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Monthly SEO Performance Report · Confidential
August 2026 Report · Progress vs July

Elite Dentistry
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

Reporting period: August 1–31, 2026

elitedentistryrsm.com

504
Keywords Ranking
Semrush · ▲ 90 vs July
219
Website Traffic / mo
Organic sessions · ▲ 56
45
GBP Phone Calls
▲ 2 vs July
4.9★
Review Rating
131 total · +8 in August
This Month's Work

What We've Done This Month

Here's the work the Dentist Nerds team completed for Elite Dentistry in August — with links so you can review each item directly.

Blogs Completed 4 new
Backlinks Added 2 new
We added 2 new backlinks this month with fresh dental-directory listings:
View Backlinks Sheet
Technical SEO
Ongoing monitoring & maintenance: verified schema and internal links on the Rancho Santa Margarita service pages, kept the sitemap submitted and clean in Google Search Console, and monitored rankings and site health across Semrush, Local Falcon, and Windsor.
Tracking & Reporting
Monitored rankings and performance across Semrush (keyword position tracking), 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

Priority keywords from the practice's Semrush position tracking, with each term's position on August 31, 2026 and the change since July 31. August was the strongest month yet — every tracked term now sits inside the top 17, with big jumps for "dentist near me" (▲19), "dentist in rancho santa margarita" (▲18) and "dentist in rsm" (▲15). Lower positions are better; the first few spots capture most of the clicks.

Search PhrasePositionChangeSearches/moStatus
dentist in rancho santa margarita#4▲ 18140Improving
dentist rancho santa margarita#4▲ 8260Improving
dental implants in rancho santa margarita#6▲ 1210Improving
emergency dentist in rancho santa margarita#7▲ 490Improving
emergency dentist near me#7▼ 1135,000Stable
dentist in rsm#8▲ 1530Improving
dental implants near me#9▲ 190,500Stable
root canal rancho santa margarita#11▲ 1530Improving
invisalign in rancho santa margarita#11▲ 530Improving
dentist near me#13▲ 19823,000Improving
teeth whitening rancho santa margarita#17▼ 240Stable

Source: Semrush position tracking for the client's project (desktop). Change column shows movement from July 31 to August 31. Searches/mo is Semrush US monthly search volume — high-volume "near me" terms reflect national demand, while the geo-specific Rancho Santa Margarita terms show local volume.

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.

Keyword: dentist in rancho santa margarita
Grid: 11×11 · 3 mile radius
Scanned: August 25, 2026
8.65
Avg Rank (ARP)
121/121
Points Ranked
2.48%
SoLV
121
Search Points
#1
#2–3
#4–5
#6–7
#8–9
#10–19
#20+
Not ranking
Office
Keyword: emergency dentist in rancho santa margarita
Grid: 11×11 · 3 mile radius
Scanned: August 25, 2026
vs July: ARP 4.91 → 4.65 (improving)
4.65
Avg Rank (ARP)
121/121
Points Ranked
0.83%
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.

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. Total traffic climbed to 1,237 sessions (up from 649 in July) — with organic search and organic social both growing.

58% 18% 16% 4% 4%

Total sessions this month: 1,237

Direct58%716 sess.
Organic Search18%219 sess.
Organic Social16%200 sess.
Referral4%53 sess.
Paid Social4%44 sess.
Other (AI Assistant, Unassigned)0.4%5 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.

This month at a glance

45
Phone Calls
▲ 2 vs July
+8
New Reviews
131 total · 4.9★
41
Website Clicks
▲ 9 vs July
584
Searches / Impr.
▲ 146 vs July

6-month trend

MonthImpressionsSearchMapsWeb ClicksCallsDirections
Mar 2026441285156254481
Apr 2026504353151304189
May 2026419289130432874
Jun 2026369252117463788
Jul 2026438277161324365
Aug 2026584341243414586

Source: Windsor / Google Business Profile insights.