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Brighton Optometrists: More Patients Through Google Ads

Brighton's large student population and vibrant LGBTQ+ community create diverse eye care demand — from routine eye exams and contact lens fittings to dry eye treatment and glaucoma monitoring. The right campaign structure, GOC-compliant copy and high-converting landing pages generate a consistent flow of new patients from practices in Hove, Kemptown, City Centre, Preston Park and across Greater Brighton.

£2.10

Avg. CPC for Optometry Keywords in Brighton

290K

Brighton City Population — Major South Coast Hub

6.0×

Avg. Return on Ad Spend for Our Brighton Clients

10 days

Average Time to First New Patient Enquiry

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Brighton Eye Centre — Optometrist Brighton

brightoneyecentre.co.uk

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Expert optometrists in Brighton. Eye exams, contact lenses, dry eye treatment. GOC-registered. Free eye health check available.

Hove Optometry Clinic | Brighton

hoveoptometry.co.uk

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Same-day appointments available. Contact lens fitting, glaucoma monitoring, dry eye clinic. GOC-registered. New patients welcome. Call 020 8050 2592.

Top matches View all

Brighton Eye Centre — City Centre

BN1 1AB · Optometrist · Rating 4.9

Leading optometry practice in Brighton city centre. Eye exams, contact lenses, dry eye treatment.

Hove Optometry & Contact Lenses — BN3

BN3 2PA · Optometrist · Rating 4.8

Expert optometry near Brighton's seafront. Contact lens specialists, eye health checks, glaucoma monitoring.

6.0×
Avg. ROAS

Day 1

First Patient Enquiries

6.0×

Avg. Return on Ad Spend

£26

Avg. Cost Per Enquiry

100%

GOC-Compliant Campaigns

Areas We Serve in Brighton

We manage Google Ads campaigns for optometrists across Greater Brighton — from city centre practices to specialist clinics in Hove, Kemptown, Preston Park and every surrounding area.

City Centre Hove Kemptown Westbourne Preston Park Fiveways Portslade Shoreham Lewes Haywards Heath
Neighbourhood Keywords

Expanding Your Keyword Reach Across Brighton's Neighbourhoods

Most Brighton optometrists running Google Ads optimise for a handful of broad keywords — "optometrist Brighton," "eye test Brighton" — and burn budget reaching patients who are nowhere near their practice. The real opportunity is capturing the high-intent searches that exist in every neighbourhood: "eye test Hove," "contact lens fitting Kemptown," "dry eye treatment Westbourne."

We build a neighbourhood keyword matrix that maps every service you offer to every area within your service radius. Rather than bidding on "optometrist Brighton" and paying premium rates for traffic that may never convert, we target the specific postcode combinations that represent real patient demand — lower competition, lower CPCs, and patients who are specifically searching for a provider in their area.

This neighbourhood matrix is particularly powerful for optometrists near Brighton's university campus, seafront and commercial districts. A practice near the city centre that captures Hove, Kemptown, Westbourne, Preston Park, and the wider BN1-BN3 postcodes serves a diverse patient base — students, professionals, retirees — with different eye care needs. We build your keyword strategy to appear for every relevant neighbourhood combination.

Each neighbourhood keyword cluster we build is tied directly to its own ad group, ad copy and dedicated landing page — ensuring your Quality Score stays high, your CPC stays competitive and your conversion rate reflects the specificity of the patient intent. The result is a compounding effect: lower cost per click, higher conversion rates, and a lower cost per new patient enquiry than broad-match campaigns can ever achieve.

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1 mi 2 mi 3 mi City Centre Brighton Hove Kemptown Westbourne Preston Park Fiveways Portslade Shoreham N LEGEND Practice location Neighbourhood Mile radius
10 Neighbourhood Clusters · 1–3 Mile Radius
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Neighbourhood Keywords — Ad Rank

Eye Test Hove
#1
Contact Lenses Kemptown
#2
Dry Eye Treatment Westbourne
#1
Glaucoma Monitoring Preston Park
#3
Optometrist Brighton Centre
#1
Contact Lens Fitting Fiveways
#2
Eye Health Check Portslade
#3
Designer Glasses Shoreham
#2
The Google Ads Process

How We Get Your Optometry Practice More Patient Enquiries

A proven four-stage process that builds high-performing, GOC-compliant Google Ads campaigns — generating new patients from day one.

