Medical Device HQ Monthly KPI Report · June 2026
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Medical Device HQ · medicaldevicehq.com · US · 1 to 30 June 2026
Organic sessions
4,946
+1.1% MoM
GSC impressions
571,711
+0.8% MoM
Domain rating
37
+0 MoM
Avg position
9.2
+0.5 MoM (lower is better)

June was a growth month with a positioning wrinkle. Organic sessions rose 1.1 percent to 4,946, and Search Console impressions climbed 0.8 percent to 571,711. Average position slipped by roughly half a spot, now sitting at 9.2. Domain rating held flat at 37, so the visibility gain came from breadth, not authority. Of eight tracked keywords, three sit in the top 10 and four in the top 20, with one new entrant to the top 100 and one decline offsetting each other. The traffic story looks solid. The ranking story is stalled. Next month needs the position slide reversed before impression gains translate into more clicks.

Opening narrative Edited

Growth signals

June 2026 vs May 2026
What we measure Six readings of where momentum is building and where the picture has nuance. Read the green and red signals together, not separately.
Organic sessions
4,946
+1.1% MoM
GSC impressions
571,711
+0.8% MoM
GSC clicks
2,887
-5.0% MoM
Tracked keyword movement
2 gained / 1 lost
7 in top 100
Referring domains
759
+85 MoM
Sessions year on year
-45.9%
18,969 sessions this month
Takeaway Edited

The story is impressions growing while clicks shrink. GSC impressions rose 0.8% to 571,711, but clicks fell 5% to 2,887, a widening gap between visibility and traffic. Organic sessions grew 1.1% to 4,946, a soft counterweight, though sessions remain down 45.9% year on year (18,969 this month). Referring domains climbed by 85 to 759, real authority gains. Tracked keywords split 2 gained against 1 lost across 7 ranking in the top 100, thin but not negative. Net: link growth and impression growth aren't converting to clicks yet. Next month should test whether June's backlink gains lift rankings enough to close that gap.

01Global organic

GA4 · 1 to 30 June 2026
What we measure Organic search sessions in GA4 across all countries plus the channel breakdown (organic vs LLM vs paid vs direct). Side-by-side comparison to the previous month and the same month a year ago.
Organic sessions
4,946
+1.1% MoM
Total sessions
18,969
-11.2% MoM
Engaged sessions
11,218
-0.5% MoM
Engagement rate
58.6%

Organic sessions year over year

20,00015,00010,0005,0000Jul '24: 12,373Jul '25: 10,666Aug '24: 11,395Aug '25: 9,069Sep '24: 12,151Sep '25: 9,514Oct '24: 13,909Oct '25: 9,724Nov '24: 13,014Nov '25: 8,631Dec '24: 10,019Dec '25: 7,075Jan '25: 13,933Jan '26: 8,354Feb '25: 13,631Feb '26: 7,881Mar '25: 13,960Mar '26: 6,593Apr '25: 11,869Apr '26: 4,938May '25: 12,139May '26: 4,890Jun '25: 10,895Jun '26: 4,946Jul '25Aug '25Sep '25Oct '25Nov '25Dec '25Jan '26Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26Prior yearCurrent

Prior-year bars fill in as more months accumulate beyond the 16-month data window.

Filtered to United States traffic

3,0002,2501,5007500Jul '25: 2,202Aug '25: 2,006Sep '25: 1,971Oct '25: 2,197Nov '25: 1,658Dec '25: 1,550Jan '26: 1,857Feb '26: 1,745Mar '26: 541Apr '25: 2,799Apr '26: 220May '25: 2,387May '26: 145Jun '25: 2,199Jun '26: 133Jul '25Aug '25Sep '25Oct '25Nov '25Dec '25Jan '26Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26Prior yearCurrent

Organic sessions GA4 attributes to United States; visitors GA4 reports as "(not set)" are excluded, so this sits below the global total.

