Arizona Lawyer On Site Search Engine Optimization
February 27th, 2012 by adminWhen you run a law firm in Arizona and you are looking for a way to increase the amount of traffic to your law firm’s website, you need to find a Law Firm internet marketing agency that thoroughly understands the on-site search engine optimization tactics that are needed to really help you succeed on the internet.
When you have a legal website that needs higher rankings online, and you have come to the conclusion that in order to compete in this day and age – you need to implement a powerful on-site and external lawyer search engine optimization campaign. We will guide you through some of the most powerful tactics to utilize below.
On-Site Optimization
Some of the biggest mistakes that website owners make are not following the simple fundamentals of on-site optimization. A large percentage of our clients see tremendous online ranking improvements by just making their website properly optimized – which is quite simple to do. Below are the top methods:
Website Title Tags – Your title tags must be keyword rich. The tags should outline your practice location (for example city and state). Your title tag should include your top niche practice areas (For example, divorce attorney, divorce lawyer). Your title tag should also include additional practice areas. You should also include your MOST IMPORTANT key terms within the first 65 characters of the page title.
A good sample title tag would be : Phoenix Divorce Attorneys, Scottsdale Family Lawyers | Keller Law (65 characters)
You can go over the 65 character count, however; since Google says that 65 characters is the appropriate amount (and what they typically only display) – you should assume they will only value the first 65 characters.
Website Meta Tags - The most important tag within your meta tags will be your meta description tag. The major search engines have come out and said they no longer value the keyword tag. However; you can still implement the keyword tag if it makes you feel better – it will not hurt anything.
Website Meta Description Tags – The meta description tag is still valued. Often times the tag will display in the search results, depending on the specific search query that took place. Google will some times also pull the search snippet from page content, or even an inbound link that’s relevant to the website content.
Website Content - When your website is designed, you must create a website that is full of search friendly and high quality content. Don’t create content only for the search engines, because Google is always trying to determine user satisfaction with a website (and they can analyze time on a website and other factors that you may not be aware of). Quality content will also help to ensure that your users are satisfied with their website visit and increase your chances of converting a visitor in to a client.
Your content should be keyword rich. Typically your home page content will discuss all major keywords you are promoting throughout your website. Then sub pages will often times focus on more specific keywords or practice areas. So let’s say you are a Phoenix divorce and family law attorney. Your home page would discuss all the services you render or the main services that you render, while also discussing the reasons why your law firm should be chosen. Then, you should have sub pages talking specifically about your niche practice areas (one page per practice area is typically recommended) such as Family Law, Divorce Law, Child Custody Law, Adoption Law, Family Mediation Law, Domestic Violence Law, Paternity Law and so on. Within these sub pages, you should mention your cities of service several times, be sure to discuss the terms lawyer(s) and attorney(s) several times and also make sure to utilize additional relevant phrases and terms that may be searched relevant to that specific practice area.
Choosing Website Domain Names - Choosing a keyword rich domain name can be very beneficial to increased rankings, however; we also understand that running a law firm that appears branded and more legitimate can some times make it hard to do. So for example, using the domain name Phoenixdivorcelaw.com or Phoenix-Divorce-Law.com would make it much easier to rank for phrases such as Phoenix divorce lawyer, Phoenix divorce attorney, Phoenix Divorce Law Firm and other terms that include the words Phoenix, Divorce or Law in them.
Choosing Website Sub Page Names - When you are choosing a website sub page name, it is very important to use keywords relevant to that pages targeted keywords. So let’s take for example a page you are creating about Child Custody Attorneys targeting Phoenix Arizona. Instead of simply naming this page phoenixdivorcelaw.com/child.html a better name to increase your chances of ranking would be something like this: phoenixdivorcelaw.com/child_custody_law_phoenix.html – The reason for doing this is quite simple, Google highly values keywords within the domain name, as well as page titles, description and content.
Link Building
Aggressive link building is very important to a high quality link building campaign – we will cover this topic in a coming blog post. You must also focus on creating a Google Local Business Center listing to increase your chances of ranking in local results. Dataflurry is a leading Arizona lawyer search engine marketing team.
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