Dental SEO & Website Benchmarks: Bowling Green, KY
Live figures from 36 indexable audited Bowling Green dental practice websites, recomputed as practices are re-audited. Most recent audit September 6, 2026. Methodology dps-37-v1.
77
median score
+5.00 vs Kentucky median 72
74.22
average score
Kentucky average: 69.53
85
top quartile
the score the best 25% of local websites clear
36
websites audited
of 979 across Kentucky
Score distribution
Grade distribution in Bowling Green
Counts use all 36 indexable audited Bowling Green websites.
A
8.33%
3 of 36
B
36.11%
13 of 36
C
19.44%
7 of 36
D
22.22%
8 of 36
F
13.89%
5 of 36
Kentucky distribution: A 3% · B 24% · C 32% · D 19% · F 22% (979 websites).
Largest local difference first
Where Bowling Green 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 Bowling Green websites are omitted.
94%
FAQPage structured data not detected
34 of 36 evaluated Bowling Green websites — vs 95.10% across Kentucky.
92%
Service or treatment structured data not detected
33 of 36 evaluated Bowling Green websites — vs 90.81% across Kentucky.
89%
AggregateRating structured data not detected
32 of 36 evaluated Bowling Green websites — vs 94.28% across Kentucky.
| Check | Bowling Green rate | Kentucky rate | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emergency-services page not detectedPatient journey | 55.56%20 of 36 evaluated | 75.38%738 of 979 evaluated | −19.82 pp |
| Unclear H1 structureWebsite fundamentals | 44.44%16 of 36 evaluated | 61.39%601 of 979 evaluated | −16.95 pp |
| Dentist or LocalBusiness structured data not detectedStructured data | 36.11%13 of 36 evaluated | 51.48%504 of 979 evaluated | −15.37 pp |
| XML sitemap not detectedWebsite fundamentals | 22.22%8 of 36 evaluated | 35.34%346 of 979 evaluated | −13.12 pp |
| Clear booking action not detectedPatient journey | 50.00%18 of 36 evaluated | 60.37%591 of 979 evaluated | −10.37 pp |
| FAQ page not detectedPatient journey | 61.11%22 of 36 evaluated | 70.07%686 of 979 evaluated | −8.96 pp |
| AggregateRating structured data not detectedStructured data | 88.89%32 of 36 evaluated | 94.28%923 of 979 evaluated | −5.39 pp |
| Privacy-policy link not detectedPatient journey | 41.67%15 of 36 evaluated | 45.97%450 of 979 evaluated | −4.30 pp |
| Missing canonical tagsWebsite fundamentals | 33.33%12 of 36 evaluated | 35.96%352 of 979 evaluated | −2.63 pp |
| Insurance or payment page not detectedPatient journey | 63.89%23 of 36 evaluated | 66.19%648 of 979 evaluated | −2.30 pp |
| Missing meta descriptionsWebsite fundamentals | 44.44%16 of 36 evaluated | 42.29%414 of 979 evaluated | +2.15 pp |
| Limited useful contentWebsite fundamentals | 41.67%15 of 36 evaluated | 43.62%427 of 979 evaluated | −1.95 pp |
| Contact or inquiry form not detectedPatient journey | 77.78%28 of 36 evaluated | 76.10%745 of 979 evaluated | +1.68 pp |
| Service or treatment structured data not detectedStructured data | 91.67%33 of 36 evaluated | 90.81%889 of 979 evaluated | +0.86 pp |
| FAQPage structured data not detectedStructured data | 94.44%34 of 36 evaluated | 95.10%931 of 979 evaluated | −0.66 pp |
| Images missing alternative textWebsite fundamentals | 72.22%26 of 36 evaluated | 71.60%701 of 979 evaluated | +0.62 pp |
| BreadcrumbList structured data not detectedStructured data | 66.67%24 of 36 evaluated | 66.91%655 of 979 evaluated | −0.24 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%
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Common questions
Dental SEO and website questions for Bowling Green
- How good are dental practice websites in Bowling Green?
- Across 36 audited Bowling Green dental practice websites, the median DentalPresence Score is 77 out of 100, and the best 25% of local sites score 85 or higher. The score summarizes 37 deterministic website and SEO checks covering structured data, website fundamentals, and the patient journey.
- What do Bowling Green dental websites most often get wrong?
- The most common gaps detected on audited Bowling Green dental websites are: “FAQPage structured data not detected” (94% of evaluated sites); “Service or treatment structured data not detected” (92% of evaluated sites); “AggregateRating structured data not detected” (89% 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 Bowling Green compare with the rest of Kentucky?
- Bowling Green's median score of 77 is 5 points above the Kentucky-wide median of 72, based on 979 audited websites across Kentucky.
- 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 Bowling Green 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 Kentucky 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.
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The Bowling Green 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.