Dental SEO & Website Benchmarks: Ellicott City, MD
Live figures from 44 indexable audited Ellicott City dental practice websites, recomputed as practices are re-audited. Most recent audit September 18, 2026. Methodology dps-37-v1.
74
median score
0 vs Maryland median 74
69.89
average score
Maryland average: 71.25
82
top quartile
the score the best 25% of local websites clear
44
websites audited
of 1,879 across Maryland
Score distribution
Grade distribution in Ellicott City
Counts use all 44 indexable audited Ellicott City websites.
A
9.09%
4 of 44
B
22.73%
10 of 44
C
29.55%
13 of 44
D
13.64%
6 of 44
F
25.00%
11 of 44
Maryland distribution: A 4% · B 28% · C 34% · D 13% · F 20% (1,879 websites).
Largest local difference first
Where Ellicott City 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 Ellicott City websites are omitted.
95%
AggregateRating structured data not detected
42 of 44 evaluated Ellicott City websites — vs 93.72% across Maryland.
93%
Service or treatment structured data not detected
41 of 44 evaluated Ellicott City websites — vs 93.13% across Maryland.
91%
FAQPage structured data not detected
40 of 44 evaluated Ellicott City websites — vs 96.59% across Maryland.
| Check | Ellicott City rate | Maryland rate | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Privacy-policy link not detectedPatient journey | 34.09%15 of 44 evaluated | 49.02%921 of 1,879 evaluated | −14.93 pp |
| Images missing alternative textWebsite fundamentals | 56.82%25 of 44 evaluated | 71.15%1,337 of 1,879 evaluated | −14.33 pp |
| Missing meta descriptionsWebsite fundamentals | 47.73%21 of 44 evaluated | 38.90%731 of 1,879 evaluated | +8.83 pp |
| BreadcrumbList structured data not detectedStructured data | 79.55%35 of 44 evaluated | 71.10%1,336 of 1,879 evaluated | +8.45 pp |
| Emergency-services page not detectedPatient journey | 54.55%24 of 44 evaluated | 60.78%1,142 of 1,879 evaluated | −6.23 pp |
| FAQ page not detectedPatient journey | 72.73%32 of 44 evaluated | 66.63%1,252 of 1,879 evaluated | +6.10 pp |
| FAQPage structured data not detectedStructured data | 90.91%40 of 44 evaluated | 96.59%1,815 of 1,879 evaluated | −5.68 pp |
| Insurance or payment page not detectedPatient journey | 61.36%27 of 44 evaluated | 55.72%1,047 of 1,879 evaluated | +5.64 pp |
| Contact or inquiry form not detectedPatient journey | 65.91%29 of 44 evaluated | 70.57%1,326 of 1,879 evaluated | −4.66 pp |
| Clear booking action not detectedPatient journey | 50.00%22 of 44 evaluated | 45.50%855 of 1,879 evaluated | +4.50 pp |
| Limited useful contentWebsite fundamentals | 43.18%19 of 44 evaluated | 39.86%749 of 1,879 evaluated | +3.32 pp |
| XML sitemap not detectedWebsite fundamentals | 34.09%15 of 44 evaluated | 31.51%592 of 1,879 evaluated | +2.58 pp |
| Missing canonical tagsWebsite fundamentals | 38.64%17 of 44 evaluated | 36.30%682 of 1,879 evaluated | +2.34 pp |
| Dentist or LocalBusiness structured data not detectedStructured data | 45.45%20 of 44 evaluated | 47.26%888 of 1,879 evaluated | −1.81 pp |
| AggregateRating structured data not detectedStructured data | 95.45%42 of 44 evaluated | 93.72%1,761 of 1,879 evaluated | +1.73 pp |
| Unclear H1 structureWebsite fundamentals | 56.82%25 of 44 evaluated | 58.01%1,090 of 1,879 evaluated | −1.19 pp |
| Service or treatment structured data not detectedStructured data | 93.18%41 of 44 evaluated | 93.13%1,750 of 1,879 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%
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Common questions
Dental SEO and website questions for Ellicott City
- How good are dental practice websites in Ellicott City?
- Across 44 audited Ellicott City dental practice websites, the median DentalPresence Score is 74 out of 100, and the best 25% of local sites score 82 or higher. The score summarizes 37 deterministic website and SEO checks covering structured data, website fundamentals, and the patient journey.
- What do Ellicott City dental websites most often get wrong?
- The most common gaps detected on audited Ellicott City dental websites are: “AggregateRating structured data not detected” (95% of evaluated sites); “Service or treatment structured data not detected” (93% of evaluated sites); “FAQPage 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 Ellicott City compare with the rest of Maryland?
- Ellicott City's median score of 74 is equal to the Maryland-wide median of 74, based on 1,879 audited websites across Maryland.
- 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 Ellicott City 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 Maryland 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 Ellicott City 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.