# Above the Gate Dentistry
## Online Presence Audit

**Location:** El Dorado Hills, CA  
**Vertical:** Dental  
**Audit date:** 15 August 2026  
**Prepared for:** Above the Gate Dentistry  
**Prepared by:** VeriPath

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## Executive Summary

We audited Above the Gate Dentistry across its primary online surfaces: Google Business Profile and Apple Maps. The business shows 4.9 ★ across 166 Google reviews. 
**3 material integrity issues were identified:**

1. Phone numbers are inconsistent across directories.
2. No website could be located for this business.
3. No business description is set on any directory.

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## Surfaces Reviewed

| Surface | Status | Rating | Reviews |
|---------|--------|--------|---------|
| Google Business Profile | ✓ | 4.9 ★ | 166 |
| Apple Maps | ✓ | 4.8 ★ | 27 |
| Bing Places | ✗ | capture blocked (bot-wall) — excluded, not verified | — |
| Website | ✗ | not found / unreachable at audit time | — |

> **Limitation:** The website could not be reached or located at audit time. A blocked or missing website is itself a customer-path risk: visitors arriving from search cannot engage the business. Reachability should be re-verified; if the block persists, treat it as a material finding in the next run.

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## Findings

### Finding 1: Phone number inconsistent across directories

**Observation:**  
Google lists **(916) 299-8983**. Apple lists **+1 (916) 931-1996**.

**Impact:**  
Customers reaching the business through a single directory may call a disconnected or wrong number. Inconsistent NAP (name-address-phone) signals reduce local search ranking across all surfaces.

**Recommendation:**  
Confirm the correct primary number, then update every directory to match. Keep the verified number identical across Google, Apple, and the website.

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### Finding 2: Website listed on GBP but unreachable at audit time

**Observation:**  
GBP website='http://www.abovethegate.com/' — surface blocked; documented limitation per process §4

**Impact:**  
Without a website, the business cedes its owned property: no service pages, no schema, no conversion path beyond a phone call. AI search surfaces increasingly require a website to cite.

**Recommendation:**  
Stand up (or link on GBP) a business website with service pages, contact details, and LocalBusiness schema.

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### Finding 3: No business description found on any surface

**Observation:**  
no description on any checked surface — weakens local-pack snippet

**Impact:**  
An empty description leaves the local-pack snippet to algorithmic default and forfeits the business's own service language in search results.

**Recommendation:**  
Write a 2-3 sentence GBP description covering services, service area, and differentiators.

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## Data Limitations

This audit ran without authenticated access to the business's listings. Known ceilings:

- **Review text and dates** were not captured; ratings and counts only.
- **Bing Places** is bot-walled for headless capture in most runs; where it shows ✗ above, that surface is excluded from this audit, not verified.
- This is a **point-in-time snapshot**; directory data changes after the audit date.

*Prepared under the VeriPath beta audit process v1.1. Findings reflect reviewed engine output; format-level discrepancies were normalized before inclusion.*