This is the second installment in a legal blog series about a lawsuit against Google over competitive keyword marketing. The first installment provided the background information, covering keywords, competitive keyword advertising, and the facts of the case. Here, we discuss the implications of the lawsuit between Edible Arrangements and Google, the likely outcome, and how Read more about Competitive Keyword Advertisements v. Trademarks[…]
This is the first installment of a legal blog series dealing with an ongoing lawsuit focused on competitive keyword marketing. The second and final installment, which predicts the outcome of the lawsuit and the possible implications, can be found here. Well over a year ago, we described a state split in the online legal marketing Read more about Competitive Keyword Ads Go to Court: Edible Arrangements v. Google[…]
In last week’s blog post, we revealed a recent study we had conducted here at Myers Freelance. In the study, we looked at the top three criminal defense attorney websites for each of the largest 50 cities in the United States and asked, “Do they have a legal blog?” 72% of them did. 23% of Read more about Recent Study Shows How Legal Blogging Helps Your Ranking[…]
Recently on the Myers Freelance blog, we’ve been dealing with the ins and out of writing a series of legal blog articles on a related topic. Refresher: The Legal Blog Series This all started in our recent blog sample for criminal defense attorneys. There, we wrote 476 words on the upcoming Supreme Court case Carpenter Read more about How to Plan and Execute a Series of Related Legal Blog Posts[…]
If you’re one of the two regular readers of our legal marketing blog, last week’s article on how a series of blog posts can hurt your SEO (search engine optimization) might have raised an interesting pair of questions: Wait… can’t you get penalized for hosting duplicative content on your site? And, Wouldn’t writing about the Read more about No, Your Site (Shouldn’t) Get Penalized for a Legal Blog Series[…]
Our last post was a blog sample for criminal defense attorneys – a case analysis of the upcoming Supreme Court decision, Carpenter v. U.S. – that was geared towards a lay audience. At the end of that post, we noted how, at 476 words and without a call to action, yet, it was already toeing Read more about How a Series of Legal Blog Posts Can Hurt Your SEO[…]
Hosting a legal blog on your law firm’s webpage is one of the best ways to do online legal marketing. Not only does a legal blog help your site on the search engine optimization (SEO), front to get it in front of potential clients, it also helps convert those potential clients into paying ones. This Read more about The Nuanced Space Between SEO and Conversion[…]
In a few of our recent blog posts, we’ve delved into some of the complications surrounding long tail keywords, particularly their limitations in your legal marketing strategies. In essence, because there are so many possible long tail keywords out there, spending time targeting and then improving your ranking for specific keywords can be a waste Read more about Vanity Keywords: Lawyer v. Attorney[…]
Long tail keywords are the very specific words and phrases that you want to target in your law firm’s online search engine marketing – “motorcycle accident attorney broken tibia charlotte north carolina” is a long tail keyword, while just “personal injury lawyer” is just a regular keyword. In a couple of recent blog posts, we Read more about Ranking Fluctuations Impact Vanity Keywords, Too[…]
In our last blog post, we reached way back into our archives to answer a question about a blog post we wrote last year. This ancient post had detailed the downfall of the call to action (CTA), the paragraph that often comes at the end of a legal blog post that urges readers to contact Read more about Calls to Action, Penalties, and Link Dilution[…]
Our last two blog posts have delved into the conundrum of something that we glossed over last year: The value of backlinks on social media for search engine optimization (SEO). Here’s a summary and recap of where we’ve been, so far. Where We’ve Been: Social Media, Backlinks, and Freshness Our first post in this three-part Read more about Backlinks and Social Media: Strategies[…]