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SEO for Law Firms

AI-powered SEO deliverables built on legal-specific keyword data, practice area search patterns, and attorney directories. From topical maps to content pages to GBP optimization — everything your firm needs to dominate local search.

Why legal SEO is different

Law firms face unique ranking challenges that generic SEO can’t solve. Here’s what makes your vertical different.

Highest CPCs in local search

Legal keywords routinely cost $50-200+ per click in Google Ads. Every organic ranking you earn displaces ad spend your competitors are paying — making legal SEO the highest-ROI channel available.

Practice area segmentation

Personal injury, family law, criminal defense, estate planning — each practice area has completely different keyword profiles, search intent, and conversion patterns. One-size-fits-all SEO fails.

YMYL scrutiny from Google

Legal content falls under Google’s “Your Money or Your Life” quality standards. Thin or generic pages get suppressed. Your content needs demonstrated expertise, authority, and trust signals.

Attorney directory dominance

Avvo, FindLaw, Justia, and other legal directories dominate page 1 for most legal queries. Breaking through requires a content strategy that targets terms the directories don’t cover well.

What legal clients search for

Our AI agents are trained on legal-specific search patterns. Here’s a sample of the keyword landscape your topical map will cover.

KEYWORD
VOLUME
KD
INTENT
personal injury lawyer near me
165,000
88
LOCAL
divorce attorney [city]
33,100
62
LOCAL
criminal defense lawyer
74,000
78
LOCAL
how much does a lawyer cost
40,500
45
INFORMATIONAL
car accident settlement calculator
22,200
52
COMMERCIAL
estate planning attorney near me
18,100
55
LOCAL
how to file for divorce
49,500
38
INFORMATIONAL
wrongful termination lawyer
12,100
58
LOCAL

Sample cluster: Personal Injury

HUB PAGE Personal Injury Lawyer [City]
6 PAGES
Personal Injury Lawyer [City]
SERVICE
KD 55
Car Accident Attorney [City]
SERVICE
KD 48
How Much Is My Personal Injury Case Worth?
BLOG
KD 35
What to Do After a Car Accident
BLOG
KD 22
Personal Injury Settlement Timeline
BLOG
KD 28
Hiring a Lawyer vs. Settling Alone
BLOG
KD 18
LAW FIRM CASE STUDY
2 → 16 Keywords
9 weeks

A personal injury firm in a competitive metro market went from 2 ranking keywords to 16, including 6 page-one positions, through targeted content deployment and local SEO optimization.

WHAT WE DID:
1
CATALYST audit identified 31 technical issues and 14 content gaps
2
Topical map revealed 28 pages needed across 6 practice area clusters
3
8 content pages built covering core personal injury and case-type keywords
4
GBP optimized with legal-specific categories, practice areas, and client Q&A
5
Schema markup deployed for Attorney, LegalService, and 4 practice area types

Every deliverable, built for legal

Same deliverables, trained on legal data. Keyword research, content, and schema are all calibrated for how legal clients actually search.

Legal SEO questions

Legal SEO operates under Google’s YMYL (Your Money or Your Life) standards, which means content quality is scrutinized more heavily. You also face competition from legal directories that dominate page 1. Our agents are trained on these legal-specific ranking factors.

Yes. The topical map segments content by practice area — personal injury, family law, criminal defense, etc. Each cluster targets the right keywords without cannibalization across practice areas.

Directories rank for broad head terms, but they struggle with long-tail, question-based, and hyper-local queries. That’s where a content strategy wins — capturing the searches Avvo and FindLaw don’t cover well.

With legal CPCs at $50-200+, every organic ranking directly offsets expensive ad spend. Our case study firm went from 2 to 16 rankings in 9 weeks — at those CPCs, the monthly value of organic traffic vastly exceeds the one-time SEO investment.

We work with more than just law firms

Our AI agents are trained on vertical-specific data across 12+ industries.

See what your law firm needs to rank

Start with a topical map. Get every page, keyword, and link your firm needs — delivered in 4-6 hours.