Two jobs at once: covering the terms that mean someone needs representation, and genuinely answering what they type on the way there. Most law firm content does neither — it describes the firm.
Somebody who has just been hurt and is trying to work out what to do, and a system deciding whether this page deserves to be the answer. The same words have to satisfy both.
Heading, plain answer, proof the firm has done this before, and a next step. Every part serves the reader and the ranking at once.
A main page per practice area with supporting pages linked into it, so the whole group carries more weight than any page could alone.
Search Console tells us which pages are earning their place. Those get strengthened. The rest get rewritten or removed.
The first pass builds the coverage a practice area needs. After that it is maintenance — because a page that ranked two years ago is not automatically the best answer today.
Keyword research against real intent, and an audit of what the site already covers. Usually more overlap and more holes than anyone expects.
A pillar per practice area and the supporting pages beneath it, mapped out before a word gets written.
Plain answers to real questions, with the firm’s own experience in them. Reviewed by someone who knows the practice area.
Internal links so the cluster reinforces the pillar, and the pillar sends authority back down. This is the step most firms skip.
Search Console every month. Pages that are working get strengthened, pages that are not get rewritten or pruned.
Fixing pages that already rank can move within weeks. Building a practice area’s coverage from nothing takes a couple of quarters.
Pages sitting on page two often move first. Better titles, real answers and internal links can be enough on their own.
The pages written in month one start ranking, and the cluster begins pulling the pillar up with it.
A practice area covered properly ranks for hundreds of terms nobody specifically targeted. That is where the volume comes from.
Every URL goes into a content plan in Google Sheets — what it targets, what it links to, and whether it is earning its place. Reviewed against Search Console every month.
Content is one of three. Without a site Google can crawl and other sites willing to vouch for it, the writing sits there unread.
Crawlability, speed and schema. A stray noindex or a slow server can hold a practice area back indefinitely, and none of it shows up in a content audit.
Technical SEO →Legal directories, local institutions and press. The hardest of the three to earn, the only one that can get you penalised, and usually what decides a contested market.
Authority and link building →A content audit on your firm: what ranks, what competes with itself, what should be merged, and the questions your market is asking that you have not answered. Yours to keep either way.
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IN YOUR REPORT
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Where AI sends people
Whether AI answers name your firm, or somebody else
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Who's showing up instead
The firms being recommended in your market
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Your search footprint
Rankings, map pack, and paid coverage alongside it
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What to fix first
The gaps ranked by what they'd be worth to you