01

Campaign Structure & Compliance Setup

We build GOC-compliant campaign structures targeting condition-specific ad groups — no misleading claims, no risky language, just campaigns that stay approved and drive qualified patient enquiries.

02

Healthcare-Compliant Ad Copy

Ad copy written around GOC and ASA guidelines — appropriate qualification messaging, evidence-based language, and ad extensions that maximise your Quality Score and click-through rate.

03

High-Converting Landing Pages

Dedicated landing pages for each campaign — not your homepage — with conversion-focused design, trust signals, and forms optimised for the specific service and patient intent you're targeting.

04

Ongoing Optimisation & Reporting

Weekly bid adjustments, keyword refinement and negative keyword management with transparent monthly reporting on spend, clicks, conversions and true cost per new patient enquiry.

Google Ads vs SEO — What's Right for Your Practice?

Both channels drive patient enquiries — but they work very differently. Most optometrists benefit from running both in parallel.

Factor SEO Google Ads
Time to First Enquiry 3–6 months Day 1
Cost Structure Monthly retainer (ongoing) Pay-per-click (scalable)
Compliance No restrictions GOC guidelines apply
Best For Long-term authority & visibility Immediate patient flow & scaling
Patient Intent Mixed (research + transactional) High-intent (ready to book)
Warranty No guarantees Guaranteed placement while budget lasts

Most optometrists benefit from both channels running together — Google Ads for immediate patient flow, SEO for long-term authority and reduced dependency on ad spend.

01 — Campaign Structure

GOC-Compliant Campaign Structure for Brighton Optometrists

Brighton's optometry market has seen CPCs rise as more practices invest in Google Ads. Without a properly structured campaign, you're burning budget on irrelevant clicks and paying premium prices for traffic that was never going to convert. We build tightly themed ad groups around specific services — eye exams, contact lenses, dry eye treatment, glaucoma monitoring — with granular negative keyword lists that filter out tyre-kickers and ensure every click represents a patient actively searching for your expertise.

We also ensure every campaign is built against GOC advertising guidelines — no misleading claims, no guarantee language, no comparative advertising. Optometry advertising compliance isn't optional; campaigns that violate these guidelines risk regulatory action. We build it right from the start.

Our campaign structures are organised by service category — Eye Exams, Contact Lenses, Dry Eye Treatment, Glaucoma Monitoring, Sports Vision — each with its own budget allocation, bid strategy and ad copy. This specialisation means higher Quality Scores, lower CPCs and better conversion rates across the whole account.

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Campaign Performance — Last 30 Days

Brighton Eye Centre · All campaigns

8.8K

Impressions

198

Clicks

2.25%

CTR

£26

CPA

Eye Exams — Brighton
Enabled
Budget: £280/mo
Clicks: 78
CPA: £22
Contact Lenses — Brighton
Enabled
Budget: £180/mo
Clicks: 44
CPA: £30
Dry Eye Treatment — Brighton
Paused
Budget: £120/mo
Clicks:
CPA:
Glaucoma Monitoring — Brighton
Enabled
Budget: £100/mo
Clicks: 76
CPA: £18

Top Converting Keywords — Last 30 Days

Eye test Hove
CPC: £2.10 Conv: 9 £22
Contact lens fitting Brighton
CPC: £2.30 Conv: 7 £26
Dry eye treatment Kemptown
CPC: £1.90 Conv: 8 £20
Glaucoma monitoring Preston Park
CPC: £2.20 Conv: 4 £24
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Brighton Eye Centre — Eye Test & Contact Lenses Brighton

brightoneyecentre.co.uk › eye-exam

Expert optometrists in Brighton. Eye exams, contact lenses, dry eye treatment. GOC-registered. Free eye health check available.

Call Now Directions Free Eye Health Check

Hove Optometry Clinic | Brighton

hoveoptometry.co.uk

Same-day appointments. Contact lens fitting, glaucoma monitoring, dry eye clinic. GOC-registered. New patients welcome. Call 020 8050 2592.

+34%

CTR with extensions

3.2%

Avg. CTR (optometry)

6.0×

Avg. ROAS

02 — Ad Copy & Extensions

Healthcare-Compliant Ad Copy That Converts

Most optometry Google Ads use generic copy that any practice could run — "Expert optometrists," "Book today," "Free eye test." This kind of copy scores low on Quality Score, costs more per click, and fails to differentiate. For Brighton optometrists competing for Hove students, Kemptown professionals and city centre families, every wasted click is money down the drain.

