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Explore the world of SEO for law firms, from SEM to link-building and web page optimization. Learn about PageRank, backlinks, keyword efficiency, and key SEO strategies for legal websites. Uncover the secrets to improving your law firm's online visibility.
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SEM SEM SEO
Getting Better All the Time Link-building? Create new SEO pages? How well am I doing? Is an SEO project needed? Optimise existing pages? Confirm keywords? Account Management Process
What is PageRank • Larry Page (founder & CTO of Google) • Internal metric that Google uses to derive the value of a page to a specific search query • Patent owned by Standford University but exclusive license to Google (shares in Google sold for $336M). • Logarithmic scale • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank - NOT light bedtime reading!
What influences PageRank? • Keywords in the Title • Keywords in headings • Keywords on the page • Keywords in the URL • Keywords in the domain • Freshness of pages • Size of the site • Inbound links • Age of the siteand more……..
Keyword Efficiency Index KEI = Search Volume2 / Site Competition
http://ww.mlclaw.co.uk Link building only
Three Keys to SEO • Linkworthy - make it useful & compelling • SEO is intertwined with web site design & content • Tips booklets, news, content • Keywords & Content - Site optimisation • Theme optimization = keyword-focused content • More content = higher PR • Follow best practices, avoid worst • Link Popularity - Off-site optimisation • Maximize high PR inbound links (backlinks) • Keyphrase filled anchor text (example: “planning solicitor” not “Kingsley Smith”
Tutorial • Someone be brave • Give me your URL • What phrase?
Use of Site Maps • Manual site maps • Auto-generated sitemaps for Google upload