City-level visibility, but patients search by suburb and condition.
"physio [city]" competes with everyone. "sports physiotherapist [suburb]" or "physio for lower back pain [suburb]" books the patients who need your specific treatment.
Why most physio SEO underdelivers
Patients search by suburb and condition, not by "physio city".
A patient with a sports injury or back pain searches "sports physio [suburb]" or "physio for lower back pain near me". The clinics that win local search are visible for those specific searches and book the patients who need exactly what they do.
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You compete with franchise clinics on visibility.
You cannot out-spend a chain, but you can out-rank them locally with a stronger profile, condition-specific content, and reviews they templatise and you do not.
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Your Google Business Profile drives bookings, undermanaged.
Most physio bookings start in the Map Pack. Services, photos, hours, an online booking link, and review velocity decide whether the patient books with you.
Compliance, handled. Physiotherapy is a regulated health service under AHPRA. We run review and content strategy within those advertising guidelines: no patient testimonials used in your own advertising, accurate treatment claims, and educational content that builds trust without breaching the National Law. The visibility work, Google Business Profile, local rankings, and AI search, is fully compliant.
What is included
Three pillars, run as one system.
Local SEO for a physiotherapy clinic is three search surfaces working together: your Google Business Profile, local organic rankings, and the AI engines patients now ask first.
Your first 90 days
What actually happens, week by week.
No mystery retainer. Here is exactly what gets built, and in what order, before the first lift in enquiries typically lands.
- FoundationDays 0 to 14
Audit, access, baseline.
- Full GBP, on-page, technical, link, and AI-citation audit
- GA4, GSC, and GBP access set up and owned by you
- Conversion tracking on calls, forms, and bookings
- Location and competitor mapping
- Strategy doc with a prioritised quarter plan
- Foundation fixesDays 15 to 45
Technical, GBP, on-page corrected.
- Technical issues resolved: speed, schema, indexing
- GBP rebuilt: categories, services, posts, photos, Q&A
- Location and service page architecture set up
- On-page rewrites for the top commercial pages
- Review generation system live
- ExecutionDays 46 to 90
Content, links, AI signals shipping weekly.
- Location and service landing pages published
- Genuine link building from relevant sources
- Answer-block content built for AI citation
- Map Pack movement on lower-competition terms
- First measurable lead lift typically lands here
- CompoundDay 90+
Ongoing optimisation, monthly reporting.
- Plain-language monthly report from our custom dashboard
- Lead, call, and revenue attribution
- Quarterly strategy review
- GBP suspension monitoring, reinstatement included
- AI citation tracking and adjustment
Honest timeline. Established domains with existing authority move faster.
Brand-new sites take longer. Anyone guaranteeing rankings in 30 days is either lying or about to penalise you. Speed
also depends on how competitive your market and category are.
Who this is for
New patient bookings that earn the retainer, if you are the right fit.
Honest answer up front: we are not for every clinic. The strategy call is a 30-minute conversation, not a pitch. If we are not a fit, we will say so and point you somewhere that is.
- ✓ An established clinic with capacity to fillYou have a working site, a real team, and patients already. We build on the foundation rather than papering over cracks.
- ✓ A clear focus or specialisationSports, musculoskeletal, women's health, or NDIS work reward local SEO most, because condition-specific searches convert well.
- ✓ Single or multi-location clinicsWe run single-clinic and multi-location campaigns, with the Google Business Profile and page architecture multi-location needs.
- ✓ You can take on more patientsWhen local SEO works, bookings increase. Make sure your diary and front desk are ready before we open the tap.
A straight 30-minute call with Dorian. No pitch deck, no obligation.
We are probably not the right fit if…
- ✕ You are shopping purely for the cheapest physio SEO quote.
- ✕ You want a guaranteed number one ranking and a contract that promises it.
- ✕ The clinic is brand-new and pre-revenue with no working website.
- ✕ You want one supplier handling SEO, ads, social, and the website.
We will say so on the call. We optimise for your revenue, not our retainer count.
SEO since
The founder
Meet your senior SEO consultant, Dorian Menard
Founder. 13+ years, SEO only.
13 years specialising in SEO. Founder of Search Scope. I work directly with every client on strategy and execution. No account managers, no offshore teams, no templated retainers.
My work covers organic and national SEO, local SEO, Google Maps, GBP and GMC reinstatement, ecommerce SEO, technical audits, and AI search visibility. I work with established Australian businesses that want a senior specialist, not a service package.
13+
Years
200+
Engagements
98%
Reinstatement
1
Specialist on your account
Pricing
Straight pricing, no lock-in.
2 ways to start. The Local Traffic System retainer for ongoing growth, and a flat-fee citation cleanup for businesses with messy name, address, and phone data scattered across the directory web.
Standalone product
Professional Citation Cleanup
For businesses that have changed address, traded under a different name, or built up inconsistent listing data across the directory web over the years.
Clean citations are critical in the AI-SEO era. They are how engines confirm who you are, and they also help you avoid Google Business Profile suspensions.
Flat fee
$599/location
+ GST
What's included
- Digital footprint audit included
- Manual citation verification and cleanup
- Enhanced business directory management
- Real-time progress tracking
- Multi-location support
- Consistent NAP across the directory web
Most cleanups complete within 30 days. Multi-location pricing available, book a call to discuss.
FAQ
Local SEO for Physiotherapists questions.
The 30-minute strategy call answers the rest. No pitch deck. No proposal at the end unless you ask.
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What would a fuller diary of the right patients do for the clinic?
We build toward more of the work you actually want, not rankings for their own sake. A straight 30-minute call with Dorian, the person who does the work. You leave knowing where your new patients are going, what it takes to win them compliantly, and whether we are the right team for it.
No lock-in contracts 13+ years specialising in SEO Founder-led from first call