Medical Spa SEO: The Real Playbook From Live Client Sites Doing $1M+ a Year
- Daniel Madhan
- Nov 29, 2021
- 18 min read
Updated: May 23
We studied more than 10 to 20 guides online that claim to be a medical spa SEO guide. But since we are actually working with medspa clients, and they are making more than a million a year, we want to answer what actual medspa SEO is, and we want to tell you the actual medspa SEO strategy, instead of you reading yet another content spin-off from ChatGPT or Claude. We want to give you the real answer that you cannot find anywhere on the internet.
Every section that you are going to read will have a case study that proves that this strategy works. We are not talking from the top of our head. We are teaching you the exact strategy we used for every medspa that we worked with, and their results are shared in between each and every section.
73,000+
Organic clicks
8.5M+
Impressions
6
Live client sites
40+
Page-1 rankings
Combined Google Search Console data across our active medspa clients. Reporting windows vary by client (90-day to 12-month). Every number in this guide is pulled directly from our clients' Search Console.
The Proof Across Our Whole Medspa SEO Portfolio
Before we get into the strategy, here is the real Search Console data for the medical spas we work with. This is not a single lucky client. The same medspa SEO playbook is working across small-town spas, multi-state chains, and IV-and-wellness practices.
Live client medspa sites, organic Search Console performance | |||
Client (market) | Clicks | Impressions | Window |
Sculpted MD, multi-state chain | 44,891 | 4,999,454 | 12 mo |
RenewMe Spa, Los Angeles | 20,898 | 3,003,985 | 12 mo |
Strive IV & Wellness, New Braunfels TX | 4,260 | 335,984 | 12 mo |
HB Medspa, Tyler TX | 1,456 | 59,983 | 90 d |
170 Medspa, Dallas TX | 1,125 | 43,201 | 90 d |
Healthy By Hillary, Wylie / Plano TX | 631 | 55,471 | 90 d |
The same four-layer, service-city-state, Google-Business-Profile-first playbook scales from a single-location spa to a multi-state chain doing millions of impressions a month.
Why Medical Spa SEO Is Different (and Why Most Medspa SEO Guides Get It Wrong)
Most of the SEO guides out there are basically about title-tag optimization, meta descriptions, and all those things. Of course, they are all true. But if you don't know the foundation, you are lagging behind.
If you keep optimizing for "medspa near me," "medspa Dallas," or "medspa plus location" keywords, then so do 100-plus other medspas. How can you make yourself so different?
Go Hyper-Local on Every Medspa Service You Offer
You need to go hyper-local with keyword targeting for every single service that you provide, and you need to go after high-purchase-intent keyword searches, even with low search volume per term.
Target High-Intent, Low-Volume Medspa Keywords
For example: "Botox before and after," or "what are the types of Botox that fit my skin," or "which medspa should I choose for my acne skin in Dallas" with the location name. Those kinds of keywords may have only 100 or fewer than 100 searches a month. But these are all end-of-the-funnel keywords.
Why Low Volume Plus High Intent Equals More Bookings
That is how we target the very high-search-intent keyword, even when the search volume is so low. The click-through rate will be so high, and your total conversion from a visitor to an appointment booking is also so high. That is why medical spa SEO is so different.
Show Proof: Before-and-After Photos Convert Patients
And people don't just read your content and book your appointment. People want to see the proof that you are real. So every piece of content that you produce, you need to show before-and-after pictures, and more.
Low search volume. Sky-high click-through. Real services.
90-day Search Console | 1,456 clicks | 59,983 impressions
Forget the brand name. Anyone ranks for their own name. What matters is the service traffic. HB Medspa ranks page-one for the actual treatments people book, in their city, and the click-through rates are enormous because the intent is so specific.
