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Like your Mom, Google just wants what is best for you. As a lawyer, you have a very real need to know and accurately measure how you and your firm rank in search in relationship to your peers. Google’s Personalized Search Results may give you a false sense of your true standings. In late 2009, Google announced it was extrapolating “Personalized Search Results” from its signed-in users to its signed-out users as well. Search results are now colored by the Web History of signed in users and the data within a cookie cataloging the search queries of the past 180 days of signed out users. (Unless you specifically opt-out.) Earlier this month, Google told us about Search plus Your World which will also influence your search results. (Unless you specifically opt-out.) Continue reading …
View moreWe are very pleased to learn that as of November 25, 2011, traffic to http://toptorontolawyers.ca has been independently verified by Alexa, through websitegrader.com, to be in the top 31.4% of ALL websites! See screen capture of this segment of the report here. Alexa is a respected online service that measures traffic to the millions of sites on the Internet. We continually endeavor to enhance the online visibility for the top lawyers that list with us. We are working towards achieving this same, and hopefully even greater, traffic / “eyeballs” across our entire Top Lawyers family of websites including: – http://topvancouverlawyers.ca – http://topcalgarylawyers.ca – http://topottawalawyers.ca – https://toplawyerscanada.ca If you meet our strict listing requirements and would like to list on TopTorontoLawyers.ca or any of our sister sites, call Jim at (Local) 416-988-4529 (Toll free) 1-888-645-5228 or email info@toplawyerscanada.ca.
View moreI am not an active blogger, but I saw something today that turned up in my Google Alerts that will make you shake your head and laugh (Or cringe). It is an “article” turned out in support of a Toronto lawyer (Who shall remain nameless) with a practice that focuses on real estate and criminal law. The first paragraph begins (Posted verbatim):
“There will probably almost certainly certainly be an occasion or maybe periods in your life once you may decide that you happen to be sometimes ready to purchase 1st home, upsize your house as well as downsize into a scaled-down house. You may also maintain the market for paying for enterprise property or home.Most of these buying will be sometimes the most significant as well as some of the biggest acquisitions you could have.It’s a definite that you do not need to make just about any faults during the process of making this kind of critical acquire.”This is followed by several more equally horrific paragraphs of text attempting to convince the reader of this particular lawyer’s legal prowess as a real estate and criminal defense lawyer. Oh, did I mention the Indian penis enlargement ads that display along side that text? Classy! The icing on the cake was my McAfee anti-virus blocking elements of the page due to their “Risky” origin – Read virus / malware. Nameless lawyer, what were you thinking? Continue reading … View more
In a nutshell, our goal is to help you enhance your existing online visibility with a presence in our authority, municipal based, lawyer web portals. When it comes to search, the legal profession is amongst the most competitive on the web. Prospective clients are searching for lawyers in their city with expertise in the area of law they require. Example search entries may be Toronto Personal Injury Lawyers or Toronto Divorce Lawyers or Toronto Real Estate Lawyers. Further, it is not unreasonable to assume the web surfing public would seek out the very best lawyers in a given practice area and further narrow their search parameters by adding “best” or “top”. For example, Top Toronto Personal Injury Lawyers, or Top Toronto Divorce Lawyer or Top Toronto Real Estate Lawyers. Whether people find you through one of our highly ranked, quality, topical websites or the major search engines – All that matters is that you are found! It is our goal – and we are already experiencing for some – top rankings for keywords with our strategically formulated URL’s. These URL’s return with a high level of relevancy in major search engines for major, legal-centric, keywords across a variety of practice areas. Continue reading …
View moreI don’t want to sound too disparaging, but frankly, there are only a handful of Toronto law firms and individual Toronto lawyers that “Get” search engine optimization (SEO). Many make admirable attempts. Some do it very well. Most do it poorly. This is totally understandable given the demands of tending to their clients and a busy legal practice. Still, I find it peculiar that so many lawyers and law firms adopt an “If you build it. They will come.) approach when it comes to their online presence. In my experience and in my humble opinion; – Law – is the most competitive industry when it comes to search. The cost-per-click (CPC) for many keywords in other areas of the economy is, literally, nickels and dimes. Legal terms and/or keywords, on the other hand (and as you may already know), can cost several dollars per click for a decent appearance. Regardless of the area of law you practice, you are competing with every other lawyer in your city. Everyone is chasing the same keywords and/or phrases and the same prospective client’s eyeballs. You need a leg up. An advantage. Continue reading …
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