This is the first in a series of articles about why it is important for you, a veterinarian and veterinary practice owner, to embrace social media in your veterinary practice. Here, we extol the virtues of Facebook, a site created in 2004 by a college student at Harvard (who was later disciplined for the breach of security). In future posts, we’ll discuss how Twitter and YouTube can benefit your bottom line by enhancing your veterinary hospital’s presence on the web.

A compelling reason for adding a blog to your veterinary hospital website is that blogs increase your website’s Google and search engine rankings. If a potential client finds your blog article through a search, chances are, he or she is going to find your veterinary hospital’s website, especially if you include links in your blog article back to your website. Here are just a few reasons why adding a blog to your veterinary hospital website increases your search engine rankings.

In Part 1 of our series, Getting Your Veterinary Hospital Website on Top of Google, we described how Google’s search engine crawls the web and ranks veterinary hospital websites in response to search terms. As Search Engine Optimization (SEO) specialists at VetNetwork, we know the tried-and-true ways to improve your veterinary hospital’s website rankings in Google search results. In today’s article, we’ll unravel some of the mysteries in improving your hospital’s rankings.

Your veterinary hospital website needs to be listed high on Google – Part 1
Your veterinary hospital website needs to be listed high on Google and other search engines. No matter how good your veterinary hospital website is, if it’s not optimized for Google and other search engines, you may never be found. Search engine optimization [...]

Your veterinary hospital has purchased and registered a good domain name. Aside from being told that you need to this, do you know why you have registered a domain name? Below are several reasons why your domain name is important and why you need an excellent one.
This is the final article in our series about [...]

Does your veterinary hospital have a unique, personal domain name or is it included as part of another company’s domain name? How are visitors going to find you if you don’t have your own unique domain name or website address? A website that is included as part of another company’s web address is called a [...]

Choosing a Domain Name for your Veterinary Hospital Website is the second article in this 3-part series of articles about Veterinary Hospital Domain Names. The previous article was on Purchasing a Domain Name for your Veterinary Hospital Website. The final article on Using your Veterinary Hospital Domain Name is going to appear in a few [...]

VetNetwork is presenting a three-part series about veterinary hospital domain names (also called website address and URL). The first part of the series is on purchasing your veterinary hospital domain name. The second part of the series is about choosing the right domain name for your veterinary hospital website and the third part of the series [...]

As economic woes continue, more and more pet owners may turn to low-cost veterinary clinics for services for their pets. If your veterinary hospital sponsors low-cost spay/neuter clinics or works with a local animal rescue group or humane society, you may have already noticed an increase in the numbers of people and pets who are attending. [...]

Your veterinary hospital’s internet marketing plan isn’t just bringing new clients into your hospital—it’s also helping drive economic activity in the U.S. That’s according to a new study by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), a group of more than 375 media and technology companies. According to IAB’s study, interactive online advertising (which includes websites, blogs [...]