Joining a Dentist Locator Service

If your dental practice is in the doldrums, then perhaps membership in a dentist locator service can help jumpstart your business. Dentist locator services can help enhance your visibility as a dental practitioner in your area. But before you join a locator service, here are some things to know.

How Does a Dentist Locator Work?

Put simply, a dentist locator works similar to local-search engines and directories, but specifically designed to include only information on dental practitioners.

DentalWire’s dentist locator, for example, allows searching for dentists via zip code, city, name, or specialty. A maximum of 30 search results are randomly displayed for the patient. Each search result includes the dentist’s name, address, and contact numbers. Most other dentist locators work similar to this service¬.

The Benefits of Joining a Dentist Locator Service

Better exposure is the main benefit you will get when you join a dentist locator service. Many of your potential clients are looking for dental services through the Internet. Also, most of these Internet savvy people are middle to upper class.

Getting listed to at least one dentist locator will be a big help for your profession especially, whether or not you already have an online presence through your own website. In either case, getting listed in a dentist locator is still a big help in driving traffic to your site, and patients to your clinic.

For instance, you can test your website’s effectiveness by Googling for dental services in your state or city. See if at least the top 20 searches list your name or website. You should start to worry if it does not break the top 20, because your investment for online exposure will all be a waste.

Dentist locator services usually have better rankings in major search engines. By joining such a service, you can at least get better chances at being found easily through the top engines like Google, Yahoo! and MSN. Some of these services even allow you to list your website along with other contact information. This gives your online profile a better exposure.

The Cost of Getting Listed in a Dentist Locator

Listing with a Dentist Locator Service usually involves a nominal cost. Different services have varied fees. For instance, the FindaDentist.com requires $900 or $300 per year of being listed. The difference between the two prices is the level of exposure your listing gets. The $900/year subscription fee is for a feature listing. Once enrolled, you are referred to more patients. You will be given a 7-page “micro site” too. This mini website can be used in providing more information about your practice, biography and experience. Meanwhile, the $300/year subscription will only put your name and contact information under the featured listings in your city.

Almost the same policies are followed by other dentist locator services—a higher subscription fee means better exposure.

Choosing the Best Dentist Locator

The most effective locators are the ones that rank higher on the search engines for your city. Aside from that, consider also the services they offer for dentists and patients. The site should be user-friendly for patients while the price and listing policies should be reasonable enough for dentists. For instance, the Cosmetic Dentist offers money back guarantee if you gain nothing from getting listed in their database. You can choose similar services that give fearless offers. You’ll not only enjoy lesser risks with this kind of dentist locator, you’ll also enjoy their seemingly secured services.