Channel breakdown

Direct: 8,230 sessions (43.4%)Organic search: 4,946 sessions (26.1%)Paid search: 3,531 sessions (18.6%)Referral: 1,687 sessions (8.9%)AI / LLM traffic: 406 sessions (2.1%)Other: 158 sessions (0.8%)Social: 1 sessions (0.0%)Email: 1 sessions (0.0%)18,960SESSIONSDirect43.4% · 8,230Organic search26.1% · 4,946Paid search18.6% · 3,531Referral8.9% · 1,687AI / LLM traffic2.1% · 406Other0.8% · 158Social0.0% · 1Email0.0% · 1
Organic search
4,946
+1.1%
AI / LLM traffic
406
-1.7%
Paid search
3,531
-43.9%
Direct
8,230
+4.7%
Referral
1,687
-1.5%
Social
1
Email
1
0.0%
Other
158
-3.1%

LLM traffic by platform

PlatformSessionsPrior monthChange
ChatGPT 332 329 +3
Gemini 48 48 +0
Claude 26 35 -9
Perplexity 0 1 -1
Commentary Edited

Global organic sessions reached 4,946 in June, up 1 percent on May and down 55 percent against last June's 10,895. Total site sessions fell 11 percent to 18,969, but engagement rate climbed to 58.6 percent from 52 percent, a genuine quality gain. Paid search collapsed 44 percent to 3,531 sessions, so direct and organic now carry more of the load. AI and LLM traffic held steady at 406 sessions, with ChatGPT contributing 332. Organic revenue rose 14 percent to $10,143 and leads jumped to 261 from 189, so smaller organic volume is converting better. Watch whether July confirms this quality trend or whether the YoY decline resumes.

Revenue & conversions

GA4 · organic
What we measure Organic-attributed purchases and revenue (GA4 on medium = organic), with conversion rate and average order value. Movement vs the prior month.
Organic revenue
10,143
+14.0% MoM
Purchases
59
+25.5% MoM
Conversion rate
1.2%
+24.1% MoM
Avg order value
171.9
-9.2% MoM

Organic revenue & purchases by month

30.0k20022.5k15015.0k1007.5k5000Jan '26: 25.3k revenueFeb '26: 10.0k revenueMar '26: 12.7k revenueApr '26: 6.3k revenueMay '26: 8.9k revenueJun '26: 10.1k revenueJan '26: 106 conversionsFeb '26: 73 conversionsMar '26: 70 conversionsApr '26: 57 conversionsMay '26: 47 conversionsJun '26: 59 conversionsJan '26Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26Revenue (left)Conversions (right)

Top organic pages by revenue

Landing pageRevenuePurchases
/3,14315
/introduction-to-design-control-course-online1,4303
/risk-management-for-medical-devices-iso-14971-online-course1,1702
/my-courses8482
/advanced-risk-management-online-course-bundle7481
Methodology & assumptions

All figures filtered to organic search (medium = organic). Revenue is GA4 purchase revenue; purchases is GA4 transactions; AOV = revenue / purchases. Conversion rate = purchases / organic sessions. Trend runs from the configured start month.

CommentaryEdited

Purchases rose to 59 in June from 47 in May, a 25.5 percent gain. Conversion rate climbed to 1.19 percent from 0.96 percent, up 24.1 percent. Sessions barely moved, from 4,890 to 4,946, so the gain came from better conversion, not more traffic. Revenue reached $10,143, up 14 percent, but average order value fell to $172, down 9.2 percent. The homepage drove 15 of the 59 purchases from 453 sessions, the largest single contributor. Watch whether July holds this conversion-rate gain, since flat traffic means growth now depends on converting visitors already arriving, not attracting new ones.

02Search visibility

GSC · 1 to 30 June 2026
What we measure Clicks, impressions, CTR, and average position from Google Search Console. Branded vs non-branded split using the client brand regex. Top 10 queries by clicks and top countries by reach.
Clicks
2,887
-5.0% MoM
Impressions
571,711
+0.8% MoM
CTR
0.50%
Avg position
9.2

Clicks and impressions over time

5,000600,0003,750450,0002,500300,0001,250150,00000Jul '25: 4,528 clicksAug '25: 3,918 clicksSep '25: 4,384 clicksOct '25: 4,399 clicksNov '25: 4,093 clicksDec '25: 3,370 clicksJan '26: 3,949 clicksFeb '26: 3,929 clicksMar '26: 3,573 clicksApr '26: 3,340 clicksMay '26: 3,039 clicksJun '26: 2,887 clicksJul '25: 532,623 impressionsAug '25: 577,602 impressionsSep '25: 550,527 impressionsOct '25: 481,088 impressionsNov '25: 500,798 impressionsDec '25: 475,112 impressionsJan '26: 560,167 impressionsFeb '26: 589,495 impressionsMar '26: 487,806 impressionsApr '26: 529,148 impressionsMay '26: 567,248 impressionsJun '26: 571,711 impressionsJul '25Aug '25Sep '25Oct '25Nov '25Dec '25Jan '26Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26Clicks (left)Impressions (right)

Chart accumulates additional months as new reports are generated.

