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Case study
10 to 72 monthly organic leads in Hamilton
A dental clinic grew leads in 12 months without paid traffic. See the booking, treatment-page and local search fixes behind it.
SEOLocal SEODental clinicHamilton, ON12 months
Hamilton dental clinic
10→72organic leads per monthDeduplicated calls + forms; historical baseline reprocessed using identical attribution rules
Increased monthly organic leads from 10 to 72 through treatment-page consolidation, booking repairs, dentist profiles and Hamilton search coverage; no paid traffic included.
Organic leads / month2024–2025 year before
- 16 treatment pages consolidated
- 23 dentist profiles published
- 34 service-area guides live
- 46 booking paths rebuilt
Organic sessions / mo500 → 2,000+300%
Organic leads / mo10 → 72+620%
Keywords in top 1012 → 86+617%
Map Pack top 3 (of 49)4 → 29+625%
Organic session-to-lead rate2% → 3.6%+80%
Referring domains8 → 40+400%
- 500 monthly organic sessions generated 10 deduplicated enquiries; conversion rate was 2%.
- 18 treatment pages competed across 6 overlapping search intents.
- 84 appointment-parameter URLs appeared in Google's index.
- 3 dentist biographies loaded only after browser interaction.
- 4 of 49 Hamilton grid points held Map Pack top-three positions.
Booking widget replayed completed appointment events
Embedded scheduler replayed postMessages; validated origins, deduplicated booking IDs and reprocessed 12 months of historical conversions.
7 duplicate events removedAppointment parameters became indexed landing pages
Scheduler links inherited self-referencing canonicals; canonicalised 84 parameter URLs and replaced crawlable booking variants with one destination.
84 indexable variants removedDentist biographies disappeared without interaction
Elementor pop-ups fetched biographies only after clicks; published 3 crawlable profile pages with server-rendered credentials and treatment links.
3 profiles made crawlable| Oct ’24 | 12 | months of conversion records reprocessed; booking-event deduplication deployed |
| Oct–Nov ’24 | 84 → 0 | indexable appointment-parameter URLs; canonicals and booking links repaired |
| Nov ’24 | 18 → 6 | competing treatment pages consolidated with redirects and clinician review |
| Dec ’24 | 3 | dentist profiles published with verified credentials and treatment links |
| Jan–Feb ’25 | 4 | Hamilton service-area guides published without implying additional clinic locations |
| Mar–Apr ’25 | 96 | contextual links added between treatments, profiles and appointment pages |
| May–Jun ’25 | 6 | treatment booking paths rebuilt with visible forms and telephone links |
| Jul–Sep ’25 | 32 | referring domains earned through directory corrections and community outreach |
Downtown HamiltonMacNab Transit Terminal serves downtown HSR routes
1 transit-access section linked to HSR journey planning
WestdaleMcMaster University borders the neighbourhood
1 student appointment FAQ explained registration and booking
Stoney CreekCommunity extends above and below the Niagara Escarpment
2 route-planning notes distinguished upper and lower approaches
DundasDundas Valley lies west of central Hamilton
1 service-area guide addressed travel to the clinic
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220K
service searches a month across 6 business types
1,800 deduplicated commercial keywords across the 6 sampled municipalities
Ahrefs + Keyword Planner2.2
mobile screens before the first organic result
Median across 240 commercial SERPs; ads and Map Pack included
QliqQliq SERP capture25%
of after-hours mystery calls went unanswered
15 of 60 businesses; 10 per business type, 6–9 pm weekdays
QliqQliq mystery-shopper test80%
of commercial SERPs display a Map Pack
192 of 240 commercial SERPs across 6 business types
QliqQliq SERP capture| Business type | Searches / mo | Avg CPC | Cost per lead | Top-10 ref. domains | Top-10 words | AI Overview |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heating and cooling | 42,000 | $16 | $160 | 95 | 1,500 | 20% |
| Plumbing | 36,000 | $18 | $180 | 85 | 1,300 | 15% |
| Dental clinics | 48,000 | $15 | $125 | 120 | 1,600 | 20% |
| Law firms | 30,000 | $28 | $200 | 180 | 2,100 | 10% |
| Renovation | 40,000 | $12 | $150 | 90 | 1,700 | 25% |
| Landscaping | 24,000 | $8 | $100 | 60 | 1,200 | 30% |
220,000 searches total; 40 SERPs and 100 pages per type. CPC is click-weighted; lead costs equal spend divided by enquiries, not booked jobs. Referring domains and words are medians. Source: Ahrefs, Keyword Planner, DataForSEO, QliqQliq Ads accounts
Hamilton-area service queriesAll client niches
Position 1: 14.5% versus 27.1%, a 12.6-point gap. Non-brand mobile queries; ads and Map Pack commonly precede organic listings. Source: GSC of client sites: 6 service businesses versus 24 baseline sites, 12 months
Reviews among Map Pack top-3 businesses
Reviews: median for sampled top-3 profiles, equally weighted across 6 business types; not a ranking threshold. Firms: deduplicated profiles within municipal boundaries; total 6,600. Hamilton includes Ancaster, Dundas, Stoney Creek and Waterdown. Source: QliqQliq Maps grid scan, 49 points per municipality; municipal boundaries: StatCan Census 2021.
