Kick has a real content asset: 135 blog posts and 24 guides, many answering exactly what a buyer types, like "How To Get Beta-Blockers for Anxiety in a Few Easy Steps". But the only sitemap robots.txt points to lists 10 pages, all with old http:// addresses and a March 2021 date, and it leaves out the blog and every guide. The blog has had no update since April 15, 2024. Whoever owns growth inherits an SEO library that search engines are not being shown and that has stopped growing.
First action
Submit the blog sitemap in Search Console today and note how many posts are indexed.
How to measure it
Organic visit starts
- Now
- –
- Target
- +40%
- By
- 90 days
Steps
Check indexing
Search Console: indexed pages for /blog and /guides.
Head of Growth 1 day
Rebuild the sitemap
A sitemap index with https URLs and real dates.
Lead Engineer 1 day
Point robots.txt
List the index and the blog sitemap.
Lead Engineer 1 hour
Pick 20 posts
Closest to a visit by query and traffic.
Head of Growth 2 days
Refresh them
Prices, states, a clear visit button.
Content Lead 2 weeks
Medical review
Every changed claim checked.
Medical Director 1 week
Publish monthly
Two new buying-intent posts.
Content Lead monthly
Measure
Indexed pages, clicks and visit starts.
Head of Growth monthly
Why it works
Replace /sitemap with a sitemap index covering the core pages (https, real dates), the blog's own sitemap and the guides, and list it in robots.txt and Google Search Console. Refresh the 20 posts closest to a visit ("how to get", "without a prescription", "online") with current prices, the 36-state list and a clear "Start your visit" button. Then publish two buying-intent posts a month from Search Console queries, each reviewed by Kick's medical team.
Search is the cheapest acquisition channel for a cash-pay clinic, and these pages already exist. Showing them to Google and keeping them current turns sunk content into visits without new ad spend.
Ready to use
ChecklistContent map fix list
[ ] /sitemap becomes an index: core pages (https), blog sitemap, guides [ ] robots.txt lists the index [ ] Index submitted in Search Console [ ] 20 buying-intent posts refreshed with prices, states and a visit button [ ] Medical review sign-off on each [ ] Tagged links from every post to the visit start [ ] Two new posts a month from real search queries
Risks and how to handle them
Medical accuracy of old posts
Medical review before any refreshed post goes live.
Thin or duplicate posts
Merge overlapping posts and redirect the weaker one.
Evidence
- Your websiteSitemap: robots.txt points only to /sitemap, which lists 10 URLs, all with http:// addresses and all last modified March 1, 2021. It does not list the blog or any guide.Source
- Your websiteBlog: its own sitemap lists 135 posts (51 last updated in 2021, 36 in 2023, 48 in 2024); the newest update is April 15, 2024. Recent titles are buying-intent questions: "Can You Get Beta-Blockers Without a Prescription for Anxiety?", "How To Get Beta-Blockers for Anxiety in a Few Easy Steps", "How To Buy Trazodone Online", "Can I Buy Hydroxyzine Over the Counter for Sleep Issues?". The beta-blocker post links to the product page once, as /beta-blockers/?ref=gokick.com.Source
- Your websiteGuides: 24 more articles on a separate template at /guides, including propranolol, "Xanax vs propranolol", interview prep, test anxiety, audition nerves, conference-call anxiety, CBT and CBT-i, plus sleep product roundups (headphones, white noise machines, eye masks, sleep trackers).Source
- Your websiteFAQ: Kick is available in 36 states (AL, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY); no insurance, but FSA/HSA cards accepted and detailed receipts on request; shipped beta-blocker prices include the visit, prescription, shipping and tax, plus "a 22% discount for life on all future refills"; the sleep program is "a $69 monthly subscription".Source