Searching for a Veterinarian on Google

Want to know how many pet owners are using Google to search for a veterinarian or animal hospital in your city? There's an easy way to get a general idea. Knowing this will give you some idea as to how many new clients you could be picking up if your veterinary practice's website is well optimized for that search.

By the way, if you have any trouble with this, we're happy to help you at My Hometown Vet. Just drop us a note (http://www.myhometownvet.com/).

First, go to your browser and type in adwords.google.com. Once you're there, you'll have to set up an account. It's free and you'll be glad you did it. Next, go to the "keywords" tool (screenshot below).

Next, type in the key words that you think pet owners are using to search for you. For instance, "veterinarian atlanta" will give you the following results:

According to Google, there are over 10,000 searches a month just using the keyword "veterinarian Atlanta" or some variation of that word. That's a significant number of people in the Atlanta area searching for a veterinarian.

And according to Google and other search engine metrics, nearly 52% of all local business searches are done with the intent to purchase. That means, the veterinary practice that is well optimized for the search in Atlanta for a pet owner searching for a veterinarian is going to pick up a lot of new clients.

This is exactly what we do at My Hometown Vet. Our goal is to optimize your website so that a new pet owner finds your website when they search for you. We're not just a directory, but Search Engine Marketing experts that utilizes all of the Internet to help potential clients find your veterinary practice. Keep reading to lear more!

To your Internet Marketing success!

CJ Levendoski
Managing Partner

Myhometownvet.com allows veterinarians to market their veterinary practice on the internet; marketing your veterinary practice website; search engine optimization for the veterinary practice. Veterinary practice management. Veterinary marketing. Veterinary advertising, veterinary reminder cards.

Is your website Search Engine Friendly?

Although most of the veterinary practices I speak to already have a website, many veterinarians are considering a new website or overhauling their existing site. If one of your goals is to use your veterinary website as a way to reach potential clients and to market your practice, there are some very important guidelines to follow. Most importantly, make sure that you build it to be Search Engine Friendly!

Search Engines have some very specific rules about how websites rank when a pet owner searches for a veterinary practice online. How your website is built, the relevancy of the content (this means writing content rich with the key words pet owners are using to search for an animal hospital), back links, meta tags, and other important SEO factors. All of these factors are important and should be taken into consideration when you either build or overhaul your website.

Keep in mind why you're doing this. Your goal should be to appear on the first page when someone searches for a veterinarian. Did you know that the first result in the "free" results section of a search page typically gets 48% of the visits? No. 2 gets 25%, and No. 3 spot gets 11%. The number 10 spot (still on the first page) only gets 7%. Listings on the second page get 2% and listings on the third page get a whopping .005% of the clicks.

In other words, if your website doesn't appear on the first page of a natural search result, you may never be found! That's why it's so important to make sure your website is built properly. If it's not, invest in the time and money to change it. The Internet is today what the Yellow Pages was 10 years ago. Make sure pet owners can find you when they're looking for you!

Our goal at My Hometown Vet is for your practice to be found when a pet owner searches for a new veterinarian.

To your Internet Marketing success!
CJ Levendoski
Managing Partner

Myhometownvet.com allows veterinarians to market their veterinary practice on the internet; marketing your veterinary practice website; search engine optimization for the veterinary practice. Veterinary practice management. Veterinary marketing. Veterinary advertising, veterinary reminder cards.