76%
of non-brand organic clicks come from phones
GSC of client sites, 6 businesses26%
of commercial queries include a municipality, neighbourhood or near-me modifier
Ahrefs, 468 of 1,800 sampled keywords+48%
furnace-repair searches during October–March versus April–September
Keyword Planner, 24 months; Hamilton-area query targeting+65%
landscaping searches during April–September versus October–March
Keyword Planner, 24 months; Hamilton-area query targeting1.4×
enquiry rate on municipality-specific pages versus matched generic service pages
Client analytics + call tracking, 6 businesses80%
of commercial SERPs display a Map Pack
QliqQliq SERP capture, 192 of 240 SERPs75%
of commercial SERPs display ads above organic results
QliqQliq SERP capture, 180 of 240 SERPs6.5 / 10
top-10 results belong to service businesses rather than directories, publishers or platforms
QliqQliq SERP capture, 1,560 of 2,400 result slots20%
of sampled commercial queries trigger an AI Overview
DataForSEO, 48 of 240 SERPs210
referring domains per top-3 service-business page, median
Ahrefs1,500
words per top-10 service page, pooled median
QliqQliq crawl, 600 pages30%
of sampled service pages publish a starting price or fee range
QliqQliq crawl, 180 of 600 pages18%
of renovation pages explain municipal building-permit steps
QliqQliq crawl, 18 of 100 renovation pages; permit context: City of Hamilton Building Division.24%
of sampled pages show a completed project within their target municipality
QliqQliq crawl, 144 of 600 pages42%
of sampled origins with field data pass all 3 mobile Core Web Vitals
Chrome UX Report, 42 of 100 eligible origins60/35/5
% of enquiries through calls, forms and chat, respectively
Call tracking + form and chat logs: 720 calls, 420 forms, 60 chats6.0%
organic session-to-enquiry rate: 1,200 enquiries from 20,000 sessions
Client analytics + call tracking, 6 businesses30%
of enquiries arrive outside Monday–Friday, 9 am–5 pm
Call tracking + enquiry logs, 360 of 1,200 enquiries5 h 40 m
median first response among 45 answered mystery form enquiries
QliqQliq mystery-shopper test, 60 form enquiries25%
of mystery form enquiries receive no response within 2 business days
QliqQliq mystery-shopper test, 15 of 60 enquiriesMethod: 1,800 keywords · 240 commercial SERPs · 600 top-10 pages · 60 mystery calls · 60 form enquiries · 6 client sites · 6 municipalities · CAD throughout. Public benchmarks retain their stated dates. · Updated Q3 2026
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What does an SEO company in Hamilton do?
We improve your service pages, local search presence and site so customers can find you and enquire. In our SERP capture, 80% of commercial results displayed a Map Pack, and the first organic result appeared 2.2 mobile screens down.
How long does SEO take?
Timing depends on your market, competition and site. We don't guarantee rankings. Our QUIQ Pixel finds technical problems in hours rather than weeks, and our scripts and AI tools let us ship fixes and pages in hours or days.
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Will you work with my direct competitors?
No. We take one major client per niche per region and don't work for direct competitors.
What did you achieve for a Hamilton dental clinic?
In 12 months, monthly organic leads rose from 10 to 72 and organic sessions from 500 to 2,000. Map Pack top-three placements rose from 4 to 29 out of 49. The work included treatment pages, booking repairs and dentist profiles; no paid traffic was included.
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