Patient Search Visibility Index
Merced dental search market
38 practices analyzed across 25 high-intent patient searches and 9 standardized Maps locations.
What the data says
Merced Modern Dentistry currently has the strongest measured search visibility in Merced.
Its composite visibility score is 42.7, compared with a market average of 12.1. This describes online discoverability for the measured searches—not care quality or patient outcomes.
Market diagnosis
organic search is the stronger discovery channel across this market.
- Practices appearing in measured results
- 37 of 38 (97%)
- Score needed for the top quarter
- 17.5
- Average high-intent searches in the top 10
- 7.5
Google Maps leader
El Portal Dental Group
39.4 channel score
Organic search leader
Merced Modern Dentistry
58.5 channel score
Current leaders
Top 10 for online search visibility
Ranked only by measured Google Maps and organic discoverability. This is not a clinical-quality ranking.
- 1Merced Modern DentistryMaps #4 · organic #1 · 21 top-10 searches42.7visibility score
- 2Precision Family Dentistry of North Merced : Tanner Banks, DDSMaps #2 · organic #14 · 13 top-10 searches27.5visibility score
- 3Merced Dental SpaMaps #3 · organic #11 · 14 top-10 searches26.7visibility score
- 4El Portal Dental GroupMaps #1 · organic #29 · 10 top-10 searches25.5visibility score
- 5Precision Family Dentistry of Merced - Nathan Miller DDS, Jeremy Skinner DDSMaps #11 · organic #3 · 15 top-10 searches22.7visibility score
- 6Olive Dental CareMaps #5 · organic #12 · 13 top-10 searches22.4visibility score
- 7Western Dental & OrthodonticsMaps #7 · organic #9 · 15 top-10 searches21.8visibility score
- 8Pearl Family Dentistry |Maps #13 · organic #4 · 18 top-10 searches21.0visibility score
- 9DIAMOND DENTAL SUITEMaps #8 · organic #16 · 12 top-10 searches17.6visibility score
- 10Merced Kids Dentist and OrthodonticsMaps #21 · organic #2 · 21 top-10 searches17.5visibility score
Search-by-search findings
Where the market is easiest—and hardest—to be found
Average visibility shows how much of each patient search the market’s practices capture. Longer bars indicate searches with stronger, more consistent local representation.
Wisdom teeth removal
22 organic appearancesOral surgeon
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21 organic appearancesCosmetic dentist
21 organic appearancesPeriodontist
17 organic appearancesFamily dentist
23 organic appearancesVeneers
20 organic appearancesInvisalign
25 organic appearancesRoot canal
23 organic appearancesHow to read this report
Visibility is not quality.
The index measures how often and how prominently practices appear for standardized local patient searches. Reviews, clinical outcomes, American Dentists placement, and payment do not change the score.
Merced visibility FAQ
Questions dentists ask about this report
Which dental practice has the strongest online visibility in Merced?+
Merced Modern Dentistry ranks first in the current American Dentists Patient Search Visibility Index with a score of 42.7. The index measures Google Maps and organic discoverability; it is not a rating of clinical quality.
How many Merced dental practices were measured?+
38 active practices were compared across 25 standardized high-intent patient searches. Maps searches used 9 fixed locations across the city.
Can a dentist pay to improve this ranking?+
No. Advertising, featured placement, claiming a profile, and subscription level do not alter the score, sampling locations, keyword weights, or entity matching.
What does the visibility score include?+
The composite score is 60% Google Maps visibility and 40% Google organic visibility. Ranking position, geographic coverage, keyword intent, and available search-demand evidence determine how much each result contributes.
Why might a well-known practice rank lower here?+
Reputation and search visibility are different measurements. A practice may be well regarded but appear less often for the standardized searches, rank strongly near its office but weakly across the city, or have a website that is difficult to attribute to one location.