HB Medspa: non-brand service keywords ranking on Google | |
Keyword | |
basic facials near me | 1.0 |
medical spa services | 1.0 |
med spa pedicure | 1.0 |
therapeutic botox | 1.0 |
red light therapy contouring | 1.0 |
lymphatic drainage massage tyler tx | 4.1 |
lymphatic massage tyler tx | 5.7 |
microneedling tyler tx | 7.2 |
facial tyler tx | 7.3 |
med spa tyler tx | 8.3 |
facials near me | 8.3 |
head spa tyler tx | 8.5 |
facials tyler tx | 8.8 |
The service pages doing the work | ||
Page | Clicks | |
/lymphatic-drainage-massage-tyler-tx | 149 | 8.4 |
/service-menu | 74 | 24.1 |
/fillers | 34 | 27.3 |
/medical-facial | 23 | 34.2 |
/massage-therapy | 22 | 14.6 |
The proof: "lymphatic drainage massage tyler tx" pulls a 20.6% click-through rate on a niche service term. That is a patient ready to book, not a brand searcher. And /service-menu, /fillers, /medical-facial are all sitting at positions 24 to 34 with thousands of impressions: the next wave of clicks as they climb. |
Medspa SEO Site Architecture: The Four-Layer Structure That Ranks
Our medspa clients have home pages connecting to all the service hub pages, then service detail pages, then city-based service pages. Every layer of pages serves a particular intent.
The Content and Trust Layer That Converts
Then, for conversion rate, we have a content layer: blog content where we have cornerstone content of 2,000 words or more, plus case studies or before-and-after pages, plus about pages or team pages where the trust element is going on.
A Real Example: RenewMe Spa's Site Architecture
If you take our client Healthy By Hillary, their site is filled with this four-layer architecture. And if you take RenewMe Spa, we have pages that talk about the services they do, and we also have individual pages that talk about the individual concern.
How Concern Pages Route Patient Intent
If you go to renewmespa.com, you will see multiple layers of architecture. We have concern-based pages: concerns like wrinkles, acne, body sculpting, fat reduction, longevity, libido, energy, glow, and more. And we answer them with services. For example, if the concern is wrinkles, we have Botox, EmFace, RF microneedling, vampire facial, microneedling, and stem cell therapy. For fat reduction, we have EmsculptNEO, weight-loss programs, skinny drip, and skinny shot.
Service Pages Are the Core of Medspa SEO
Then we have service pages. Under service pages, we have multiple child pages. For aesthetic procedures, we have Botox, dermal filler, EmsculptNEO, EmFace, HydraFacial, dermaplaning, microneedling, and more. If it is vitamin therapy, we have IV drip, vitamin push, booster shots, NAD+ therapy, ozone therapy, and more. For longevity, we have ozone therapy, red light therapy, peptide therapy, NAD+ therapy, hormone therapy, and stem cell therapy. For the weight-loss program, we have semaglutide, and more.
Like this, we have multiple pages, and our blog pages target each and every section. This is how we create the four-layer architecture for every medspa site that we work with.
The actual four-layer architecture on renewmespa.com. Concern pages route intent into the right service pages, and the content layer carries the proof and trust that convert a visitor into a booking.
A single-location spa ranking nationally for its services.
90-day Search Console | 631 clicks | 55,471 impressions
Hillary's site runs the full four-layer architecture, and the before-and-after page plus the service pages do the heavy lifting. She out-ranks national publications for the procedures she actually offers: copper peptides, sermorelin, peptide therapy, all tied to her city.
Healthy By Hillary: non-brand treatment keywords on Google | |
Keyword | |
what do peptides do | 1.0 |
copper peptides skin before after | 1.0 |
bhrt near me | 1.0 |
pellet hormone therapy near me | 1.0 |
best sermorelin peptide | 1.0 |
copper peptide serum for face | 1.0 |
copper peptides before and after | 1.3 |
sermorelin | 3.0 |
peptides for anti aging before and after | 4.2 |
peptide therapy near me | 8.2 |
The service and before/after pages doing the work | ||
Page | Clicks | |
/copper-peptides-before-after-wylie-plano-tx | 75 | 4.0 |
/peptide-therapy-plano-wylie-tx | 12 | 17.3 |
/hormone-replacement-therapy-in-wylie-tx | 12 | 18.3 |
/sermorelin-hgh-wylie-plano-tx | 10 | 6.9 |
/semaglutide-metformin-tirzepatide-wylie-tx | 7 | 8.6 |
The proof: A solo medspa in Wylie, Texas ranks at position 1.3 for "copper peptides before and after" and position 1.0 for "what do peptides do," national-interest terms, because every service has its own before/after page and its own service-city-state page. |
The Medspa Service Page SEO Formula: Service + City + State
This is the anatomy of the service page, where we target a city-plus-service page that actually ranks, and beats every competitor who has 100-plus more reviews than you. Even without reviews, you can beat them by targeting these individual service pages with the city-plus-keyword.
