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Six weeks after Google first showed our site, 1,723 doctor profile pages average a first-page position. Here is the data and exactly how we did it.
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For clinicians
Doctors often ask how to remove a Healthgrades review or profile. Here is what the rules allow, what they do not, and a better plan for your name.
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For clinicians
Patients meet you on Google first. Here is the 2027 doctor SEO playbook, step by step, with no tricks and no fake promises.
11 min readEditor In Chief
For clinicians
The map pack is where many new patient calls start. Here is how local SEO for doctors works, and how to spot good and risky SEO services.
9 min readEditor In Chief
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Bought reviews can backfire, and some are now illegal. These ethical medical practice marketing steps build a practice patients trust.
8 min readEditor In Chief
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A one-star review can sit under your name for years, and privacy law keeps you from answering. Here is how doctors can protect their reputation online.
8 min readEditor In Chief
For clinicians
Featured puts you in the labeled spot at the front of matching pages on a vetted, review-free directory that is marketed every day. Here is how it works.
8 min readEditor In Chief