Dental SEO & Website Benchmarks: Bellingham, WA
Live figures from 57 indexable audited Bellingham dental practice websites, recomputed as practices are re-audited. Most recent audit September 19, 2026. Methodology dps-37-v1.
69
median score
−6.00 vs Washington median 75
69.16
average score
Washington average: 71.41
79
top quartile
the score the best 25% of local websites clear
57
websites audited
of 2,892 across Washington
Score distribution
Grade distribution in Bellingham
Counts use all 57 indexable audited Bellingham websites.
A
3.51%
2 of 57
B
21.05%
12 of 57
C
24.56%
14 of 57
D
31.58%
18 of 57
F
19.30%
11 of 57
Washington distribution: A 4% · B 33% · C 27% · D 17% · F 20% (2,892 websites).
Largest local difference first
Where Bellingham 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 Bellingham websites are omitted.
98%
AggregateRating structured data not detected
56 of 57 evaluated Bellingham websites — vs 91.56% across Washington.
96%
FAQPage structured data not detected
55 of 57 evaluated Bellingham websites — vs 96.23% across Washington.
93%
Service or treatment structured data not detected
53 of 57 evaluated Bellingham websites — vs 93.91% across Washington.
| Check | Bellingham rate | Washington rate | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limited useful contentWebsite fundamentals | 50.88%29 of 57 evaluated | 38.66%1,118 of 2,892 evaluated | +12.22 pp |
| BreadcrumbList structured data not detectedStructured data | 80.70%46 of 57 evaluated | 69.71%2,016 of 2,892 evaluated | +10.99 pp |
| Dentist or LocalBusiness structured data not detectedStructured data | 56.14%32 of 57 evaluated | 45.68%1,321 of 2,892 evaluated | +10.46 pp |
| Missing meta descriptionsWebsite fundamentals | 49.12%28 of 57 evaluated | 40.28%1,165 of 2,892 evaluated | +8.84 pp |
| Images missing alternative textWebsite fundamentals | 59.65%34 of 57 evaluated | 67.46%1,951 of 2,892 evaluated | −7.81 pp |
| FAQ page not detectedPatient journey | 75.44%43 of 57 evaluated | 68.50%1,981 of 2,892 evaluated | +6.94 pp |
| Contact or inquiry form not detectedPatient journey | 80.70%46 of 57 evaluated | 73.79%2,134 of 2,892 evaluated | +6.91 pp |
| AggregateRating structured data not detectedStructured data | 98.25%56 of 57 evaluated | 91.56%2,648 of 2,892 evaluated | +6.69 pp |
| Clear booking action not detectedPatient journey | 54.39%31 of 57 evaluated | 48.34%1,398 of 2,892 evaluated | +6.05 pp |
| Insurance or payment page not detectedPatient journey | 59.65%34 of 57 evaluated | 55.05%1,592 of 2,892 evaluated | +4.60 pp |
| Service or treatment structured data not detectedStructured data | 92.98%53 of 57 evaluated | 93.91%2,716 of 2,892 evaluated | −0.93 pp |
| Privacy-policy link not detectedPatient journey | 50.88%29 of 57 evaluated | 49.97%1,445 of 2,892 evaluated | +0.91 pp |
| Missing canonical tagsWebsite fundamentals | 33.33%19 of 57 evaluated | 33.75%976 of 2,892 evaluated | −0.42 pp |
| FAQPage structured data not detectedStructured data | 96.49%55 of 57 evaluated | 96.23%2,783 of 2,892 evaluated | +0.26 pp |
| Unclear H1 structureWebsite fundamentals | 57.89%33 of 57 evaluated | 58.13%1,681 of 2,892 evaluated | −0.24 pp |
| XML sitemap not detectedWebsite fundamentals | 33.33%19 of 57 evaluated | 33.13%958 of 2,892 evaluated | +0.20 pp |
| Emergency-services page not detectedPatient journey | 63.16%36 of 57 evaluated | 63.11%1,825 of 2,892 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 Bellingham market
Common questions
Dental SEO and website questions for Bellingham
- How good are dental practice websites in Bellingham?
- Across 57 audited Bellingham dental practice websites, the median DentalPresence Score is 69 out of 100, and the best 25% of local sites score 79 or higher. The score summarizes 37 deterministic website and SEO checks covering structured data, website fundamentals, and the patient journey.
- What do Bellingham dental websites most often get wrong?
- The most common gaps detected on audited Bellingham dental websites are: “AggregateRating structured data not detected” (98% of evaluated sites); “FAQPage structured data not detected” (96% 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 Bellingham compare with the rest of Washington?
- Bellingham's median score of 69 is 6 points below the Washington-wide median of 75, based on 2,892 audited websites across Washington.
- 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 Bellingham 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 Washington 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 Bellingham 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.