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SEO news for Australian medical and cosmetic clinics

Search changes matter to a clinic differently than they matter to an online shop. This is the SEO industry news that actually affects Australian medical, dental, cosmetic and allied health practices — with the regulatory context the general SEO press leaves out.

Why this exists

General SEO news does not tell a clinic what to do.

The SEO trade press writes for e-commerce stores and publishers. A core update gets reported as a ranking story, not as a question about whether your treatment pages still meet Google's expectations for health content.

Australian practices also answer to regulators that most SEO commentary never mentions. AHPRA governs how a registered practitioner advertises a regulated health service. The TGA governs how therapeutic goods are advertised to the public. A tactic that is perfectly safe for a retailer can breach the National Law for a clinic.

Every update here is filtered through both questions: does this change how patients find you, and does it change what you are permitted to say?

What we track
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Google algorithm changes Core updates land harder on health sites. Google applies its highest quality bar to pages that can affect someone's health, so a clinic feels an update a general retailer shrugs off.
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AHPRA and TGA advertising guidance Advertising guidance changes more often than most practice owners expect, and it changes what you are allowed to publish. Regulatory news is search news when the regulator governs your page copy.
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Local search and Google Maps Most clinic enquiries start with a local search. Business Profile features, review policy and map pack behaviour shift constantly, and each shift changes how patients find a practice.
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AI search and answer engines AI Overviews and assistants now answer health questions before a patient reaches a website. Being the source those systems cite is a different job from ranking a page at position one.

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