The Slug Structure: Service + City + State
The slug structure is this: service, plus city, plus state. That is it. And that is also the H1 formula.
https://yourmedspa.com/ozone-therapy-los-angeles-ca
H1: Ozone Therapy in Los Angeles, CA
Title tag: Ozone Therapy in Los Angeles | Treatment Cost in Los Angeles
The Above-the-Fold Elements Every Service Page Needs
Above the fold, you need to cover, in order:
Target the problem: the concern, symptom, or condition this service solves.
Offer the service.
A clear call-to-action button.
A pricing structure shared on the same page.
You should talk about the concern, symptom, or condition that this service is going to solve. For example, in our earlier case, we solve problems like wrinkles using Botox or RF microneedling; acne using vampire facial, microneedling, or HydraFacial; body sculpting using EmsculptNEO or EmFace; and fat reduction using skinny drip or skinny shot. The same thing applies to longevity, a condition or concern solved using ozone therapy and red light therapy.
Answer Every Patient Question on the Page (Ozone Therapy Example)
If you look at our ozone therapy page, you will see 1,000 or 2,000 words. It shares what ozone therapy does, the benefits of ozone therapy, what it prevents, and what it fights and kills, like bacteria, parasites, and worms. It covers what it accelerates: ozone therapy accelerates wound healing and recovery from bruises and muscle injuries. It covers how it detoxifies and oxygenates, and what conditions this ozone IV therapy improves, and more.
Optimize the Title Tag for City Plus Service
Like this, we have a whole lot of FAQ questions answered. So when people search for that in AI or in search, we get indexed and we get shown up. And this ozone therapy page has been optimized with the title tag and SEO title tag: "Ozone Therapy in Los Angeles" and "Ozone Therapy Treatment Cost in Los Angeles." That is how we do that.
Service + city + state pages ranking and earning across our clients | ||
Service-city-state page | Clicks | |
RenewMe: /semaglutide-injection-sites-los-angeles | 1,191 | 10.1 |
RenewMe: /glutathione-before-after-los-angeles | 782 | 8.1 |
HB Medspa: /lymphatic-drainage-massage-tyler-tx | 149 | 8.4 |
Hillary: /copper-peptides-before-after-wylie-plano-tx | 75 | 4.0 |
Hillary: /sermorelin-hgh-wylie-plano-tx | 10 | 6.9 |
Every winning page follows the same slug rule: the treatment, the city, the state. No exceptions.
The Service Page SEO Formula at Scale: Sculpted MD
For example, in Sculpted MD, which is a nationwide, multiple-location medspa, look at the structure we have. We have locations: every state, by location. And every location has individual service pages. For example, we have semaglutide in Houston, San Antonio, and Frisco; peptide therapy in Houston, San Antonio, and Frisco; tirzepatide in the same three locations; and hormone therapy optimized for Frisco. We also have condition-based pages, low T, menopause, hormone burnout, and we have hormone replacement therapy and TRT clinic pages, all optimized for the multiple locations that we need to optimize for.
That is why our slug structure is service, plus city, plus state, and we optimize the whole page for that.
Sculpted MD: the service x location matrix | |||
Service | Houston | San Antonio | Frisco |
Semaglutide | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Peptide Therapy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Tirzepatide | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Hormone / TRT | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Each cell is its own dedicated, human-written page: one service, one city, one state.
