Medical devices · Japan

A clearer recovery roadmap for Nastent Japan

A technical, content and competitor audit to turn declining visibility into a prioritised recovery plan.

Client project

Nastent

Medical devices · Japan

Technical SEOEvidence-led approach
Client
Nastent
Engagement period
Jun 2024 – Jun 2025
Focus
Technical SEO

01 / The context

A specific challenge.
A focused direction.

A search performance audit and recovery plan for a Japanese medical-device brand operating in a sensitive, high-trust category.

Challenge: Organic keywords and visits had declined, branded visibility was limited and the site carried technical issues including broken links. Competing in healthcare also required stronger expertise and trust signals.

02 / The approach

From investigation
to clear priorities.

I benchmarked organic visibility, keyword losses, competitor coverage, referring domains, branded versus non-branded demand, technical health and broken-link patterns across the Japanese search landscape.

Strategy: The recommended roadmap prioritized technical fixes, recovery of lost topics, commercial-intent expansion, E-E-A-T-oriented content improvements, brand visibility and authority acquisition.

Work completed

  • Full technical and content audit
  • Broken-link and crawlability remediation plan
  • Lost-keyword recovery mapping
  • Commercial-intent keyword expansion
  • Healthcare E-E-A-T recommendations
  • Competitor and backlink gap analysis
  • Phased growth roadmap

03 / The evidence

Performance in context.

Figures reflect the reporting windows shown below, which may extend beyond the engagement dates.

288,199clicksGoogle Search Console · 16-month view
7.28MimpressionsGoogle Search Console · 16-month view
4%average CTRGoogle Search Console · 16-month view
12.6Kestimated monthly organic visitsAhrefs · project snapshot

Snapshot figures show the wider search context for the project, with reporting windows labelled above.

Original Nastent search performance evidence, view 1
Project evidence 1Google Search Console · 16-month viewView full image
Original Nastent search performance evidence, view 2
Project evidence 2Ahrefs · organic traffic and site-health snapshotView full image

A principle carried forward

What this work reinforced.

In healthcare SEO, recovery plans must improve crawlability and topical coverage without separating them from credibility, authorship and evidence standards.

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Questions for a similar project

Planning a recovery review?

For a similar medical-device website, bring these questions to the first discussion.

Where did the change happen?
Identify the affected pages, query groups and dates, alongside any site changes you already know about.
Who can verify the content?
Name the person who can review product information, supporting evidence and local-language explanations.
What can the team deliver?
Separate technical fixes, content review and longer-term research so the next priorities have clear owners.

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