AI Search Visibility for Dental Practices: What an Audit Reveals
Patients no longer only Google a dentist near them. Many now ask ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, or Perplexity for a recommendation instead. This shift
Patients no longer only Google a dentist near them. Many now ask ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, or Perplexity for a recommendation instead. This shift
Most dental searches happen on a phone, and Google’s mobile-first indexing evaluates the mobile version of your site as the primary version for ranking purposes,
Google rolled out a combined core and spam update between 24 and 26 June 2026 (Google Search Central, 2026). The spam portion specifically targets scaled
Ranking on page one used to be the finish line. It is not anymore. Google increasingly surfaces AI Overviews above traditional results for local queries,
AI adoption among dental practices has climbed sharply, from a small single-digit share a few years ago to roughly one in three practices using at
The share of patients using AI chatbots like ChatGPT or Gemini to find a healthcare provider rose from 31 percent to 47 percent in under