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Local SEO for Medspas: How to Optimize Google Business Profile
One of the main reasons our medspa clients rank higher and get clients faster is optimizing their Google Business Profile. So when people search for "Botox near me," "IV therapy near me," "medspa near me," or "nurse injector near me" for fillers, and all these kinds of medspa-related keywords, to rank them locally, we optimize their local SEO and Google Business Profile first.
Step 1: Set Up Google Business Profile Correctly
The first step is to go ahead and watch some YouTube videos on how to create or set up a Google Business Profile, which is not a big deal. Even GPT will help you do it step by step. It is not rocket science. You just need to set up your Google Business Profile as a medspa, correctly tag your location, and verify your location. Once you do that, you automatically rank, in 10th, 20th, whatever the position is.
Step 2: Add Every Service and Real Photos
Then you have to optimize your service section and add all the services that you are doing. This is the definition for both mobile and brick-and-mortar. You have to add interior and exterior photos to your Google Business Profile. Then add Q&A questions and FAQ questions.
Sculpted MD, San Antonio ★★★★★ | Medical spa | Alamo Heights |
☉ 332 W Sunset Rd, Suite 2B, San Antonio, TX 78209 |
☎ (210) 267-8222 |
⏱ Open | Mon to Sun, 9:00 to 21:00 |
⚑ Services tagged: HRT, Semaglutide, Botox, Lip Fillers, IV & Peptide Therapy |
⟳ Q&A optimized Interior + exterior photos Localized posts |
A live client Google Business Profile set up the way we describe: correct medspa category, verified location, every service tagged, photos and Q&A in place. Public listing details for Sculpted MD San Antonio.
Use FAQ and Voice-Search Content on Your Profile
We have a special formula we use as our medical-spa AI to generate content for the Google Business Profile, just for our clients. It produces killer content that solves a lot of the client's questionnaire: FAQs that involve their voice searches. Basically, we answer whatever question people have in their mind:
"What is the cost of PRP for hair in Dallas?"
"What is the cost of Botox for 10 units in Dallas, Texas?"
"Who is the best medspa to go to for stomach fat reduction?"
"Which is the best testosterone replacement therapy clinic or medspa in Dallas?"
This is how we optimize our Google Business Profile posts, not just randomly posting something. We also post educational content that teaches people what something is and what it is not. So the citation from Google, or the AI recommendation, comes right away.
Why 200 to 300 Directory Citations Hurt Your Medspa SEO
This is not from 200 or 300 directories that useless medspa agencies build for you and claim they are backlinking you from 200 to 300 directories, when they are actually scamming your site and reducing your domain authority.
The Review Flywheel: How to Get More Google Reviews
This is how we structure the whole Google Business Profile. And we help our clients get more reviews using our review software, where they upload their patient information, name, email, and phone number, and our software gives the patient an invite to leave a review on the Google Business Profile. This is how they keep getting more reviews and stay at the top of the location.
1. Upload
Patient name, email and phone after the visit
2. Invite
Software auto-sends a review invite
3. Review Patient leaves a Google review
4. Rank
Page-1 Review velocity keeps them at the top of the map
The non-brand Dallas pages we built, ranking and earning.
90-day Search Console | 1,125 clicks | 43,201 impressions
Beyond the brand, we built out a full set of Dallas service and treatment pages: packages, before-and-afters, laser hair removal, fillers, Botox. They rank for the unbranded terms a patient types when they don't yet know the clinic's name.
