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
Pearl Family Dentistry currently has the strongest measured search visibility in Merced.
Its composite visibility score is 38.2, compared with a market average of 10.8. 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
- 15.9
- Average high-intent searches in the top 10
- 7.6
Google Maps leader
Nathan W. Miller, DDS Jeremy D. Skinner, DDS
38.1 channel score
Organic search leader
Merced Kids Dentist and Orthodontics
45.9 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.
- 1Pearl Family DentistryMaps #2 · organic #2 · 21 top-10 searches38.2visibility score↑ 2
- 2Merced Kids Dentist and OrthodonticsMaps #5 · organic #1 · 23 top-10 searches29.1visibility score↑ 6
- 3Nathan W. Miller, DDS Jeremy D. Skinner, DDSMaps #1 · organic #16 · 12 top-10 searches28.0visibility score↓ 1
- 4Merced Family Dental CareMaps #6 · organic #3 · 20 top-10 searches25.4visibility score↑ 3
- 5Precision Family Dentistry North MercedMaps #4 · organic #15 · 13 top-10 searches22.6visibility score↑ 5
- 6Yosemite Dental Jun Ho Lee, DDS, Inc.Maps #3 · organic #19 · 3 top-10 searches22.0visibility score↑ 6
- 7Merced Modern DentistryMaps #12 · organic #5 · 14 top-10 searches19.0visibility score↓ 6
- 8Merced Dental SpaMaps #7 · organic #7 · 18 top-10 searches18.4visibility score↓ 3
- 9DIAMOND DENTAL SUITEMaps #17 · organic #6 · 17 top-10 searches16.3visibility score↑ 10
- 10Western Dental & OrthodonticsMaps #10 · organic #10 · 10 top-10 searches15.9visibility score↑ 6
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.
Special-needs dentist
11 organic appearancesOrthodontist
22 organic appearancesVeneers
17 organic appearancesDental cleaning
15 organic appearancesSedation dentist
18 organic appearancesWisdom teeth removal
22 organic appearancesBraces
20 organic appearancesOral surgeon
22 organic appearancesFamily dentist
20 organic appearancesDentist
16 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?+
Pearl Family Dentistry ranks first in the current American Dentists Patient Search Visibility Index with a score of 38.2. 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.