Dental SEO & Website Benchmarks: Lakewood, CA
Live figures from 33 indexable audited Lakewood dental practice websites, recomputed as practices are re-audited. Most recent audit September 19, 2026. Methodology dps-37-v1.
73
median score
0 vs California median 73
68.58
average score
California average: 69.62
80
top quartile
the score the best 25% of local websites clear
33
websites audited
of 14,088 across California
Score distribution
Grade distribution in Lakewood
Counts use all 33 indexable audited Lakewood websites.
A
9.09%
3 of 33
B
18.18%
6 of 33
C
33.33%
11 of 33
D
9.09%
3 of 33
F
30.30%
10 of 33
California distribution: A 4% · B 28% · C 27% · D 16% · F 25% (14,088 websites).
Largest local difference first
Where Lakewood dental websites fall short
“Not detected” means a signal was absent from the homepage and up to two linked pages in a bounded crawl; it does not prove the signal is absent everywhere on the site. Every percentage shows its own evaluated base; checks evaluated on fewer than 30 Lakewood websites are omitted.
97%
Service or treatment structured data not detected
32 of 33 evaluated Lakewood websites — vs 94.84% across California.
97%
FAQPage structured data not detected
32 of 33 evaluated Lakewood websites — vs 95.48% across California.
91%
AggregateRating structured data not detected
30 of 33 evaluated Lakewood websites — vs 91.37% across California.
| Check | Lakewood rate | California rate | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Images missing alternative textWebsite fundamentals | 51.52%17 of 33 evaluated | 65.98%9,295 of 14,088 evaluated | −14.46 pp |
| FAQ page not detectedPatient journey | 57.58%19 of 33 evaluated | 70.43%9,922 of 14,088 evaluated | −12.85 pp |
| Insurance or payment page not detectedPatient journey | 57.58%19 of 33 evaluated | 63.37%8,928 of 14,088 evaluated | −5.79 pp |
| Privacy-policy link not detectedPatient journey | 57.58%19 of 33 evaluated | 52.36%7,377 of 14,088 evaluated | +5.22 pp |
| Limited useful contentWebsite fundamentals | 36.36%12 of 33 evaluated | 41.13%5,795 of 14,088 evaluated | −4.77 pp |
| Dentist or LocalBusiness structured data not detectedStructured data | 54.55%18 of 33 evaluated | 50.25%7,079 of 14,088 evaluated | +4.30 pp |
| Contact or inquiry form not detectedPatient journey | 72.73%24 of 33 evaluated | 69.99%9,860 of 14,088 evaluated | +2.74 pp |
| XML sitemap not detectedWebsite fundamentals | 33.33%11 of 33 evaluated | 35.82%5,046 of 14,088 evaluated | −2.49 pp |
| Missing meta descriptionsWebsite fundamentals | 45.45%15 of 33 evaluated | 43.21%6,087 of 14,088 evaluated | +2.24 pp |
| Service or treatment structured data not detectedStructured data | 96.97%32 of 33 evaluated | 94.84%13,361 of 14,088 evaluated | +2.13 pp |
| Unclear H1 structureWebsite fundamentals | 60.61%20 of 33 evaluated | 58.79%8,283 of 14,088 evaluated | +1.82 pp |
| FAQPage structured data not detectedStructured data | 96.97%32 of 33 evaluated | 95.48%13,451 of 14,088 evaluated | +1.49 pp |
| Missing canonical tagsWebsite fundamentals | 39.39%13 of 33 evaluated | 40.56%5,714 of 14,088 evaluated | −1.17 pp |
| Emergency-services page not detectedPatient journey | 66.67%22 of 33 evaluated | 67.40%9,495 of 14,088 evaluated | −0.73 pp |
| BreadcrumbList structured data not detectedStructured data | 72.73%24 of 33 evaluated | 73.24%10,318 of 14,088 evaluated | −0.51 pp |
| AggregateRating structured data not detectedStructured data | 90.91%30 of 33 evaluated | 91.37%12,872 of 14,088 evaluated | −0.46 pp |
| Clear booking action not detectedPatient journey | 51.52%17 of 33 evaluated | 51.47%7,251 of 14,088 evaluated | +0.05 pp |
2026 US study baseline
The frozen national picture for the same checks
Rates from the 50,405-website 2026 US study cohort — a frozen study base that counts every audited domain, so it is a different denominator than the live evaluated figures above and the two must not be read as one series.
Dentist or LocalBusiness structured data not detected38.72%
Insurance or payment page not detected51.40%
Clear booking action not detected42.35%
Missing meta descriptions33.36%
Emergency-services page not detected58.40%
FAQ page not detected65.47%
Unclear H1 structure53.80%
Missing canonical tags26.14%
Limited useful content32.11%
Contact or inquiry form not detected68.70%
FAQPage structured data not detected95.57%
Images missing alternative text74.25%
XML sitemap not detected24.75%
BreadcrumbList structured data not detected63.60%
AggregateRating structured data not detected91.06%
Service or treatment structured data not detected91.90%
Privacy-policy link not detected42.09%
Explore the Lakewood market
Common questions
Dental SEO and website questions for Lakewood
- How good are dental practice websites in Lakewood?
- Across 33 audited Lakewood dental practice websites, the median DentalPresence Score is 73 out of 100, and the best 25% of local sites score 80 or higher. The score summarizes 37 deterministic website and SEO checks covering structured data, website fundamentals, and the patient journey.
- What do Lakewood dental websites most often get wrong?
- The most common gaps detected on audited Lakewood dental websites are: “Service or treatment structured data not detected” (97% of evaluated sites); “FAQPage structured data not detected” (97% of evaluated sites); “AggregateRating structured data not detected” (91% of evaluated sites). “Not detected” is a bounded-crawl observation, not proof a signal is absent everywhere on a site.
- How does dental website quality in Lakewood compare with the rest of California?
- Lakewood's median score of 73 is equal to the California-wide median of 73, based on 14,088 audited websites across California.
- How can I check my own dental practice website's SEO?
- Run a free DentalPresence score: it audits a practice website against the same 37 checks behind every figure on this page and returns a prioritized list of what to fix first. No card is required.
Methodology and limitations
How these live figures are computed
Live cohort. Figures cover the indexable audited practice websites currently published for Lakewood in the DentalPresence index and recompute as sites are re-audited, so they will drift from the frozen 2026 study numbers over time. Each check's percentage uses only the websites where that check was actually evaluated, shown as its base.
Scoring. Methodology dps-37-v1: a bounded HTTP crawl of robots.txt, sitemap signals, the homepage, and up to two linked internal pages, scored across 37 deterministic checks. “Not detected” is a limited observation, not proof of absence.
What is excluded. Crawl-accessibility findings (DNS failures, blocked crawls, timeouts) come from the frozen study run and use a different cohort base, so they are not restated here — see the California benchmark for them. Percentages are withheld wherever fewer than 30 websites form the base.
No clinical claims. Website signals only — not a clinical rating. These figures do not use rankings, traffic, conversions, credentials, or patient outcomes, and a failed check is not proof of lost revenue or poor care.
Use the benchmark
Score a dental website against the same framework
The Lakewood figures describe a market, not an individual practice. Run a free score to inspect the public website signals detected for one practice — the same 37-check framework behind every number on this page.