Yearly Archives: 2026

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How AI Is Reshaping Local Visibility for Aesthetic Practices

AI-driven search is changing how patients discover, evaluate, and compare aesthetic practices. Strong local visibility now depends on more than rankings alone. Learn how your website, reviews, provider profiles, Google Business Profile, local listings, and third-party mentions can work together to strengthen local authority and support visibility in both traditional search and AI-generated results.... Continue Reading

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Google Just Changed the Rules on Reviews

In this video, Etna Interactive CEO Ryan Miller discusses an important update affecting Google reviews and online reputation management for elective healthcare practices. If you’ve noticed legitimate reviews disappearing from your Google Business Profile, this change may help explain why. Follow along to learn what changed in Google’s review policies, why reviews that mention staff... Continue Reading

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How Often Should You Update Your Website?

Most medical and aesthetic practices should evaluate their website every year and plan for meaningful updates every 2 to 3 years. A full redesign may be needed sooner if the site is slow, difficult to manage, outdated visually, underperforming in search, or failing to convert visitors into patients. Your website isn't a static brochure. It's... Continue Reading

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How To Rank in AI Search Results: Why Online Reputation Shapes Visibility

If you want your practice to appear in AI-generated answers, look beyond keywords alone and start strengthening the public signals that help answer engines understand and trust your brand. Platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Google’s AI Overviews are shaping how patients discover healthcare providers, and they increasingly use public signals of trust, relevance, and... Continue Reading

AI Search Is Rewriting the Rules of Reviews for Elective Healthcare Practices 

Patient reviews now play a fundamentally different role in elective healthcare search. Reviews actively inform how AI systems rank, shortlist, and recommend practices â€” directly shaping which providers are seen in the first place. As a result, reputation now shapes both patient choice and practice visibility — influencing who gets booked and who gets recommended in the first place.  Below, we outline what’s changing... Continue Reading

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