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Monthly SEO Performance Report · Confidential
August 2026 Report

Delicate Smiles
Milwaukee, WI

Reporting period: August 1–August 31, 2026

delicatesmiles.net

219
Keywords Ranking
▲ from 80 in July · Semrush
452
Website Traffic / mo
Organic sessions (GA4)
92
GBP Phone Calls
▲ from 85 in July
4.9★
Review Rating
152 total · +9 new
This Month's Work

What We've Done This Month

August was a content & growth month for Delicate Smiles. With the site live, we focused on publishing helpful blog content, building off-site authority, technical upkeep, and monitoring how the new pages perform in search. Here's the work completed in August, with links so you can review each item directly.

Blogs Completed 4 new
We published 4 new blog posts this month — each answering a common patient question and reinforcing a key service topic for search:
Backlinks Added 3 new
We built 3 new backlinks this month — local directory and dentist-listing citations that strengthen the practice's off-site footprint and NAP consistency:
View Backlinks Sheet
Technical SEO — Maintenance
Routine upkeep this month: monitored Google Search Console for crawl and indexing issues, kept the XML sitemap current, re-checked service-page schema and internal links, and verified Core Web Vitals and mobile performance stayed healthy across the site. No new issues surfaced.
Tracking & Reporting
Monitored rankings and performance across Semrush (position tracking for 14 local Milwaukee search terms), Local Falcon (map-pack grid scans), and Windsor — pulling Google Analytics 4, Google Business Profile, and Google Search Console data together so every number in this report is live and verified.
Semrush Position Tracking

Keyword Rankings

Every keyword in the practice's Semrush position-tracking campaign that is now ranking in Google — 10 in total. Before we launched, the site ranked for none of these Milwaukee terms; every one below is a brand-new ranking earned since the campaign began on July 22, led by veneers milwaukee and root canal milwaukee at #9. Positions shown are the latest tracking crawl (September 4).

Search PhrasePositionChangeSearches/moStatus
veneers milwaukee#9▲ New90Improving
root canal milwaukee#9▲ New<10Improving
veneers in milwaukee#12▲ New<10Improving
teeth whitening milwaukee#22▲ New140Building
dentist milwaukee#23▲ New90Building
milwaukee dentist#23▲ New20Building
invisalign in milwaukee#34▲ New<10Building
dental implants in milwaukee#35▲ New50Building
dental implants milwaukee#36▲ New260Building
dentist in milwaukee#37▲ New140Building

Source: Semrush position tracking (campaign start Jul 22 → latest crawl Sep 4, 2026; local search volume). "▲ New" marks keywords that entered Google's top 100 since tracking began. Volumes shown as <10 fall below Semrush's reported threshold.

Local Falcon Grid

Local Map Rankings

Where the practice shows up on Google Maps across the local grid. Each circle is a geographic search point — greener is better, the blue pin is the office. Click any circle to see the rank at that point. In August, map-pack coverage softened versus July — average rank moved to ~12 and top-3 share dipped. The practice still appears across the central grid around the office, but the outer edges dropped off. This is our focus area next month, and the strong GBP momentum (9 new 5★ reviews, calls up) is exactly the signal that helps rebuild map position.

Keyword: dentist in milwaukee
Grid: 11×11 · 3 mile radius
Scanned: August 31, 2026
12.16
Avg Rank (ARP)
67/121
Points Ranked
0.8%
SoLV
121
Search Points
#1
#2–3
#4–5
#6–7
#8–9
#10–19
#20+
Not ranking
Office
Keyword: dentist near me
Grid: 11×11 · 3 mile radius
Scanned: August 31, 2026
12.76
Avg Rank (ARP)
59/121
Points Ranked
1.6%
SoLV
121
Search Points
#1
#2–3
#4–5
#6–7
#8–9
#10–19
#20+
Not ranking
Office
Google Analytics 4 · via Windsor

Traffic to Each Page

Top pages by organic visits in August. These are the pages doing the heavy lifting for the practice — traffic has spread well beyond the homepage as the site matures.

Source: Windsor / Google Analytics 4 organic sessions per page. Bar widths are relative to the top page.

Google Analytics 4 · via Windsor

Where Traffic Comes From

How visitors found the website in August, broken down by channel. Organic search surged to 452 sessions — nearly matching Direct and up from 59 in the site's first, partial month — a strong signal that the new pages are gaining traction in search.

46% 43% 7%

Total sessions this month: 1,049

Direct46%478 sess.
Organic Search43%452 sess.
Organic Social7%76 sess.
Referral3%32 sess.
Other (Unassigned · AI)1%11 sess.

Source: Windsor / Google Analytics 4 — sessions by default channel group.

Google Business Profile · via Windsor

Google Business Profile Performance

Activity on the Google Business listing this month and the prior 5 months — calls, web clicks, reviews, and how often the profile showed up in Search and Maps. August highlights: 9 new 5★ reviews (now 152 total) and phone calls up again (85 → 92). Website clicks eased off July's spike.

This month at a glance

92
Phone Calls
▲ 7 vs July (85)
+9
New Reviews
152 total · 4.9★
138
Website Clicks
▼ 85 vs July (223)
2,117
Searches / Impr.
Search + Maps this month

6-month trend

MonthImpressionsSearchMapsWeb ClicksCallsDirections
Mar 20262,1691,80536412669104
Apr 20262,0821,76431811281118
May 20262,2511,92033112568135
Jun 20262,0951,79629918374125
Jul 20262,2531,96129222385114
Aug 20262,1171,77734013892129

Source: Windsor / Google Business Profile insights.