Dental SEO & Website Benchmarks: Cincinnati, OH
Live figures from 200 indexable audited Cincinnati dental practice websites, recomputed as practices are re-audited. Most recent audit September 19, 2026. Methodology dps-37-v1.
73
median score
0 vs Ohio median 73
69.30
average score
Ohio average: 70.13
82
top quartile
the score the best 25% of local websites clear
200
websites audited
of 2,789 across Ohio
Score distribution
Grade distribution in Cincinnati
Counts use all 200 indexable audited Cincinnati websites.
A
4.00%
8 of 200
B
25.50%
51 of 200
C
29.50%
59 of 200
D
14.00%
28 of 200
F
27.00%
54 of 200
Ohio distribution: A 3% · B 26% · C 31% · D 17% · F 22% (2,789 websites).
Largest local difference first
Where Cincinnati 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 Cincinnati websites are omitted.
97%
FAQPage structured data not detected
193 of 200 evaluated Cincinnati websites — vs 96.31% across Ohio.
95%
Service or treatment structured data not detected
190 of 200 evaluated Cincinnati websites — vs 95.16% across Ohio.
95%
AggregateRating structured data not detected
189 of 200 evaluated Cincinnati websites — vs 95.09% across Ohio.
| Check | Cincinnati rate | Ohio rate | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact or inquiry form not detectedPatient journey | 80.50%161 of 200 evaluated | 72.07%2,010 of 2,789 evaluated | +8.43 pp |
| Images missing alternative textWebsite fundamentals | 63.00%126 of 200 evaluated | 69.42%1,936 of 2,789 evaluated | −6.42 pp |
| Emergency-services page not detectedPatient journey | 63.50%127 of 200 evaluated | 69.67%1,943 of 2,789 evaluated | −6.17 pp |
| Missing canonical tagsWebsite fundamentals | 39.50%79 of 200 evaluated | 36.03%1,005 of 2,789 evaluated | +3.47 pp |
| Privacy-policy link not detectedPatient journey | 48.50%97 of 200 evaluated | 51.45%1,435 of 2,789 evaluated | −2.95 pp |
| Dentist or LocalBusiness structured data not detectedStructured data | 54.00%108 of 200 evaluated | 51.99%1,450 of 2,789 evaluated | +2.01 pp |
| Unclear H1 structureWebsite fundamentals | 57.00%114 of 200 evaluated | 55.11%1,537 of 2,789 evaluated | +1.89 pp |
| FAQ page not detectedPatient journey | 70.00%140 of 200 evaluated | 68.63%1,914 of 2,789 evaluated | +1.37 pp |
| Limited useful contentWebsite fundamentals | 42.50%85 of 200 evaluated | 41.41%1,155 of 2,789 evaluated | +1.09 pp |
| BreadcrumbList structured data not detectedStructured data | 72.00%144 of 200 evaluated | 72.97%2,035 of 2,789 evaluated | −0.97 pp |
| XML sitemap not detectedWebsite fundamentals | 34.00%68 of 200 evaluated | 33.09%923 of 2,789 evaluated | +0.91 pp |
| Insurance or payment page not detectedPatient journey | 59.00%118 of 200 evaluated | 58.26%1,625 of 2,789 evaluated | +0.74 pp |
| Missing meta descriptionsWebsite fundamentals | 40.00%80 of 200 evaluated | 40.73%1,136 of 2,789 evaluated | −0.73 pp |
| AggregateRating structured data not detectedStructured data | 94.50%189 of 200 evaluated | 95.09%2,652 of 2,789 evaluated | −0.59 pp |
| Clear booking action not detectedPatient journey | 55.00%110 of 200 evaluated | 55.25%1,541 of 2,789 evaluated | −0.25 pp |
| FAQPage structured data not detectedStructured data | 96.50%193 of 200 evaluated | 96.31%2,686 of 2,789 evaluated | +0.19 pp |
| Service or treatment structured data not detectedStructured data | 95.00%190 of 200 evaluated | 95.16%2,654 of 2,789 evaluated | −0.16 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 Cincinnati market
Common questions
Dental SEO and website questions for Cincinnati
- How good are dental practice websites in Cincinnati?
- Across 200 audited Cincinnati dental practice websites, the median DentalPresence Score is 73 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 Cincinnati dental websites most often get wrong?
- The most common gaps detected on audited Cincinnati dental websites are: “FAQPage structured data not detected” (97% of evaluated sites); “Service or treatment structured data not detected” (95% of evaluated sites); “AggregateRating structured data not detected” (95% 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 Cincinnati compare with the rest of Ohio?
- Cincinnati's median score of 73 is equal to the Ohio-wide median of 73, based on 2,789 audited websites across Ohio.
- 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 Cincinnati 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 Ohio 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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Score a dental website against the same framework
The Cincinnati 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.