Medical & Healthcare SEO

Patients search for symptoms first, doctors second. Be found for both.

Healthcare content is classified as YMYL — Google holds it to the highest standard. That means E-E-A-T compliance isn't optional. Our AI agents audit all 21 phases with specific checks for medical content quality, provider entity presence, and the multi-location complexity that healthcare organizations face.

Free · No credit card · Results in 10 minutes

What we find in a typical healthcare audit
E-E-A-T compliancevs 82% for top-ranking competitor
35%
Provider pages6 providers with no individual pages
2 of 8
AI visibilityinvisible to ChatGPT, Perplexity, AIO
0 of 5
Condition pagesno symptom or condition content at all
0
Schema markupno MedicalOrganization, no Physician
Missing
77%
of patients start with a search engine
YMYL
Google's strictest content quality standard
0/5
medical practices visible on AI search
The problem

Medical SEO has the highest bar in Google. Most practices don't clear it.

01

YMYL means your content is judged more harshly

Health content can impact someone's wellbeing — Google classifies it as "Your Money or Your Life" and applies stricter quality standards. Every condition page, treatment page, and provider bio needs demonstrable medical expertise, clear physician authorship, and proper citations. Generic health content gets filtered.

Check your E-E-A-T compliance
02

8 providers, 2 have pages — patients can't find the rest

Multi-provider practices often have pages for founding physicians but nothing for newer providers. Each provider is a search entry point. When someone searches "Dr. [Name] [city]" or "[specialty] doctor near me," the practice with individual provider pages and structured data wins.

Audit your provider pages
03

Patients search symptoms, not your practice name

"Why does my knee hurt when I walk" gets more searches than "orthopedic doctor [city]." Practices that create authoritative symptom and condition content capture patients at the top of the funnel — then guide them to book an appointment. Most practices have zero condition content.

Find your content gaps
04

AI search is changing patient acquisition — and you're invisible

"What doctor should I see for [symptom]?" is now a ChatGPT and Perplexity query. Google AI Overviews answer health questions directly. Practices with E-E-A-T-compliant content and provider entity presence get recommended. The rest are invisible to this new patient acquisition channel.

Check your AI visibility
Before vs After

Before Agentic Local SEO vs. After for healthcare

Before

GBP with generic category, no provider photos, missing specialties

After

GBP fully optimized per location with provider photos, specialty attributes, insurance info, weekly posts

Before

5 generic service pages — "We treat knee pain. Call for an appointment."

After

40+ pages: condition content with physician bylines, treatment guides, symptom checkers with FAQ schema

Before

2 provider pages with a headshot and 3 sentences

After

Individual provider pages with credentials, specialties, publications, Physician schema, and patient reviews

Before

Invisible on ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews for health queries

After

Appearing on 3-4 AI platforms when patients ask for doctor recommendations

Before

No schema markup, blocked AI crawlers, no structured data for providers

After

Full MedicalOrganization + Physician + MedicalCondition schema, all AI crawlers allowed

What you get

Premium agency depth. Built for healthcare.

01

21-Phase Healthcare SEO Audit

E-E-A-T compliance, provider entities, YMYL content quality, AI visibility, multi-location — 300+ checks calibrated for medical.

02

Dual Scoring Framework

LOCAL-IMPACT + SERP-TRUST = your SEO Health Index. Know exactly where you stand vs competing practices.

03

Priority-Ranked Action Plan

Every issue ranked by Impact × Feasibility. Quick wins first. 30/90-day and 6-month roadmaps for your practice.

04

Deployed Client Report Site

A live micro-site with your scores and recommendations you can share with practice leadership or hospital administration.

The audit

What a healthcare SEO audit covers

Phase 4

Content Audit

YMYL compliance scoring per page, E-E-A-T signals, physician authorship check

Phase 11

Local SEO & GBP

Per-location GBP, specialty attributes, provider photos, insurance info

Phase 9

Entity Audit

Provider entities in Wikidata, NPI registry, medical directories

Phase 14

AI Visibility

How your practice appears when patients ask AI for doctor recommendations

Phase 8

Topical Authority

Condition and treatment content depth vs competitor practices

Phase 15

Reputation

Review velocity across Google, Healthgrades, Vitals, and ZocDoc

Phase 16

Brand SERP

Provider Knowledge Panels, practice entity presence, name searches

Phase 21

Multi-Location

Per-location content differentiation, centralized vs local GBP management

Plus 13 more phases covering technical SEO, on-page, keywords, speed, backlinks, social, voice search, CRO, accessibility, and penalty checks.

How it works

From URL to ranked in four steps.

1

Submit your practice details

5 minutes

Website URL, locations, specialties, providers, and top competitors. We identify competitors automatically if needed.

2

AI agents run the full 21-phase audit

30-60 minutes

172 AI agents analyze E-E-A-T compliance, provider entities, YMYL content, GBP, reviews, AI visibility, and technical health — in parallel.

3

Review your scores and action plan

Same day

21 phase reports, dual scoring, priority-ranked issues, and a deployed micro-site you can share with practice leadership.

4

Execute or let us handle it

Ongoing

Follow the roadmap yourself, or let us build E-E-A-T compliant content, optimize provider pages, and manage your ongoing SEO.

Case study

Multi-specialty practice. 8 providers. 2 locations. Losing patients to urgent care chains.

