3X4 has 50 "DNA Testing in <state>" pages that are 99% identical: only the state and six city names change. Each promises "practitioners across Texas ready to help you", yet the "Find a practitioner in Texas" button opens the general locator, not Texas. Google's spam policies name pages "targeted at specific regions or cities that funnel users to one page" as doorway abuse, so these pages are as likely to drag the site down as to rank. The asset that would make them genuinely local, 9,000+ trained practitioners with badges, specialties and telehealth, is already in the locator.
First action
Pull practitioner counts by state from the locator.
How to measure it
State-page organic sessions
- Now
- –
- Target
- +50%
- By
- 2 quarters
Steps
Export the network
Practitioners by state, badge, specialty and telehealth.
Head of Engineering and Technology 2 days
Design the template
Counts, top practitioners, filtered map, local quote.
Chief of Staff (design and marketing) 3 days
Filter the button
Locator link opens on the state.
Head of Engineering and Technology 1 day
Ten states first
California, Texas, Florida, New York and the next six by practitioners.
Growth Marketing Lead 1 week
Merge thin states
Regional pages where few practitioners practise.
Content and SEO writer 1 week
Ask for quotes
One practitioner story per state.
Practitioner Education lead 1 month
Measure
Rankings, sessions and locator clicks per state.
Growth Marketing Lead monthly
Why it works
Rebuild each state page from locator data: the number of 3X4 Certified and Educated practitioners in the state, the top-badge practitioners with their specialties and in-person or telehealth options, a map pre-filtered to the state, and one local practitioner quote or case. Link the button to the locator filtered by state. Where a state has few practitioners, say so and lead with telehealth. Start with the ten largest states and merge the thinnest pages into a regional page.
Pages with unique, useful local information can rank for "DNA test near me" and "nutrigenomics practitioner <city>" searches, they send buyers to a practitioner who sells the $599 bundle or their own consults, and they remove a spam-policy risk from the whole domain.
Ready to use
ChecklistState page rebuild list
[ ] Practitioner count (Certified / Educated) for the state [ ] Top-badge practitioners with specialties [ ] In-person vs telehealth split [ ] Locator link pre-filtered to the state [ ] One local practitioner quote or case [ ] State-specific FAQ (shipping, HSA/FSA) [ ] Merge states with too few practitioners into a regional page
Risks and how to handle them
Practitioners prefer privacy
Show only those who opted into the public locator.
Rankings dip during the change
Keep URLs and redirect only merged pages.
Evidence
- Your websiteFifty state pages (/pages/dna-testing-alabama to /pages/dna-testing-wyoming) are in the sitemap. The Texas and Ohio pages are 99% identical (about 2,100 words each); only the state name and six city names change. Each says "practitioners across Texas ready to help you" and its "Find a practitioner in Texas" buttons open the general /pages/practitioner-locator, not a Texas view.Source
- Your websitePractitioner locator: "Everyone on the locator has trained with 3X4"; badges for "3X4 Certified", "3X4 Educated" and the "top 1%, 5%, or 10% of the network"; in-person and telehealth search; filters by specialty "From metabolic health to fertility".Source
- Google Search documentationGoogle's spam policies list doorway abuse, with the example of having multiple pages "targeted at specific regions or cities that funnel users to one page".Source
- Your websiteHomepage: "Life is short. It doesn't have to be."; "Trusted by 9,000+ practitioners", "CAP & CLIA-certified lab", "HSA / FSA eligible", "10 health areas. 35 pathways."; the 3X4 Genetics Test at "$299 one time, yours for life", "No subscription, ever"; results "2-3 weeks"; "9,000+ Practitioners, 50 US states, 4 Countries"; "Trusted by 9,000+ practitioners. Practitioners, organizations, and professional sports teams"; testimonials from a professional footballer, an ultra-endurance athlete, coaches and practitioners; an FAQ explaining the difference from 23andMe; "Download a Sample Report".Source