Why is this competitor ranking so high?

[diogenes]

I have a competitor who consistently rans #1 or close in SERPS for keyword phrase "uncontested divorce lawyerser.  in analyzing his site he doesn't seem to have anywhere near the links, domain authority or page authority that would justify this preeminence Is this a black hat situation or what?

His site  is www.uncontesteddivorceny.comhx

thx

Paul

[Andy.Drinkwater]

That's a very difficult question to answer Paul. There are so many ethical reasons why they are ranking well, as well as possible black hat, but without comparing the sites on different aspects, it is impossible to say why Google favour them. It could be trust, links, content, all 3 or none at all and be something else. Only Google really knows the answer to this one.

-Andy

[spencerhjustice]

It is really hard to tell for sure but I would imagine that their link from inc.com is probably helping quite a bit.

http://www.inc.com/kevin-daum/being-sued-4-ways-to-keep-lawyers-at-bay.html

Also it looks like Google might be favoring the exact match domain

[dotlineseo]

Yes its coming because for Exact Domain and there are no more searches for this keyword.