Ro.Co Organic Growth Opportunities
1. Readiness Assessment
1. Readiness Assessment
2. Competitive Analysis
2. Competitive Analysis
3. Opportunity Kickstarters
3. Opportunity Kickstarters
4. Appendix
4. Appendix
Readiness Assessment
Current Performance
- You’re driving ~1.2m monthly organic visits across ~426k ranking keywords (traffic value: ~$5.4m in equivalent ad spend), making you the clear #2 in this competitive set.
- Organic demand is heavily brand-led: “ro” alone contributes ~21% of keyword traffic share, with other major drivers like “ro sparks” and “ro weight loss” reinforcing strong branded product visibility.
- Your backlink profile is a real moat: Authority Score 66 (strong trust) supported by ~177k backlinks from ~12k referring domains.
Growth Opportunity
- You’re in a two-player market where hims.com leads by ~190k monthly visits and ~129k keywords—closing that gap likely comes from scaling non-brand acquisition, not just defending brand terms.
- High-volume non-brand tools and informational queries are under-monetized relative to their demand (e.g., “calorie calculator” 2.2m volume, “tdee calculator” 450k, “calorie deficit calculator” 246k), suggesting room to win more generic rankings and improve conversion paths.
- Your traffic is concentrated in a handful of hubs (homepage ~322k visits; /sparks/ ~78k; /weight-loss/ ~47k; plus Health Guide/ED articles like penis-size and “salt trick” pages), creating a clear template to systematically expand topic clusters in GLP-1/weight loss and ED.
Assessment
You already have the authority and scale to compete at the top, but you’re still leaving meaningful non-brand traffic on the table. The biggest upside is turning your proven content hubs into repeatable, high-intent content systems that chip away at Hims’ lead. AirOps can help you execute that expansion systematically and at scale.
Competition at a Glance
Across 4 competitors analyzed (ro.co, hims.com, rexmd.com, and lemonaidhealth.com), the organic search landscape is highly concentrated around the top two domains.
Ro.co ranks #2 in both monthly organic search traffic (1,162,408 visits) and ranking keywords (426,387 keywords), placing it well ahead of the smaller competitors in the set.
The top performer is hims.com, with 1,352,437 monthly organic visits and 555,373 ranking keywords—a lead of about 190K visits and 129K keywords over Ro. Overall, this is effectively a two-player market: Ro.co and hims.com together capture ~96.6% of total organic traffic, so the primary visibility gap to close (or defend against) is concentrated at the very top rather than across the long tail of smaller competitors.
Opportunity Kickstarters
Here are your content opportunities, tailored to your domain's strengths. These are starting points for strategic plays that can grow into major traffic drivers in your market. Connect with our team to see the full traffic potential and activate these plays.
This play creates a massive library of pages helping patients navigate the specific insurance hurdles for high-cost medications like GLP-1s and ED treatments. It targets users who have been denied coverage or are searching for their specific insurer's criteria.
Example Keywords
- "{insurer} prior authorization for {drug}"
- "{insurer} appeal letter for {drug}"
- "{insurer} coverage criteria for {condition} medication"
- "{insurer} step therapy requirements for {treatment}"
Rationale
Insurance denials are a primary friction point for Ro's target audience. By providing specific, actionable guides for every major insurer and medication combination, Ro can capture high-intent traffic at the exact moment they are looking for a solution to a coverage gap.
Topical Authority
Ro already successfully drives traffic via its /weight-loss/glp1-insurance-checker/ page. Expanding this into a full programmatic library leverages Ro's existing reputation for navigating healthcare logistics.
Internal Data Sources
Utilize data from Ro OS /os/insurance-support, existing /safety-info/ templates, and aggregated (de-identified) coverage outcomes from the internal insurance checker tool.
Estimated Number of Pages
10,000 - 50,000+ (Covering hundreds of insurers across dozens of medication classes and denial reasons)
This strategy generates localized landing pages for every major city and state, highlighting Ro's ability to provide telehealth services and prescriptions in those specific jurisdictions. It connects local search intent with Ro's national network of licensed providers.
Example Keywords
- "online {service} treatment in {state}"
- "{city} telehealth {service}"
- "online prescription for {service} in {city}"
- "online dermatologist {city}"
Rationale
Users frequently search for healthcare services with local modifiers (e.g., "near me" or city names). Programmatic local pages allow Ro to dominate these high-converting long-tail queries that are currently underserved by national competitors.
Topical Authority
Ro's sitemap already contains 292 /network-physician/ pages. Using these real, licensed providers as the anchor for local pages provides the EEAT (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness) required to rank for medical queries.
Internal Data Sources
Leverage the /network-physician/ directory, state-by-state licensure data, and shipping/fulfillment SLAs from /os/pharmacy to provide accurate local delivery estimates.
Estimated Number of Pages
15,000 - 60,000+ (Covering 50 states and thousands of cities across all of Ro's service lines)
This play builds a comprehensive, pairwise library of medication interactions and contraindications. It answers the specific "Can I take X with Y?" questions that patients ask before starting a new treatment plan.
