis Google 14 15 28
sleep apnea st louis Google 15 16 17
sleep apnea treatment st louis Google 16 17 26
treatments for sleep apnea st louis Google 17 17 18
teeth bleaching st louis Google 24 20 Unranked
whiten teeth st louis Google 31 23 25
dentist st louis Google 37 Unranked Unranked
saint louis dentist Google 37 35 Unranked
dentist saint louis Google 39 39 Unranked
st louis dentist Google 40 Unranked Unranked