170 Medspa: non-brand Dallas keywords on Google | |
Keyword | |
botox near me with prices | 1.0 |
best spas in dallas texas | 1.0 |
eyelash extensions dallas | 1.0 |
facial balancing dallas | 1.0 |
under eye filler near me | 1.0 |
lip injections near me | 1.0 |
luxury med spa | 1.0 |
how long does microneedling last | 1.0 |
hydrafacial near me | 3.2 |
upper lip vs lower lip filler dallas | 7.7 |
microneedling with prp dallas | 11.8 |
Non-brand service pages on Google | |
Page | |
/services/before-and-afters | 2.7 |
/services/packages | 4.6 |
/post/upper-lip-vs-lower-lip-filler-dallas-tx | 7.7 |
/post/laser-hair-removal-legs-dallas-tx | 13.2 |
/post/laser-hair-removal-dallas-tx | 14.7 |
The proof: /services/before-and-afters ranks at position 2.7 and /services/packages at position 4.6. Non-brand service pages, not the clinic's name. And "med spa dallas" itself is already pulling 640 impressions and climbing: the next page-one win. |
Multi-Location Medspa SEO: The Playbook for Multiple Locations
How to Rank a New Medspa Location (Paris MedSpa)
One of our clients, Paris MedSpa, came to us. They had just started a location in Little Elm, Texas, and they wanted to grow their medical spa practice, and we helped them rank and dominate in Little Elm. For people searching for pretty much everything, we helped them rank for "medspa near me," "peptide therapy near me," "peptide therapy Little Elm," and Botox, PRP, and pretty much all the services we have helped them rank for.
Then they opened two new locations, in Rowlett and Prosper, Texas, which we helped them optimize by creating separate city pages for each and every service. We created a new topic-cluster page where the page is basically the location page itself. From there, we started optimizing and adding new content specifically for that location.
Multi-Location Medspa SEO at Scale (Sculpted MD)
Another client who came to us is a nationwide, multiple-location medspa, sculptedmd.com, and we were responsible for the Texas location alone. We started creating multiple pages: Rockwall, Anna, San Antonio, Houston, and more. And we started creating multiple pages on what they provide in those locations, optimized. So when people search for "semaglutide San Antonio," we started ranking for that. That is how we started getting clicks.
For example, once we created the San Antonio location page, we got like 562 clicks, ranking at the ninth position. If we improve a little bit, our clicks will increase to 2,000 just for one location page, and that location keeps converting at 5 to 10%. At 1,000 visitors, you will get 100 new clients coming to your medspa.
Sculpted MD: /state/city/ location pages (12-month Search Console) | ||
Location page | Clicks | |
/arizona/bullhead-city/ | 744 | 12.6 |
/texas/san-antonio/ | 562 | 9.4 |
/texas/mckinney/ | 527 | 39.2 |
/arizona/havasu/ | 470 | 6.8 |
/nevada/henderson/ | 469 | 35.4 |
/colorado/dtc-south/ | 441 | 7.8 |
/colorado/broomfield/ | 351 | 5.3 |
One location page equals hundreds of clicks. Notice the ones still at position 35 to 40: those are the next 2,000-click pages once they climb a few spots.
This is how we create a few hundred location-based SEO pages for our multiple-location clients.
Why We Never Use Programmatic AI City Pages
And we don't do programmatic city pages, because programmatic city pages have a lot of qualifications and a lot of scrutiny that Google hates. People try to do a lot of programmatic SEO pages, or they try to do a lot of AI-based content-creator location pages. Google says that if it helps, they will promote them, but from our experience, Google never liked AI-created pages that are not very deep. They are thin.
So we prefer writing each and every page with the help of a human, and we use AI only for the outline for crafting that content.
A small market won on service terms, not the brand name.
12-month Search Console | 4,260 clicks | 335,984 impressions
Strive proves you don't need hundreds of pages to win a local market. A handful of properly built service pages, plus the right "near me" and "new braunfels" service terms, compounds over 12 months into page-one rankings for the money keywords, the ones that fill the calendar.
Strive IV: non-brand service and "near me" keywords on Google | |
Keyword | |
glutathione infusions near me | 1.0 |
iron infusion centers near me | 1.0 |
mobile iv hydration | 1.0 |
peptide shots near me | 1.0 |
peptides san antonio | 1.0 |
bpc 157 peptide near me | 1.0 |
iron infusion near me | 1.8 |
iv hydration near me | 3.1 |
iv therapy near me | 3.3 |
semaglutide dosing | 4.4 |
peptides new braunfels | 4.8 |
tirzepatide new braunfels | 5.2 |
The service and content pages doing the work | ||
Page | Clicks | |
/price-list | 235 | 5.5 |
/blog/peptides-in-new-braunfels-tx | 172 | 8.6 |
/services-1/weight-loss | 108 | 16.3 |
/services-1/wellness-services/microdosing-glp-1 | 103 | 12.8 |
/blog/semaglutide-dosage-in-new-braunfels-tx | 73 | 13.4 |
The proof: "iv therapy near me" at position 3.3, "iron infusion near me" at position 1.8, "iv hydration near me" at position 3.1. These are high-intent patients with their wallets out, captured by service pages, not a brand search. |
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Comparison Page SEO: The Medspa Content Goldmine
One of our killer strategies is the comparison-page goldmine, where we compare procedures: what works and what doesn't, or what the difference is between two procedures. We are not going against anyone. We are comparing two similar services or procedures.