Example Keywords
- "can you take {drugA} with {drugB}"
- "{drug} and alcohol interactions"
- "{drug} contraindications with {condition}"
- "{drug} with high blood pressure safety"
Rationale
Patients are often anxious about how new medications will interact with their existing prescriptions or lifestyle. A structured library provides immediate, clinician-reviewed answers that build trust and move users toward a Ro consultation.
Topical Authority
Ro has a deep footprint in medication education with 341 ED URLs and 656 weight-loss URLs. A dedicated interaction library is a natural extension of this existing medical expertise.
Internal Data Sources
Use FDA labeling data, Ro's internal clinical protocols from /os/quality-safety, and guidance from Ro's 22 medical advisors to ensure clinical accuracy.
Estimated Number of Pages
25,000 - 150,000+ (Covering thousands of drug-to-drug and drug-to-condition combinations)
This creative play targets employees of specific large companies who are searching for their unique health benefits. It uses LinkedIn data to identify major employers and generates guides on how to navigate their specific PBM and formulary rules.
Example Keywords
- "does {company} insurance cover {drug}"
- "{company} GLP-1 coverage"
- "{company} PBM formulary check"
- "{company} open enrollment weight loss benefits"
Rationale
Employees often search for coverage based on their employer rather than their insurance carrier. By providing a "playbook" for employees of major firms, Ro can capture a unique segment of the market that competitors like Hims are not currently targeting.
Topical Authority
While a new area, Ro's domain authority (66) and existing insurance-support infrastructure provide the necessary credibility to offer benefits-navigation advice.
Internal Data Sources
Integrate AirOps' native LinkedIn data sources for company profiles and combine with Ro's /os/insurance-support workflows to create step-by-step navigation guides.
Estimated Number of Pages
25,000 - 150,000+ (Targeting 10,000+ major US employers with multiple service-specific subpages)
This strategy targets users who have received lab results (e.g., fertility or metabolic panels) and are searching for what their specific numbers mean. It bridges the gap between raw data and clinical action.
Example Keywords
- "{lab marker} level {number} meaning"
- "normal range for {lab marker} by age"
- "{lab marker} low what does it mean"
- "semen analysis {parameter} low next steps"
Rationale
Users with lab results in hand are at a peak moment of intent. Providing a programmatic interpretation of these values allows Ro to introduce their telehealth services as the logical next step for treatment or further consultation.
Topical Authority
Ro's sitemap already includes 286 fertility URLs and a research section with 23 articles. This play scales that existing expertise into the granular, numeric long-tail of lab testing.
Internal Data Sources
Utilize Ro's /testing/ kit instructions, internal research whitepapers, and clinical follow-up protocols from /os/care-delivery.
Estimated Number of Pages
5,000 - 25,000+ (Covering dozens of lab markers across thousands of possible value ranges and age brackets)
Improvements Summary
Restructure the “salt trick” and Ro Sparks pages to answer top queries immediately, then expand into intent-matched sections, FAQs, and conservative medical guidance. Standardize the same framework across other viral-remedy ED pages, and reinforce the cluster with internal links, refreshed titles/metas, and medical review signals.
Improvements Details
On /salt-trick-for-men/, add an above-the-fold 40–60 word answer, then H2s and FAQs mapped to “what is the salt trick for ed” and “salt trick for men ingredients,” plus variants like “blue salt,” “celtic salt,” “salt under tongue,” and “15 second shower salt trick,” including risks and what works (PDE5 inhibitors, lifestyle, when to see a clinician). On /sparks/, build a navigational-ready page that directly covers “rosparks,” “cost ro sparks,” “ro sparks prescription,” and “how long does ro sparks stay in your system,” with pricing tables, duration vs detectability, safety, and FAQ schema. Add clinician reviewer/date, authoritative citations, consistent “quick answer → evidence → risks → alternatives → clinician CTA” sections across baking soda/peroxide pages, plus hub-and-spoke internal links with descriptive anchors from the ED hub.
Improvements Rationale
These keywords show meaningful search volume with relatively low competition, suggesting page-1 potential if intent match and CTR are corrected. ED is YMYL, so clearer safety framing, reviewer attribution, and strong sourcing improve trust and align with what Google rewards. Better internal linking and standardized page structure should lift topical authority across the /erectile-dysfunction/ cluster, improving rankings for multiple long-tail queries and capturing qualified traffic.
Appendix
| Keyword | Volume | Traffic % |
|---|---|---|
| best seo tools | 5.0k | 3 |
| seo strategy | 4.0k | 5 |
| keyword research | 3.5k | 2 |
| backlink analysis | 3.0k | 4 |
| on-page optimization | 2.5k | 1 |
| local seo | 2.0k | 6 |
| Page | Traffic | Traffic % |
|---|---|---|
| /seo-tools | 5.0k | 100 |
| /keyword-research | 4.0k | 100 |
| /backlink-checker | 3.5k | 80 |
| /site-audit | 3.0k | 60 |
| /rank-tracker | 2.5k | 50 |
| /content-optimization | 2.0k | 40 |
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