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Palms Wellington Plastic Surgery (doctornir.com)

556+ Monthly Organic Visitors & 71 Google AI Overview Citations

How a targeted content and link building strategy made doctornir.com the top-ranking plastic surgery practice in Wellington, Florida.

Plastic Surgery / Medical Aesthetics325 Referring DomainsWellington, FL

556+

Monthly Organic Visits

Sustained growth

283

Organic Keywords

84 in top 3

325

Referring Domains

2.9K all time

71

AI Overview Citations

20 pages featured

Starting Point

Dr. Nir is a board-certified plastic surgeon in Wellington, FL offering surgical and non-surgical cosmetic procedures. Before we started, the site had almost no organic presence beyond branded searches.

Competing against well-funded regional plastic surgery chains

YMYL niche requiring strict medical content standards

No consistent blog or content publishing strategy

Local visibility limited to branded searches only

This is one of the hardest niches to rank in. Google applies its strictest quality filters to health content, and the competition includes hospital systems with massive budgets.

The Goal

Rank #1 for high-intent procedure keywords in Wellington and West Palm Beach

Build domain authority from scratch in a trust-heavy YMYL niche

Get cited by Google AI Overviews as a trusted medical source

Drive consistent organic patient enquiries without paid ads

The Strategy

A medically-compliant, multi-channel SEO strategy built for a trust-sensitive health niche.

Content Engine

  • 10 SEO blogs published every month
  • Procedure-specific and local keyword targeting
  • Topics from morpheus8 to capsular contracture
  • E-E-A-T aligned medical content standards

Technical SEO

  • MedicalBusiness and Physician schema
  • Article, FAQ, and BreadcrumbList markup
  • Internal linking across procedure pages
  • On-page E-E-A-T signals throughout

Link Building

  • 325 referring domains acquired
  • Health directory placements
  • Medical content outreach campaigns
  • Niche-relevant link acquisition

All organic. Zero ad spend. Built on content authority, local SEO, and medical E-E-A-T signals.

Campaign Timeline

Pre-Campaign: Limited Organic Visibility

Before engagement

1
  • Minimal blog content on the site
  • No structured keyword strategy in place
  • Organic traffic limited to branded searches
  • Local procedure keywords dominated by competitors

The site had strong clinical credentials but almost no search visibility beyond people who already knew the doctor's name.

Campaign Launch: Content + Schema + Links

Launch phase

2
  • 10 SEO blogs per month targeting local and procedure keywords
  • MedicalBusiness and Article schema implemented sitewide
  • Strategic link acquisition campaign started
  • Internal linking across procedure and blog pages

We built the entire content engine from scratch, focusing on procedure-specific keywords with local intent.

Growth Phase: Local Keyword Dominance

Mid-campaign

3
  • Secured #1 for morpheus8 west palm beach
  • Multiple breast augmentation queries hit page 1
  • Referring domains crossed 300+
  • All primary procedure keywords on page 1

The compounding effect kicked in. Each new blog post strengthened the topical cluster, and links amplified authority across the whole domain.

AI Visibility Milestone: 71 Google AI Citations

Ongoing

4
  • 71 Google AI Overview citations across 20 pages
  • 1 ChatGPT web citation earned
  • 4 Perplexity citations across 3 pages
  • Rare achievement for a single-practice medical site

Schema markup and medical E-E-A-T content quality made the site a trusted source for Google's AI. This is exceptionally hard to achieve in YMYL health niches.

Top Keyword Rankings

Multiple high-intent procedure and local keywords ranking on page 1. All organic, zero paid search spend.

KeywordPositionMonthly Volume
morpheus8 west palm beach#1200
natural looking boob job#1700
most natural feeling breast implants#190
when does capsular contracture occur#190
capsular contracture after 10 years#170
neograft florida#280
liposuction west palm beach#5150
coolsculpting west palm beach#7150
can breast implants make you sick#6200
symptoms of your body rejecting breast implants#121,000

AI Visibility Results

DoctorNir.com is cited across multiple AI platforms, a direct result of schema markup, E-E-A-T content quality, and consistent medical authority signals.

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71

Google AI Overview Citations

20 Pages Featured

1

ChatGPT Web Citation

1 Page Referenced

4

Perplexity Citations

3 Pages Referenced

71 Google AI Overview citations is a standout achievement in a YMYL medical niche, where Google applies its strictest quality filters. This signals that the site's content is considered a trusted, authoritative medical source. Combined with ChatGPT and Perplexity citations, doctornir.com has genuine multi-platform AI visibility.

Why This Worked

1

Medical E-E-A-T Content

Every blog post followed strict medical content standards with author credentials, disclaimers, and structured headings aligned to Google's health content guidelines.

2

Schema Markup at Scale

MedicalBusiness, Physician, Article, FAQ, and BreadcrumbList schema directly contributed to 71 Google AI Overview citations and rich results.

3

Local + Procedure Keyword Strategy

We targeted the exact keywords patients search when choosing a surgeon, combining procedure names with Wellington and West Palm Beach locations.

4

Consistent Publishing Cadence

10 blogs per month built topical authority across the entire procedure catalogue. Each post strengthened the cluster and flowed authority to service pages.

Results Summary

556+

Monthly Organic Visits

283

Keywords Ranked

6

Keywords at #1

84

Top 3 Rankings

325

Referring Domains

DR 31

Domain Rating

71

AI Overview Citations

$1.1K

Traffic Value / Mo

Data sourced from Ahrefs Site Explorer, doctornir.com, as of March 2026

Key Takeaway

YMYL medical niches are some of the hardest to crack. Google holds health content to its highest standard.

The combination of medically-compliant content, proper schema markup, and consistent link building made doctornir.com not just rank on page 1, but get cited by AI as a trusted source. That is the new standard for medical SEO.

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