Glutathione Push vs IV Drip: A Comparison Page That Ranks
For example, take our client RenewMe Spa. They are making $1 million a year or more. One of their top pieces of content, driving so much traffic and conversion, is "Glutathione Push vs IV Drip in Los Angeles." We created content that talks about the benefits of glutathione push and normal IV therapy, especially in Los Angeles.
We talk about the dosage included in the glutathione push, for example, 1,000 to 1,300 mg of glutathione per infusion. And we compare glutathione push vs glutathione drip: the administration and duration time, and the absorption rate, which is one of the critical factors. Glutathione push is one or two minutes; glutathione drip is basically 30 minutes to one hour. Glutathione push doesn't pass through the digestive system, it enters the bloodstream directly. Then we cover skin whitening and other health benefits.
The comparison built right into the page | ||
Factor | Glutathione Push | Glutathione Drip |
Administration time | 1 to 2 minutes | 30 to 60 minutes |
Dosage per infusion | 1,000 to 1,300 mg | Delivered over the drip |
Absorption | Direct to bloodstream | Slower, over the infusion |
Best for | Skin whitening, quick visits | Larger volume, relaxed pace |
That is how we discuss the benefits and everything else between glutathione push and gluta drip. This is one of the key pieces of content we created that helped them get more clients.
One comparison page. 2,115 clicks a year.
12-month Search Console | this single comparison page out-earns a year of generic blogging
RenewMe: the comparison "vs" page family | ||
Comparison page | Clicks | |
/gluta-push-vs-drip-los-angeles | 2,115 | 5.9 |
/glutathione-iv-vs-pills-los-angeles | 19 | 6.3 |
/testosterone-shots-vs-pellets-los-angeles | 7 | 13.9 |
/nad-iv-vs-injection | 4 | 21.5 |
The comparison keywords RenewMe owns on Google | |
Keyword | |
glutathione push vs drip | 1.2 |
which is more effective gluta push or drip | 1.1 |
difference between gluta push and gluta drip | 1.1 |
gluta drip vs gluta push | 1.7 |
gluta push effect | 2.4 |
gluta push | 3.8 |
The proof: RenewMe owns position 1.1 to 1.7 for every way a patient phrases "gluta push vs drip." Nobody else writes these pages, so RenewMe owns the comparison. |
Botox Myths vs Facts: Comparison Content That Converts
Not only that, we also created content for our Paris MedSpa client where we discussed Botox myths vs facts. People know the benefits of Botox by seeing a lot of YouTube videos, but there are a lot of myths going around about Botox-related topics. Myths like: Botox creates a frozen look, Botox is unsafe, Botox is only for women, results are immediate, any injector can perform Botox, or you can do it yourself. We created content that destroys people's wrong thoughts about these myth-vs-fact things.
This is how we create more content in the "versus" category and push them. And a few other examples: Glutathione IV vs pills, PRP vs exosome, and NAD IV therapy vs injection. Like these, we have published lots of "vs" comparison pages that add more visitors and clients.
The Medspa Content Engine: Deep Articles That Rank
The content engine: single articles pulling thousands of non-brand clicks.
12-month Search Console | 44,891 clicks | 4.99M impressions
This is what the content layer looks like at scale. Not the brand name, but deep, human-written treatment and condition content that answers exactly what the patient is searching, ranking page-one for high-volume non-brand terms.