Branded vs non-branded

ClicksImpressionsCTRAvg positionQueries
Branded 187 675 27.70% 1.3 8
Non-branded 736 239,994 0.31% 20.4 7172

Branded share of clicks: 20.3%

Top 10 queries by clicks

QueryClicksImprCTRPos
medical device hq 126 463 27.21% 2.0
iso 13485 pdf 63 1341 4.70% 7.0
iec 62304 54 6164 0.88% 7.4
eudamed login 36 11123 0.32% 5.3
medical hq 28 79 35.44% 4.0
medicaldevicehq 26 95 27.37% 1.0
iso 13485:2016 pdf free download 24 283 8.48% 5.1
medicaldevice hq 19 25 76.00% 1.0
iso 13485:2016 pdf 16 146 10.96% 6.2
norma iso 13485 pdf gratis 15 99 15.15% 4.9
Commentary Edited

Clicks fell 5 percent month over month to 2,887, and 37.6 percent below June 2025's 4,627, even as impressions rose 0.8 percent to 571,711. Average position improved to 9.25 from 9.74, so the site ranks better but converts fewer of those views, with CTR down to 0.5 percent. Branded search drove 187 clicks at position 1.26, just 20.3 percent of total clicks. The other 736 clicks spread across 7,172 non-branded queries averaging position 20.4, far off page one. "Iso 13485 pdf" leads that group at 63 clicks and position 7.05, close enough to push for page-one placement next month.

03Tracked keywords

DataForSEO SERP · 2840/en
What we measure Top priority keywords tracked monthly. Position from DataForSEO at depth 100. Volume, CPC, and keyword difficulty from DataForSEO Labs. Movement compared to the prior reading.
In top 100
7/8
Gained
2
Lost
1
Still off page
1
KeywordVolumeKDPrevNowChangeRanking URL
medical device courses 40 4 7 7 no change /courses/
risk management ISO 14971 4 6 -2 /articles/the-illustrated-guide-to-risk-management-for-medical-devices-and-iso-14971/
medical device design control 320 4 46 46 no change /articles/design-control-for-medical-devices-what-is-it-and-why-you-should-do-it/
medical device product development 210 >100 >100 still off
clinical investigation ISO 14155 >100 28 +73 (new) /articles/what-are-the-major-changes-in-iso-14155-2020/
design control medical device 320 4 31 31 no change /articles/design-control-for-medical-devices-what-is-it-and-why-you-should-do-it/
medical device regulations training 30 4 3 3 no change /training-courses/
clinical investigation 260 27 17 11 +6 /articles/clinical-investigation-and-clinical-evaluation/

Biggest mover: clinical investigation ISO 14155 (>100 → 28, +73)

Biggest drop: risk management ISO 14971 (4 → 6, -2)

Commentary Edited

Eight tracked keywords held mostly steady in June, with two gains against one decline. Clinical investigation ISO 14155 jumped 73 spots to position 28, entering the top 100 from off-page. Clinical investigation climbed six spots to position 11, on 260 monthly searches. Risk management ISO 14971 slipped two spots to position 6, still a strong rank but the only decline this month. Medical device design control sits at position 46 on 320 searches, unmoved and worth a content push. Medical device product development remains off-page entirely despite 210 monthly searches, a clear gap. Three keywords already rank top 10. Next month's priority is closing the design control gap.

