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Today's               online               law               firms               must               build               a               strong               web               presence               as               an               extension               to               their               current               efforts,               not               as               a               replacement.

It               is               now               just               as               important               to               have               an               Internet               presence               with               a               website               as               it               is               to               be               found               on               the               search               engines               for               prospective               clients               that               are               searching               every               day.

CORE               ELEMENTS               OF               A               STRONG               WEB               PRESENCE:
               MUST               have               a               Website               Website               MUST               be               appealing               and               easy               to               navigate               Website               MUST               be               optimized               for               the               keywords               pertinent               to               your               firms               practice               areas               Website               MUST               be               optimized               for               the               keywords               pertinent               to               your               firms               partners               Website               MUST               be               lead               generating               (Example               -               Contact               Submission               Form)               Website               MUST               integrate               and               use               web               analytics               Appealing               Website               +               Optimization               of               Practice               Areas               &               Partners               +               Lead               Generation               +               Analytics

Any               law               firm               website               that               does               not               integrate               all               six               of               the               parameters               listed               above               is,               in               my               opinion,               failing               to               establish               a               strong               web               presence.

I               have               noticed               this               more               and               more               lately               and               have               also               noticed               that               the               bigger               law               firms               with               big               expensive               sites               are               nowhere               to               be               found               in               the               search               engines.

Surprisingly,               many               lawyers               and               law               firms               ignore               this               reality,               and               have               no               Internet               presence.

Let's               take               a               look               at               some               revealing               statistics               from               the               Pew               Internet               &               American               Life               Project               Report:
               68               percent               of               American               adults               (approximately               137               million               people)               use               the               Internet               65               percent               of               legal               services               buyers               have               gone               online               to               locate               a               law               firm               38               percent               search               online               for               legal               services               at               least               weekly               89               percent               use               search               engines               to               find               law               firm               Web               sites               86               percent               go               directly               to               a               law               firm's               site               71               percent               enter               law               firm               Web               sites               through               portals               such               as               FindLaw               and               Martindale               Hubbell
To               be               effective,               your               Web               marketing               should               also               include               a               budget               for               the               Website               and               a               separate               budget               for               online               marketing               campaigns               and               strategies.

Monitor               your               marketing               closely               to               determine               whether               you               are               attracting               visitors               and               turning               them               into               clients.

Your               competitors               also               use               the               Web,               and               your               next               new               client               is               almost               certainly               using               the               Internet,               searching               for               you.

CAN               YOUR               FIRM'S               ATTORNEYS               BE               FOUND               WHEN               THEY               ARE               GOOGLED?

I               usually               notice               that               bigger               law               firms               websites               are               not               optimized               and               sometimes               you               can't               even               find               key               partners               when               you               "Google"               them,               let               alone               finding               the               firm's               site               for               keywords               related               to               their               practice               areas.

I               would               think               that               bigger               law               firms               with               big               marketing               budgets               would               do               more               with               search               engine               optimization               and               law               firm               pay               per               click               marketing.

This               is               good               news               though               for               the               smaller               firms               of               the               world               because               they               can               now               compete               and               beat               the               bigger               guys               in               online               advertising.

MOST               LAW               FIRM               OWNERS               &               MARKETING               DIRECTORS               DON'T               UNDERSTAND               SEO

Usually,               the               bigger               law               firms               that               do               recognize               the               value               of               search               engine               optimization               have               a               sharp               law               firm               marketing               director.

Yet,               I               find               most               law               firm               marketing               directors               don't               seem               to               understand               how               important               it               is               to               have               some               optimization               done               on               the               firm's               site,               at               the               very               least               make               sure               your               firm               and               its               partners               can               be               found               at               Google,               Yahoo!

and/or               MSN               (preferably               all               three).
There               is               a               small               light               at               the               end               of               the               tunnel               though               because               more               and               more               lawyers               are               recognizing               that               online               marketing               is               the               wave               of               the               future               and               will               ultimately               replace               traditional               ways               to               advertise.

SOLO               LAWYERS               VS.

BIG               LAW               FIRMS

I               am               also               seeing               examples               of               solo               attorneys               out               performing               big               law               firms.

Just               today               I               reviewed               a               big               law               firm's               site               that               has               multiple               locations               and               over               100               attorneys.

They               have               a               very               old               site               that               has               a               domain               name               from               1994,               which               is               and               should               be               a               good               thing.

It               has               a               Google               PageRank               score               of               6,               which               is               very               good               and               it               has               244               links               counted               from               Google,               which               is               a               decent               number               (not               great               but               not               bad               either).

These               three               things               combined,               an               older               domain               name,               a               high               PageRank               score               and               a               lot               of               links               should               mean               that               this               site               is               well               ranked               but               the               fact               is               that               it's               not               ranked               at               all               for               any               keywords               related               to               its               practice               and               in               fact               many               of               the               partners               aren't               even               coming               up               if               you               Google               them               by               name.

There               are               many               different               law               firm               sites,               including               solo               attorney               sites               that               maybe               have               a               PageRank               of               3               or               4,               have               about               20-30               links,               yet               are               ranked               in               the               top               10               for               many               different               keywords               and               get               a               lot               of               website               traffic               as               a               result.

This               shows               you               that               it's               a               combination               of               things               that               have               to               happen               and               that               certain               things               must               be               done               in               order               to               get               results               at               Google.

LAW               FIRMS               ARE               MISSING               A               GREAT               OPPORTUNITY

Most               law               firms               have               not               paid               any               attention               to               search               engine               optimization               and               are               just               starting               to               realize               how               important               it               is.

If               you               have               a               site               that               has               been               around               for               awhile,               has               plenty               of               links               from               other               sites,               is               in               the               right               search               directories               BUT               isn't               optimized               for               the               keywords               pertinent               to               your               firms               practice,               then               you're               probably               missing               out               on               a               lot               of               focused               traffic.



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