We write ad copy that speaks to the specific decision criteria of Brighton optometry patients — the Hove student seeking contact lenses, the Kemptown professional researching dry eye treatment, the Preston Park parent booking a child's eye exam. Different ad copy for different search intents, all within GOC guidelines. No outcome guarantees, no comparative claims, no misleading language.

We use every available ad extension — location, call, sitelink, callout and structured snippets — to build out your ad's footprint and give patients multiple entry points to your practice. Sitelinks to specific service pages, call extensions for mobile searchers, location extensions for local intent. Each extension adds credibility signals and improves your Quality Score, reducing your effective CPC.

03 — Landing Pages

High-Converting Landing Pages for Brighton Optometrists

Sending Google Ads traffic to your homepage is one of the most common and costly mistakes in paid search. A patient searching "contact lens fitting Hove" who lands on your homepage — which mentions multiple services and has no clear call to action for that specific query — will leave within seconds. Every homepage visit from a paid click is money wasted.

We build dedicated landing pages for each campaign and ad group — matching the patient's search intent with a page that addresses exactly what they looked for. A search for "contact lens fitting Hove" arrives at a page about your Hove contact lens services, with pricing context for the Brighton market, practitioner credentials, and a clear, prominent call to action. No navigation, no distractions, no exit points except the conversion.

Every landing page includes LocalBusiness schema markup, trust signals (GOC registration, practitioner credentials, brands stocked), a prominent phone number and booking form, and clear next steps. We build pages that convert the specific service intent of your Google Ads traffic into actual patient enquiries — reducing your cost per enquiry across every campaign.

brightoneyecentre.co.uk/contact-lenses-hove
Contact Lenses · Hove, Brighton

Contact Lenses in Hove, Brighton

Serving patients across Hove, Kemptown, Westbourne, City Centre & BN1–BN3

Looking for a trusted optometrist near Hove? Our GOC-registered optometrists offer a full range of contact lens services — from daily disposables and monthly lenses to specialist scleral lenses. Serving Hove, Kemptown, Westbourne and the wider Brighton area.

Daily DisposablesMonthly LensesToric LensesMultifocalSports VisionFree Consultation
Area Served

Hove, Kemptown, Westbourne, City Centre, BN1, BN2, BN3, BN41, BN42

Appointments

Same-week appointments available

Book Your Free Contact Lens Consultation

Hove, Brighton · 020 8050 2592

+210%
Conversion Rate
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Monthly Performance Report — March 2026

Brighton Eye Centre · All campaigns

Total Spend

£580

Budget: £580

Total Clicks

198

+10% vs last month

Conversions

24

Enquiries generated

Cost/Conv.

£24.17

-4% vs last month

Return on Ad Spend

6.0×

Estimated £3,480 in appointment value

Eye Exams
££280 78 clks 10 conv CPA: £28
Contact Lenses
££180 44 clks 5 conv CPA: £36
Glaucoma Monitoring
££100 76 clks 9 conv CPA: £11
04 — Ongoing Management

Weekly Optimisation, Monthly Reporting

Google Ads is not a set-and-forget channel. Brighton's optometry market means keyword costs shift as new practices enter, campaign performance changes week by week, and patient search behaviour evolves. A campaign that performed well in January may be underperforming by March without active management.

We manage your campaigns on an ongoing basis — weekly bid adjustments based on conversion data, negative keyword expansion to filter wasted spend, ad copy rotation based on CTR performance, and budget reallocation towards your highest-performing campaigns. Every change is driven by data, not guesswork.

You'll receive a transparent monthly report covering spend, impressions, clicks, CTR, conversions and true cost per enquiry — alongside our optimisation notes for the following month. We set clear expectations at the start: monthly budget, target CPA, expected enquiry volume. If performance is tracking outside those parameters, we tell you why and what we're doing to fix it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Google Ads for Brighton optometrists.

Free Google Ads Audit

See What Google Ads Could Do for Your Brighton Optometry Practice

We'll audit your current campaign structure, identify wasted spend, check your landing page conversion rate and show you exactly what a properly managed Google Ads campaign looks like for your practice.

Campaign audit: Current structure, spend and performance review

Landing page review: Where your conversions are leaking

Compliance check: GOC guideline adherence review

CPA benchmark: Realistic cost-per-acquisition for your services

Request Your Free Google Ads Audit

Free for Brighton optometrists. No obligation. Results within 5 working days.