Results after 90 days
LOCAL-IMPACT Score
33/10080/100
SERP-TRUST Score
28/10073/100
Keywords in Top 10
427
GBP Views/Month
~300~2,400
AI Platform Visibility
0/53/5
Review Velocity
1.1/mo8.6/mo
Organic Leads/Month
~5~42
Provider Pages
28
What we found
  • Only 2 of 8 providers had individual pages — 6 were listed in a staff directory table
  • Zero condition or symptom content — all organic symptom searches went to WebMD
  • Service pages had no physician bylines, no credentials, no citations — failed E-E-A-T
  • No MedicalOrganization or Physician schema markup anywhere
  • AI crawlers blocked — invisible to ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews
  • GBP for second location was unverified and had wrong address
What we built
  • Individual provider pages with Physician schema, credentials, publications, and patient reviews
  • 25 condition/treatment pages with physician bylines, medical citations, and FAQ schema
  • Full GBP optimization for both locations — verified, complete, with provider photos
  • MedicalOrganization + Physician + MedicalCondition schema across all pages
  • AI-citable answer blocks for symptom queries on ChatGPT/Perplexity/AIO
  • Review system with provider-specific prompts and HIPAA-compliant response templates

“We were losing patients to urgent care chains that simply showed up higher on Google. After the audit, we built condition pages that now rank for symptoms our patients actually search. The AI visibility check was a category none of us had considered — now we're recommended on ChatGPT.”

— Practice Administrator, Multi-Specialty Group

Target keywords

The keywords that acquire patients. Not vanity traffic.

Urgent & Primary Care

urgent care near medoctor accepting new patients [city]walk-in clinic near mesame day doctor appointmentprimary care physician [city]

Specialty & Treatment

[specialty] doctor [city]orthopedic surgeon near medermatologist [city]cardiologist near mephysical therapy [city]pain management doctor near me

Symptom & Condition

why does my [body part] hurt[symptom] treatment near me[condition] specialist [city]best doctor for [condition]when to see a doctor for [symptom]
Services

Three ways to work with us. All built for healthcare.

01

Healthcare SEO Audit

48-72 hours

Full 21-phase audit with E-E-A-T compliance scoring, provider entity analysis, YMYL content quality checks, and multi-location assessment.

  • 21 phase reports (PDF)
  • LOCAL-IMPACT + SERP-TRUST scores
  • E-E-A-T compliance per page
  • AI visibility across 5 platforms
  • Deployed client micro-site
Get Started
02

Medical Website Build

10-14 days

E-E-A-T compliant website with condition pages, provider profiles, and content that meets Google's YMYL standards for medical information.

  • Condition + treatment pages
  • Provider pages with Physician schema
  • MedicalOrganization markup
  • AI-citable answer blocks
  • HIPAA-aware content strategy
Get Started
03

Monthly Authority Building

Ongoing

Ongoing condition content, provider entity building, GBP management, review generation with HIPAA-compliant response templates.

  • Monthly health content calendar
  • Provider entity building
  • HIPAA-compliant review responses
  • GBP posts + management
  • Monthly ranking + lead reports
Get Started
Why now

Healthcare search is shifting to AI faster than most practices realize.

Patients ask AI about symptoms before calling a doctor

ChatGPT and Perplexity are becoming the first stop for health questions. Practices with E-E-A-T content and provider entity presence get recommended. The window to establish AI visibility is still open.

Google AI Overviews now answer health queries with cited sources

AI Overviews cite practices with physician-authored, well-structured condition content. Generic health pages from practices without E-E-A-T signals don't get cited — WebMD and Mayo Clinic do.

YMYL standards are getting stricter — not looser

Google's quality rater guidelines keep raising the bar for health content. Practices that invest in genuine E-E-A-T signals now will have an increasingly difficult-to-replicate advantage over those that wait.

Common questions

What medical practices ask before they start.

How do you handle HIPAA considerations in SEO?+

We never access or use patient data. Our review response templates are HIPAA-compliant — they acknowledge feedback without confirming a patient relationship. We also audit your existing review responses for HIPAA compliance.

What does E-E-A-T compliance mean for medical content?+

Every health page needs clear physician authorship, medical credentials, proper citations, and content reviewed by a qualified provider. We score each page against Google's YMYL quality guidelines and compare your E-E-A-T signals to top-ranking competitors.

We have 8 providers — do you build pages for all of them?+

Yes. Each provider gets an individual page with Physician schema, credentials, specialties, publications, and patient reviews. Each provider page is a search entry point for name searches and specialty queries.

Can you help with multi-location practices?+

Yes. Each location gets its own GBP optimization and content differentiation. We also handle centralized vs local content strategy so you get unique pages per location rather than city-swap duplicates.

What AI platforms do you check?+

Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT Search, Perplexity AI, Google Gemini, and Bing Copilot. We test whether your practice appears when patients ask for doctor recommendations in your area and specialties.

We're a small practice — is this overkill?+

Small practices often see the biggest impact. Your competitors probably aren't optimized either, so the bar to stand out is lower. Even just provider pages with proper schema and condition content with physician bylines can dramatically improve visibility.

Ready to grow

Your next patient is searching for a doctor right now. Will they find you?

Free · 10 minutes · No commitment