Dental SEO & Website Benchmarks: Houston, TX
Live figures from 998 indexable audited Houston dental practice websites, recomputed as practices are re-audited. Most recent audit September 19, 2026. Methodology dps-37-v1.
74
median score
−2.00 vs Texas median 76
70.63
average score
Texas average: 72.29
83
top quartile
the score the best 25% of local websites clear
998
websites audited
of 8,703 across Texas
Score distribution
Grade distribution in Houston
Counts use all 998 indexable audited Houston websites.
A
4.61%
46 of 998
B
33.97%
339 of 998
C
23.55%
235 of 998
D
13.53%
135 of 998
F
24.35%
243 of 998
Texas distribution: A 5% · B 36% · C 27% · D 12% · F 20% (8,703 websites).
Largest local difference first
Where Houston 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 Houston websites are omitted.
95%
FAQPage structured data not detected
946 of 998 evaluated Houston websites — vs 95.30% across Texas.
93%
AggregateRating structured data not detected
929 of 998 evaluated Houston websites — vs 91.58% across Texas.
93%
Service or treatment structured data not detected
926 of 998 evaluated Houston websites — vs 91.83% across Texas.
| Check | Houston rate | Texas rate | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAQ page not detectedPatient journey | 73.45%733 of 998 evaluated | 67.43%5,868 of 8,703 evaluated | +6.02 pp |
| Dentist or LocalBusiness structured data not detectedStructured data | 48.70%486 of 998 evaluated | 43.10%3,751 of 8,703 evaluated | +5.60 pp |
| Privacy-policy link not detectedPatient journey | 50.40%503 of 998 evaluated | 45.87%3,992 of 8,703 evaluated | +4.53 pp |
| Emergency-services page not detectedPatient journey | 64.13%640 of 998 evaluated | 60.03%5,224 of 8,703 evaluated | +4.10 pp |
| Missing canonical tagsWebsite fundamentals | 38.08%380 of 998 evaluated | 34.11%2,969 of 8,703 evaluated | +3.97 pp |
| BreadcrumbList structured data not detectedStructured data | 70.64%705 of 998 evaluated | 66.87%5,820 of 8,703 evaluated | +3.77 pp |
| Insurance or payment page not detectedPatient journey | 56.51%564 of 998 evaluated | 53.15%4,626 of 8,703 evaluated | +3.36 pp |
| Unclear H1 structureWebsite fundamentals | 58.32%582 of 998 evaluated | 55.43%4,824 of 8,703 evaluated | +2.89 pp |
| XML sitemap not detectedWebsite fundamentals | 34.37%343 of 998 evaluated | 31.79%2,767 of 8,703 evaluated | +2.58 pp |
| Limited useful contentWebsite fundamentals | 38.98%389 of 998 evaluated | 36.94%3,215 of 8,703 evaluated | +2.04 pp |
| Images missing alternative textWebsite fundamentals | 68.34%682 of 998 evaluated | 66.32%5,772 of 8,703 evaluated | +2.02 pp |
| Missing meta descriptionsWebsite fundamentals | 40.68%406 of 998 evaluated | 38.66%3,365 of 8,703 evaluated | +2.02 pp |
| AggregateRating structured data not detectedStructured data | 93.09%929 of 998 evaluated | 91.58%7,970 of 8,703 evaluated | +1.51 pp |
| Clear booking action not detectedPatient journey | 46.79%467 of 998 evaluated | 45.43%3,954 of 8,703 evaluated | +1.36 pp |
| Service or treatment structured data not detectedStructured data | 92.79%926 of 998 evaluated | 91.83%7,992 of 8,703 evaluated | +0.96 pp |
| FAQPage structured data not detectedStructured data | 94.79%946 of 998 evaluated | 95.30%8,294 of 8,703 evaluated | −0.51 pp |
| Contact or inquiry form not detectedPatient journey | 69.44%693 of 998 evaluated | 69.65%6,062 of 8,703 evaluated | −0.21 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 Houston market
Common questions
Dental SEO and website questions for Houston
- How good are dental practice websites in Houston?
- Across 998 audited Houston dental practice websites, the median DentalPresence Score is 74 out of 100, and the best 25% of local sites score 83 or higher. The score summarizes 37 deterministic website and SEO checks covering structured data, website fundamentals, and the patient journey.
- What do Houston dental websites most often get wrong?
- The most common gaps detected on audited Houston dental websites are: “FAQPage structured data not detected” (95% of evaluated sites); “AggregateRating structured data not detected” (93% of evaluated sites); “Service or treatment structured data not detected” (93% 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 Houston compare with the rest of Texas?
- Houston's median score of 74 is 2 points below the Texas-wide median of 76, based on 8,703 audited websites across Texas.
- 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 Houston 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 Texas 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 Houston 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.