Before September.
The major decline predates the transfer.
U.S. mobile clicks fell from 1,645 in January to 564 in February, months before the September 2 migration.
Dr. Kamel Foot & Ankle · Client review
Search performance.
In perspective.
The numbers. The migration. The next priorities.
A clear review of what changed, what’s verified, and what remains open.
Evidence reviewed October 21–22, 2026 · Published October 23 · Snapshot, not a live feed
325 → 329
September U.S. mobile was broadly stable.
August and September were nearly unchanged in this exact country-and-device segment. This is not a count of local patients.
Still in focus.
Some local landing pages lost ground.
La Verne and Pomona lost clicks and average position in September. Current technical health does not establish search recovery.
01 / Performance evidence
The trend, with
the right filters.
United States and Mobile, applied together. Comparable daily rates separate the size of a reporting window from the underlying trend.
U.S. mobile Google search clicks
December 2025 – September 2026
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U.S. mobile clicks September 2 transfer
Source: October 21 Search Console export · Web search · United States AND Mobile · www URL-prefix property. The September marker identifies the transfer month, not day-level click behavior or causation.
View the monthly data
| Month | Clicks | Clicks / day |
|---|
Winter baseline → March–September
December–January: 62 days · March–September: 214 days
54.40 → 12.45
77.1% lower881 → 1,300
47.5% higher6.17% → 0.96%
Lower click share7.24 → 6.99
Lower is betterWhat this means: the decline was not a uniform fall in rankings. Average position is affected by the mix of searches and impressions; it is not fixed-keyword rank tracking or a measure of patient demand.
Where clicks declined
Largest declines among exported rows, ordered by lost clicks per day
December–January → March–September. Raw totals cover unequal periods; use daily rates for comparison.
| Page | Raw clicks | Clicks / day | Average position |
|---|
| Search query | Raw clicks | Clicks / day | Average position |
|---|
Some recent query positions are based on very few impressions and should not be treated as stable rankings.
Coverage limit: exported page and query rows do not reconcile to all clicks in the overall totals. These tables identify losses among available rows, not complete attribution. See methodology →
02 / Your five questions
Specific questions.
Specific answers.
Historical evidence and current checks serve different purposes. Here’s what each one establishes—and what it doesn’t.
01Is Analytics fixed, with internal filtering and appointment events?Partly verified
The September 2 work changed the GA4 tracking destination. The intended property recorded 1,255 sessions September 3–8 and 3,595 sessions during September. It did not stop collecting altogether after September 3. A flatline in the older property could reflect that destination change, but which property Ben viewed has not been confirmed.
Appointment-request clicks were marked as a key event on October 7. They measure entry into the process, not an accepted request or confirmed appointment. The last verified internal-traffic filter, on September 10, was in Testing, not Active. Current administrator settings and completed-request measurement remain unverified.
The documented privacy boundary keeps Google tags out of the protected patient form. Missing form-page tags are not proof that appointment intake is broken. This report does not change the intake process.
02Did the migration change metadata, canonicals, indexing, or the sitemap?Historical record
Yes. Missing titles and descriptions were filled, six articles were restored, and search/error pages were deliberately excluded from indexing. The final September 2 release check passed all 1,017 indexable sitemap URLs, including canonical and noindex checks.
There is no exact before-and-after record of the separate September 3 Webflow publish. A specific change or traffic loss cannot be attributed to that event from the available evidence. The release checks also do not prove the migration had no impact.
03What happened to U.S. mobile traffic compared with last winter?Export verified
The exact U.S.-and-mobile segment shows 1,645 clicks in January, 564 in February, 325 in August, and 329 in September. The largest break therefore occurred months before the transfer.
March–September clicks per day were 77.1% below December–January. Aggregate average position moved from 7.24 to 6.99. Several exported pages lost clicks despite improved average positions. The tables above provide the page and query detail without treating unequal date ranges as equivalent.
04Was a click, traffic, or CTR service used from February to August?Not established
No paid click, traffic, or CTR service was found in the implementation records reviewed. That is not an audit of all vendor invoices, contracts, or independently purchased services.
The country/device pattern warrants questions, but it is not proof of artificial traffic or misconduct. A categorical statement about any vendor’s activity would require direct confirmation and relevant records.
05What happened to La Verne and Pomona?Recovery priority
Both pages lost clicks, impressions, and average position in September. Saved U.S.-only observations also show losses, so this was not exclusively international traffic disappearing.
La Verne
170 → 36
August → September clicks
Average position: 3.27 → 4.99Pomona
154 → 4
August → September clicks
Average position: 7.74 → 9.43Separate dataset: domain property · all countries and devices · Web search · August–September 2026 · export archived October 12. Do not blend with the U.S.-mobile comparison above.
