+668% Organic Keyword Growth

How PrimeRx Outranked the Competition with elk’s AEO Strategy

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Results

+668%

Organic Keywords

+30%

Organic Clicks

+5 Points

Authority Score

+668%

Organic Keywords

+30%

Organic Clicks

+5 Points

Authority Score

Overview

PrimeRx is a comprehensive pharmacy management platform offering software for prescription processing, claims, inventory, compliance, and more—available both on-prem and in the cloud. In late 2023, they partnered with elk to strengthen organic visibility and outrank key competitors for high-intent queries like “pharmacy software.”

The engagement focused on improving technical health, expanding keyword coverage, and increasing domain authority through smart SEO strategy and backlink acquisition.

Challenge

Despite having a strong platform and clear differentiators (PrimeRx CLOUD, PrimeRx MARKET, and PrimeRx Enterprise), PrimeRx was struggling to capture search share. Competitors were outranking them for core terms like “pharmacy software” due to better backlink profiles, richer content, and higher authority.

In addition, their technical SEO had several blockers—404s, redirect chains, duplicate metadata, and under-optimized content were limiting crawlability and AI search surface visibility.

Solution

elk deployed a comprehensive strategy that addressed foundational SEO issues and future-proofed the site for AI-powered search.

Key Features
  • Technical SEO Audit & Fixes

Resolved critical issues like broken pages, redirect loops, duplicate metadata, and image bloat. These improvements enhanced crawlability, indexation, and site performance.

  • Keyword Strategy & Content Clustering

Identified high-value queries like “independent pharmacy management software” and long-tail feature terms, then mapped them into topic clusters to guide both page updates and blog creation.

  • Backlinking & Authority Building

Launched a backlink acquisition campaign to secure placements in pharmacy tech blogs, industry directories, and software review sites—elevating PrimeRx’s authority score from 30 to 35.

  • Content Optimization & Domain Consolidation

Refined key pages to align with target terms. In late 2024, elk also migrated sister site Trxade into the main PrimeRx domain—consolidating SEO equity and improving ranking for competitive head terms.

Results

In just 18 months, PrimeRx saw powerful SEO gains:

Organic Keyword Count

+688%

Nov 2023
894
July 2025
6,863

Main Keyword “Pharmacy Software” Ranking

+33 Spots

Jan 2024
Position 38
July 2025
Position 5

Authority Score

35

 Improved from 30 to 35

Google Search Console Clicks

9.75K

May 2024
May 2024
July 2025
 9.75K

These results reflect a major shift in visibility, brand authority, and relevance across both traditional and AI-powered search experiences.

Recommendations

To sustain and build on this momentum, elk recommends continuing to publish long-form content targeting comparison and feature-specific queries, expanding schema for AI Overview (SGE) inclusion, and monitoring competitor placements to maintain authority and visibility

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