SEO

Do You Pay-Per-Click?

Pay-per-click (PPC) marketing works. With the right ads, landing pages, and targeted message, PPC delivers leads to attorneys. But is it always the right choice? When a law firm is weighing the benefits of PPC marketing against search engine optimization (SEO), they should consider the pros and cons of both. PPC marketing works during a…

SEO Obiter Dicta: Look for Continued Changes to Google This Year

Last year, Google shook the search engine optimization community with its anti-link fraud update, dubbed “Google Penguin,” and with Google Panda changes as continual updates to improve content quality. It was a tough spring, with effects that lingered well into summer. Is Google going to take a break in 2013? Probably not. In fact, they…

Align Your Website’s SEO Needs With Your Design Objectives

 

Law firms have, for the most part, accepted that having a website is a necessity. While some firms may need to start from scratch with a new website design project, many firms own domains that are more than a decade old, and are interested in creating a more modern look for a site that already…

Position Yourself as the Expert

 

With the heightened news cycle and the constant need by online and print media for content, the call for expert opinion, commentary and editorializing is at an all-time high. A media-savvy attorney can quickly get into the position of being the “go to” person on a number of legal issues, elevating his or her profile…

Using Google Rich Snippets to Make Your Search Results Stand Out

When you conduct a search using any search engine, you are presented with results that will ideally help you decide whether the returned web page is relevant to the information you need. Scrolling through your results, you will likely notice that some entries present you with more information than others, such as user reviews, pictures…

Using Your Own Story To Connect with Clients

 

While your firm may have stellar employees and an array of awards, the truth is, what you offer in the way of legal services probably does not differ much from what is offered by your competitors. The law, as they say, is the law. What you can do uniquely is bring your own story into…

Microblog to get Buzz: Use the Popularity of Sites Like Tumblr to Help Increase Your Reach

 

In the world of search engine optimization, there is a golden rule: “Content Is King.” If you wish to bring more traffic to your law firm’s website (as you most likely do), you should understand this golden rule and how it fits into the bigger picture with press releases, social media, article distribution, blogging and…

What’s In a Name? Google Places Becomes Google Local

Several months ago, change erupted from Google, as it usually does, except this time change did not affect the way Google’s robot crawled pages or how Google’s algorithm handled optimized web pages. No, this change, while appearing subtle, was in fact a major game changer in the way Google Places handled local directory listings and…

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