The October 21 checks found both pages loading correctly over HTTPS, with self-referencing canonicals and no observed noindex directives. October 22 checks confirmed accurate Pomona-office wording. Current technical health is verified; ranking recovery and the cause of the historical losses are not.
03 / AI & local-search readiness
Clear information.
Credible visibility.
A point-by-point response to the earlier checklist. Verified changes are separated from remaining work and dated account observations.
01 / City locationsVerified Oct 22
One accurate office.
Eighteen regional pages.
All 18 English regional pages are accessible. The non-Pomona pages explicitly describe serving nearby communities from the Pomona office. This does not imply an additional office in each city.
02 / SuperlativesPartial
Cleanup is not complete.
Claremont’s earlier “best podiatrist” wording is gone. Some “best” FAQ wording and “top-rated” structured-data labels remain elsewhere.
Affected pages
Duarte and Glendora: “best” FAQ wording. Azusa and Pomona: “top-rated” breadcrumb structured-data labels. This is not a legal-compliance conclusion.
03 / Google profilesUnverified
Two listings aren’t proof of duplicates.
Two Birdeye URLs do not establish two Google profiles. No duplicate Google profile suitable for merging has been verified.
04 / External biographiesPartial
Garey reflects the current role.
The retrieved Garey biography identifies Dr. Kamel as Program Director and links to his website. Casa Colina’s page could not be freshly verified.
View Garey biography ↗05 / Bing & AppleOct 7 record
Bing synced. Apple still to verify.
Birdeye showed Bing synced on October 7. Apple Maps had an unresolved sync issue and a support ticket was opened. Resolution has not been verified. Sync status is not independent proof of account ownership.
06 / Office hoursOpen
Complete the hours markup.
Complete opening-hours markup is absent from the inspected templates. Dr. Kamel confirmed Monday–Friday, 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; these hours need to be added.
07 / Answer-led articlesReview-ready
Depth before frequency.
The inspected sitemap contains 98 English journal-article URLs, rather than five. Two additional weekly drafts await medical review. Targeted, reviewed articles are recommended over a commitment to daily automated publication.
A URL count does not establish article quality, uniqueness, indexing, or clinical approval. New drafts have not been published.
98English journal URLs2 new drafts awaiting review
04 / Next priorities
From visibility
to qualified inquiries.
These are next steps, not changes implemented by this report. The objective is stronger regional discovery and measurable appointment outcomes—not worldwide click volume alone.
- 01Measurement
Close the measurement gaps.
Verify current GA4 administrator settings, internal-traffic matching rules, and the filter state. Distinguish CTA clicks from aggregate provider-confirmed requests and booked visits, without adding patient information to analytics.
- 02Accuracy
Finish the remaining website and listing details.
Add confirmed office-hours markup, complete the superlative cleanup, verify Apple Maps sync resolution, and establish whether the Google-profile records are genuinely duplicated.
- 03Local relevance
Focus regional content where the evidence points.
Prioritize the homepage, Pomona, and La Verne, alongside significant historical Rancho Cucamonga and Chino Hills losses. Review comparable page/query segments and publish useful weekly articles after Dr. Kamel’s approval.
Two things can be true.
The major decline started before the transfer.
September’s regional losses still deserve attention.
Neither should be explained away by international traffic alone. No single cause, appointment increase, or regional ranking leadership has been established by these findings.
Evidence & interpretation
A dated review.
Not an all-clear.
Sources and dates
- Search Console U.S.-mobile exports: October 21.
- August–September regional export: archived October 12.
- Migration release record: September 2.
- GTM, GA4, and Birdeye: dated saved account observations.
- Website checks: October 21–22.
No new analytics pull was performed to publish this microsite on October 23. It presents the reviewed evidence above.
What the metrics do not establish
- Search clicks are not unique patients.
- Appointment-link clicks are not accepted requests.
- Accepted requests are not confirmed appointments.
- Technical availability is not ranking recovery.
- An unusual traffic pattern is not proof of manipulation.
Export coverage and comparison limits
The comparison covers 62 days in December–January and 214 days in March–September. Daily rates are used for meaningful comparisons. February is excluded from the requested comparison but included in the monthly chart to show timing.
Exported page rows sum to 3,141 baseline clicks and 904 recent clicks; query rows sum to 3,140 and 902. These do not reconcile to the verified totals of 3,373 and 2,665. The specific reason for the discrepancy is not established, so the tables identify declines among exported rows, not a complete explanation of the total change.
The regional August–September table uses a different property and country/device scope from the winter comparison. Neither isolates seasonality, traffic services, migration effects, or patient demand as the cause.