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SEO for Law Firms

Rank the practice areas your best clients actually search for — and turn organic traffic into signed cases.

Industry challenges

Why Law Firms marketing is different

Challenge 1

Hyper-competitive SERPs

Law is one of the most contested verticals on Google. Generic content and thin practice-area pages get outranked in weeks.

Challenge 2

Local Pack visibility

Most cases start with a map search. Without GBP optimization and geo-targeted content, you never enter the consideration set.

Challenge 3

Compliance risk

Bar rules limit claims and testimonials. Content needs to convert without triggering ethics violations.

Challenge 4

High CPCs on PPC

Google Ads for legal is brutal — SEO becomes the compounding, defensible acquisition channel.

How we solve it

Our SEO playbook

Play 1

Practice-area silos

Deep silos for each practice area — pillar, sub-services, jurisdictions, and FAQ pages that cover every intent phase.

Play 2

Attorney author profiles

Real attorney bios, credentials, and authored articles wired with Person schema — a core EEAT signal for YMYL law queries.

Play 3

Local SEO stack

GBP overhaul, geo landing pages for every court/jurisdiction served, citations, and review generation.

Play 4

Case-focused content

Result-oriented, ethics-compliant case story pages that convert readers into consultations.

What you get

Every engagement includes

  • Full technical & on-page audit of practice-area pages
  • Practice-area silo architecture and internal linking plan
  • Google Business Profile optimization + review generation system
  • 12+ jurisdiction / city landing pages per year
  • Attorney bio schema, FAQ schema, LegalService schema
  • Monthly ranking, lead, and signed-case reporting

Process

How we run this engagement

  1. 01

    Discovery & audit

    Full technical, on-page, and off-page audit tied to buyer intent and competitor gaps.

  2. 02

    Keyword & content map

    Bottom-of-funnel keyword clusters mapped to money pages, service pages, and locations.

  3. 03

    Technical fixes

    Site speed, indexation, schema, internal linking, and Core Web Vitals rebuilt end-to-end.

  4. 04

    Content & links

    Editorially-driven briefs, on-brand copywriting, and outreach for context-relevant links.

  5. 05

    Measure & scale

    Monthly reporting on rankings, non-brand traffic, leads, and revenue — expansion into new clusters.

KPIs we target

Numbers that matter

Top 3
Practice-area rankings
For target city + practice keywords in 6–9 months
+180%
Non-brand organic
Typical 12-month organic traffic growth
-42%
Cost per signed case
Vs. PPC-only acquisition benchmarks

Why brands choose us

Business outcomes, not vanity metrics

  • Defensible, compounding lead flow you own
  • Lower cost per signed case over time
  • Consistent Map Pack presence for money keywords
  • Authority signals that support both SEO and referrals

FAQs

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