The Q&A Format for Legal Blog Articles
There are a lot of ways you can approach a legal blog article. You could write about a recent court decision, or break down a… Read More »The Q&A Format for Legal Blog Articles
SEO
These posts deal with search engine optimization (SEO), the practice of maximizing how well your law firm’s website performs in search engines.
2 Possible Themes from Google’s December Algorithm Update
Over the course of several days earlier this month, Google rolled out another update to its core algorithm. Lots of online marketing experts are calling… Read More »2 Possible Themes from Google’s December Algorithm Update
How to Leapfrog Your Competition By Scoring a Featured Snippet
One of the most frustrating parts of search engine optimization (SEO) and marketing your law firm online is how websites at the top of the… Read More »How to Leapfrog Your Competition By Scoring a Featured Snippet
Google Uses Surrounding Text to Determine Relevance in Outbound Links
At a recent Google SEO Office Hours session, Google Search guru John Mueller mentioned an interesting element of how the search engine’s algorithms work, when… Read More »Google Uses Surrounding Text to Determine Relevance in Outbound Links
Hyper Local SEO is Another Red Herring for Law Firm Marketing
There has long been a push for law firms to train their online marketing efforts on their local area. By focusing on local SEO, law… Read More »Hyper Local SEO is Another Red Herring for Law Firm Marketing
How SEO is Like Criminal Procedure and Mexican Food
Search engine optimization (SEO) can seem intimidating to lawyers who are making their first venture into online legal content marketing. There’s so much to think… Read More »How SEO is Like Criminal Procedure and Mexican Food
Does Google Think It’s Beaten the Backlink Blitz?
One of the experts at Google, John Mueller, regularly hosts an “office hour” session on YouTube, where he fields questions from search engine optimization (SEO)… Read More »Does Google Think It’s Beaten the Backlink Blitz?
Zero-Click Searches and Why Law Firms Aren’t Competing Against Google
One of the most disturbing trends in the search engine optimization (SEO) world today is the fallout from Google’s attempts to answer as many search… Read More »Zero-Click Searches and Why Law Firms Aren’t Competing Against Google
How BERT Can Impact Online Legal Marketing
The search engine optimization (SEO) world was all in a tizzy this past week as Google announced that it had rolled out a serious update… Read More »How BERT Can Impact Online Legal Marketing
3 Reasons to Fix Broken Outbound Links in Your Legal Blog
The internet is constantly in flux. Website owners can delete their site, migrate to a new domain, delete old articles, or move them into archive… Read More »3 Reasons to Fix Broken Outbound Links in Your Legal Blog
Google Has Loosened H1 Rules, But Legal Blogging Stays the Same
The search engine optimization (SEO) world had an eyebrow-raising moment a few days ago when a Google representative admitted that the search engine’s rules on… Read More »Google Has Loosened H1 Rules, But Legal Blogging Stays the Same
Link Depth and the Trend Towards New Online Content
In our last blog post, we recounted a recent study that found that lots of blogs have two basic structural problems: They have lots of… Read More »Link Depth and the Trend Towards New Online Content
Study Finds Lots of Blogs Have Basic Structural Problems
A new study looked at how blogs tend to be structured. While the data sample is small, it does suggest 2 concrete takeaways that can… Read More »Study Finds Lots of Blogs Have Basic Structural Problems
While Overhyped, Featured Snippets are Still an SEO Goal
In our last blog post, we delved into Google’s decision to apply its Freshness Update to featured snippets. But what, exactly, are featured snippets and… Read More »While Overhyped, Featured Snippets are Still an SEO Goal