04Top organic landing pages

GA4 · 1 to 30 June 2026
What we measure The pages where organic visitors first land. Sessions, engaged sessions, engagement rate, and key-event counts (when configured in GA4).
Landing pathSessionsEngagedEngage rateKey events
(not set) 781 56 10.1% 0
/ 453 404 92.6% 0
/articles/the-illustrated-guide-to-risk-management-for-medical-devices-and-iso-14971 448 211 46.2% 0
/articles/the-illustrated-guide-to-medical-device-software-development-and-iec-62304 234 118 69.1% 0
/articles/free-iso-134852016-standard-and-where-to-download-the-pdf 221 164 79.8% 0
/my-courses 159 126 82.8% 0
/training-courses 80 59 87.3% 0
/articles/guide-to-quality-management-for-iso-13485 69 26 46.3% 0
/login 68 60 88.4% 0
/articles/eudamed-logins-for-beginners 63 30 65.5% 0
Commentary Edited

The homepage leads engagement at 92.6 percent across 453 sessions, the strongest top of funnel signal on the site. The ISO 14971 risk management guide pulls the most article traffic at 448 sessions but converts attention weakly, just 46.2 percent engaged. The free ISO 13485:2016 PDF page holds 79.8 percent engagement on 221 sessions, a stronger ratio than its bigger sibling. The 781-session "(not set)" bucket at 10.1 percent engagement likely masks tagging errors and deserves a source check. Zero key events across all 517 organic pages means none of this traffic is measured against outcomes. Next month, set up lead_form_submission and course_signup as key events so engagement numbers translate into pipeline evidence.

05Backlink profile

Ahrefs Site Explorer · End of June 2026
What we measure Ahrefs Domain Rating (DR) on a 100-point scale plus live backlinks and referring domains. Each value at the end of the report month, with the trailing 12-month trajectory.
Domain rating
37.0
+0 MoM
Live backlinks
2,185
Referring domains
759
+85 MoM
Organic keywords
321
Commentary Edited

Domain rating holds at 37 for the third straight month, but referring domains jumped from 682 to 767, a gain of 85 in June alone. That is the fastest link acquisition pace in the twelve month history, up from 379 refdomains in January 2025 to 767 now. Backlinks stand at 2,185, and organic traffic sits at 3,012 visits against 321 ranked keywords. DR flatlining while refdomain count accelerates suggests the new links have not yet been weighted into Ahrefs' score. Watch next month's DR reading closely. If it does not move despite this link volume, the new domains likely carry low authority and need a quality filter before more outreach spend goes into this channel.

06Competitive landscape

Ahrefs · End of June 2026
What we measure Client against tracked competitors on the same four metrics: Ahrefs organic traffic estimate, organic keyword count, live backlinks, and referring domains. Snapshots at end of month.
Share of organic traffic
medicaldevicehq.com 3%
easymedicaldevice.com 0%
nsf.org 93%
cfpie.com 4%
medicaldevicehq.com ← CLIENT
Traffic 2,765
Keywords 321
Backlinks 2,185
Refdomains 759
easymedicaldevice.com
Traffic 170
Keywords 53
Backlinks 3,720
Refdomains 327
nsf.org
Traffic 79,224
Keywords 7,896
Backlinks 1,105,014
Refdomains 23,557
cfpie.com
Traffic 3,333
Keywords 668
Backlinks 8,851
Refdomains 700
Commentary Edited

Medical Device HQ sits mid pack with a domain rating of 37, ahead of Easy Medical Device (28) but behind CFPIE (41) and NSF.org (87). NSF.org dominates on scale, 79,224 monthly visits and 7,896 keywords, a structural gap no single quarter closes. CFPIE is the real threat this month, traffic up 33% with 86 new referring domains, the same referring domain pace Medical Device HQ posted (85). Medical Device HQ's own traffic slipped 3.8% despite that link growth, meaning links are not yet converting to rankings. The realistic target is closing the gap to CFPIE's 668 keywords, not NSF.org's 7,896. Next month, prioritize keyword coverage over pure referring domain volume.

Closing takeaway

June 2026 Edited

Organic sessions rose 1.1% to 4,946, but total sessions fell 11.2% month over month and 45.9% year over year, with 18,969 sessions this month against last year's pace. GSC impressions grew 0.8% to 571,711 while clicks dropped 5% to 2,887, so visibility is expanding faster than engagement converts it. Referring domains gained 85 to reach 759, a real authority signal, though domain rating held flat at 37. The ISO 14155 article jumped 73 spots into the top 100, proof that content depth still earns rankings here. Next month's task is converting impression growth into clicks, since the gap between the two is now the main drag on traffic.