Addiction Treatment SEO Case Study
Los Angeles center: top-3 keywords from 1 to 15 in 30 days. Louisville center: 8 to 21 in 30 days (+163%). Both tracked locally in Keyword.com.
This addiction treatment SEO case study covers two centers run under the same program. A Los Angeles outpatient center went from 1 top-3 keyword to 15 in 30 days and reached #2 for “addiction treatment centers” (33,100 searches a month nationally) from outside the top 50. A Louisville center went from 8 to 21 top-3 keywords in 30 days (+163%) and reached #2 for “drug rehab in louisville ky” from #10. Both clients are anonymous under agreement, and the figures are read from Keyword.com with local targeting.
in 30 days, LA8 to 21top-3 keywords
in 30 days, Louisville#2“addiction treatment
centers”, from 50+
Figures describe one engagement within the window and tool named beside each one. Rankings move with competitors, algorithm updates and crawl timing, so results from one site do not predict results for another, and no ranking outcome can be projected with certainty.
Addiction treatment is a YMYL category with some of the highest cost-per-click terms in local search. Two centers are shown on one page because Google files the rehab and treatment terms under one topic, and the two engagements ran the same way.
The first center: Los Angeles
The first client is an outpatient addiction treatment center in Los Angeles serving adults across the San Fernando Valley and surrounding communities. Its levels of care include partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient and outpatient programs, with dual diagnosis treatment, medication-assisted treatment and therapies such as CBT, DBT and EMDR. The center is licensed by the California Department of Health Care Services.
These positions moved quickly and are re-checked before they are quoted anywhere else.
The second center: Louisville
The second client is a Joint Commission-accredited addiction and mental health treatment provider in Louisville, Kentucky. It offers partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient and outpatient programs, along with medication-assisted treatment, dual diagnosis care for co-occurring conditions, family therapy and peer support.
What the work covered
What this means for treatment center SEO
Treatment terms move fast once licensing, programs and location are stated plainly on pages built for the searcher. The scope is on the healthcare SEO page; the mental health case shows a multi-location version.
Figures describe one engagement within the window and tool named beside each one. Rankings move with competitors, algorithm updates and crawl timing, so results from one site do not predict results for another, and no ranking outcome can be projected with certainty.