Reporting period: August 1–31, 2026
Here's the work the Dentist Nerds team completed for Next Smile + Implant in August — with links so you can review each item directly.
Next Smile's 13 priority Thousand Oaks keywords in the Semrush Position Tracking campaign, showing movement from Aug 9 to Aug 31. August delivered strong upward momentum — emergency dentist near me climbed 68 positions, dental implants near me broke into the rankings at #20, and veneers in Thousand Oaks jumped 20. The competitive head terms are pushing up out of the pack toward the first page; the broadest, most-competitive terms are still entering the local top 100.
| Search Phrase | Position | Change | Searches/mo | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dental implants near me | #20 | New | 110K | Improving |
| emergency dentist near me | #30 | ▲ 68 | 135K | Improving |
| dental implants in thousand oaks | #42 | ▲ 17 | 50 | Improving |
| dental implants thousand oaks | #42 | ▲ 8 | 140 | Improving |
| emergency dentist thousand oaks | #47 | – | 70 | Stable |
| veneers thousand oaks | #47 | ▲ 13 | 50 | Improving |
| teeth whitening thousand oaks | #48 | ▼ 2 | 140 | Building |
| root canal thousand oaks | #49 | ▲ 4 | 20 | Improving |
| veneers in thousand oaks | #49 | ▲ 20 | 50 | Improving |
| dentist in thousand oaks | — | — | 90 | Building |
| dentist near me | — | — | 823K | Building |
| dentist thousand oaks | — | — | 390 | Building |
| thousand oaks dentist | — | — | 320 | Building |
Source: Semrush Position Tracking (local search). Change = movement from Aug 9 to Aug 31, 2026 — ▲ positions gained, ▼ lost, “New” means the keyword entered the tracked rankings. Search volumes are US national estimates.
Where the practice shows up on Google Maps across the local grid. For its core service, implant near me, Next Smile now ranks in the top 10 across the entire 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.
Top pages by organic visits in August. Organic traffic climbed sharply this month, led by the homepage and high-intent implant and treatment pages.
Source: Windsor / Google Analytics 4 organic sessions per page. Bar widths are relative to the top page.
How visitors found the website in August, broken down by channel. Organic search jumped from 30 to 345 sessions month over month — now nearly a third of all traffic, alongside strong direct and referral visits.
Total sessions this month: 1,140
Source: Windsor / Google Analytics 4 — sessions by default channel group.
Activity on the Google Business listing in August and the prior 5 months — calls, web clicks, reviews, and how often the profile showed up in Search and Maps. The listing has been active and driving patient actions since well before the website relaunch.
This month at a glance
6-month trend
| Month | Impressions | Search | Maps | Web Clicks | Calls | Directions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 202 | 130 | 72 | 43 | 13 | 29 |
| Apr 2026 | 157 | 91 | 66 | 36 | 12 | 35 |
| May 2026 | 148 | 83 | 65 | 41 | 15 | 66 |
| Jun 2026 | 186 | 92 | 94 | 31 | 19 | 45 |
| Jul 2026 | 182 | 103 | 79 | 51 | 8 | 54 |
| Aug 2026 | 248 | 145 | 103 | 36 | 6 | 43 |
Source: Windsor / Google Business Profile insights.