Sculpted MD: non-brand content pages | ||
Page | Clicks | |
/safely-stopping-trt-step-by-step | 7,611 | 8.5 |
/peptides-for-acne-and-pimples | 5,357 | 4.2 |
/can-i-take-testosterone-therapy-and-peptides | 4,423 | 7.8 |
/peptides-for-muscle-growth | 1,398 | 8.0 |
/phentermine-interactions | 1,156 | 6.8 |
The non-brand keywords these pages own on Google | |
Keyword | |
what is dysport | 1.0 |
best peptide for hormonal acne | 1.1 |
do any peptides help with acne | 1.2 |
peptides before and after | 1.3 |
lowering trt dose | 1.3 |
peptides for skin and acne | 1.4 |
best peptides for acne | 2.5 |
how to taper off trt | 2.6 |
how to taper off testosterone | 2.7 |
peptides for acne | 3.0 |
The proof: A single article, "safely stopping TRT," pulls 7,611 clicks a year at position 8.5. "Peptides for acne" ranks position 3.0. Three content pages alone bring in over 17,000 non-brand clicks a year. Zero of these are the brand name. |
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5 Medspa SEO Mistakes That Kill Your Rankings
Our clients who come from other agencies have a common pattern. Here are the five medspa SEO mistakes we see over and over again.
Mistake 1: Title Tag Cannibalization
Their keyword and title tag are cannibalized. They have the same title tag to show Google "we are Botox, Botox, Botox," or "we are medspa, medspa, medspa, we provide semaglutide, semaglutide," like 10 pages all showing the same title tag over and over again. And pretty much all the pages talk about the same thing over and over again, which doesn't work. Google wants one page talking about one subject matter that helps its users. If not, Google doesn't allow you to rank higher.
Mistake 2: Geo-Flooding With Thin Location Pages
If your medspa is in Dallas, and I see many medspa agencies do this, they basically flood their website with location-based pages created using AI and very thin content, creating multiple locations and suburban areas nearby. This gets hit by Google. Google doesn't like this kind of black-hat SEO technique, and Google punishes these kinds of websites. It will take months, even years, to recover from these kinds of activities.
Mistake 3: Blog Posts Where Service Pages Should Be
A blog post should be a blog post. A service page should be a service page. You cannot have a big chunk of content written on your service page. A service page is where people want to know: what service is this, what's included, what's the result. I want to see a testimonial, then I want to book an appointment with you. Not more than that.
Most of our clients who come from others may get a little bit of traffic, but no conversion, because their service pages are filled with blog content that is 1,000 to 2,000 words, a huge chunk of content people have to read just to know what your service is. They don't care about what injection you use. They don't care about the chemical formula of hyaluronic acid, or Botox, or neurotoxins, or scientific words. People want to know what it is going to do for them, and how it is going to help them. And that is it.
Mistake 4: Ignoring Google Business Profile
Most of the agencies completely ignore the Google Business Profile and never update it. They basically focus on setting it up once and forgetting it, and only when the client wants to leave do they go ahead and update the Google Business Profile.
Mistake 5: Malware and Security Drift
Malware and security drift is the final, and the most crucial, thing that will kill your medspa.
Our RenewMe Spa, though they are making a lot of money, like a million dollars a year, did not have the best infrastructure, and they were hosting on shared hosting on Bluehost. Hackers hacked the site. Their revenue dropped by 50%. They lost almost 50% of their income, that is $50,000 a month in revenue, gone, wiped out, because of a hacker hacking the site.
If you want your site to be very secure, set up your site on a very secure platform. Quarantine the files if anything comes in. To protect against SQL injection, disable the overall site upload functionality, and only when you want to upload an image or a blog, at that time enable the upload functionality, then upload the blog content, then disable the upload functionality and the back doors. And if you want, you can use SiteGround, which is the best for securing your site, all the options in a click of a button.
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By Daniel Madhan, Founder, Intellius Medical
Every number in this guide is pulled from our live clients' Google Search Console. This is the exact medical spa SEO strategy we run for the medspas we work with, and the results are right here in every section.
