Dental
Dental SEO in Perth
Dental search in Perth is decided mostly in the map pack and mostly on reviews, inside advertising rules that make half the usual marketing playbook illegal.
A patient looking for a dentist almost never reaches page one organic. They search, they see three practices on a map, they look at the review counts, and they call one. That sequence is what dental SEO has to win.
What complicates it is regulation. AHPRA advertising guidelines restrict what health practitioners may say publicly, and they specifically prohibit using testimonials to advertise a regulated health service. A great deal of standard SEO advice about gathering and displaying patient testimonials is simply not lawful for a dental practice.
This catches practices out constantly, usually because a marketing agency without healthcare experience applied a generic template. The penalties land on the practitioner, not the agency.
How we work in this industry. The local search and technical work here is the same as anywhere. What changes is the compliance layer: anything patient-facing should go through your own review before it goes live, because the AHPRA liability sits with the practitioner rather than with whoever wrote the page.
What is different in this industry
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The map pack decides it
Proximity, categories and review volume dominate. A practice with sixty reviews will usually outrank one with six, whatever their websites look like.
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Reviews, carefully
Google reviews are permitted because they are not on your own advertising. Testimonials on your own website advertising a regulated service are a different matter, and that distinction matters a great deal.
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Treatment pages, not a service list
People search implants, veneers, invisible braces and emergency dentist as separate intents. One page listing all treatments competes for none of them.
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Emergency intent
Emergency dentist searches convert immediately and are often the least contested valuable term a practice can hold.
Common questions
Can dental practices use patient testimonials in marketing?
AHPRA guidelines prohibit using testimonials to advertise regulated health services, which includes your own website. Google reviews sit differently because you are not publishing them as advertising. Take your own compliance advice, because the liability is the practitioner's.
What matters most for a dental practice in Perth?
Google Business Profile and review volume, in most cases by a wide margin. Website work supports it and rarely replaces it.
Have you worked with dental clients?
Not yet. We would rather say that than show you a generic case study and imply otherwise.
What clients say
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