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You make a very good point!

Thank you,

That is my thoughts too. I figure these links are what every lawyer who embarks out on their own should acquire. I understand more will be needed!

So, I agree, but that does not really answer my question. Are links like AVVO and Super lawyers actually helpful to lawyer websites? They seem to produce for my other clients. What say you?

I have a client who is a general practice Lawyer. This particular client refuses to acquire free profiles from legal sites such as AVVO, Super Lawyers, and Justia. I have been working with this client for a year and have had a tough time getting him to rank in an ultra competitive marketplace. The other law clients I handle have all secured these backlinks and traffic is produced, domain and page authority is much higher.

My client say that he has heard from other lawyers that sites like AVVO produce bad or little results, so he wants no part of them. I feel these lawyers are giving him bad advice. They are competitors and each of them have their profiles on these sites.

I thought I would get some thoughts from the community to maybe help back my thoughts on these particular back links.

Thanks

FenixBazaar,

When you are searching for your website on google, are you logged in to google? If you are logged in google will show you personally results you want to see. Like rich snippets for your articles. When you log out and do the same searches you rankings will all disappear.

Try using a private web browser when testing search results.

A search for your domain at SEMrush shows very healthy traffic since Novemeber. How are you testing your articles rank?

I may have phrased questions wrong. Was just asking if a login page should be indexed.

I am managing a Timekeeping/Payroll company. My question is about the customer login page. Would this typically be nofollow for robots?

Kristen,

I have done this on multiple occasions and it still has not been taken off. Can you recommend methods to contact google?

I have a client who is a lawyer and used to work at law firm. Since he has opened his own practice. But if I do a search for my clients name a google feature box comes up and says he works for this previous law firm. How do I get this removed. There is no mention of him on the competitors web site.

Hello Hjsand,

My experience is yes you should be using rel="next" and rel="prev" for paginated pages.

Here is a guide that can help you understand why and how to implement these guidelines

https://moz.com/blog/seo-guide-to-google-webmaster-recommendations-for-pagination

Thanks,

I would suggest to embark on a clear content strategy and keep the technical foundation in place. Start building more links and sharing your content.

Do keep in mind that a number 3 ranking on one search may fluctuate up or down depending on the searchers location. Also if your logged into google when doing a search your results will come up on first page. Make sure you use private browsing or a tool like MOZ to determine rankings.

Fred,

I have found that on local search smaller companies have an advantage over larger companies. Why? Local evens the playing field. These smaller companies have a strong presence in their communities and Google knows this. Remember Google's number 1 goal is to produce the most relevant information to its users for any given search.

So if a 2 man solar company is a block away from Bill who is searching for "Free Solar Panels...local city" The 2 man shop is more relevant to the search then the company 50 miles away but services the area in which Bill lives.

I think this is a trend that is going to be deeply rooted into the new mobile first approach. It clearly levels the playing field!

Hi John,

You are asking an impossible question for most people to answer. Rankings can be based on so many different variables. For instance are the rankings your looking for long tail keywords, specific, or broad? Is your site based in a competitive industry or is it a new niche that maybe people are just starting to become aware of.

If your in a super competitive industry like Web Design. I don't think you could rank for that term on first page unless you do out reach, link building, and much work. But if the term is web design templates for beginners that you may see results rather quickly.

The overall objective is to drive traffic to the timekeeping aspect of the business. I am not working on the payroll part. The client wants to increase the timekeeping business to overtake the payroll business eventually. I figure this is a good time for this discussion because the page itself does not really have an audience yet. We will be building utilizing facebook and linkedIn advertising.

I am currently working with a payroll company that has two separate businesses. Payroll services and Time and Attendance services. Currently the client has 1 facebook page with about 50 likes that caters for both companies.

My question is.... Should I separate the payroll and time and attendance companies and create 2 separate facebook pages, or since the businesses are so close together, we could use the one page to promote both businesses. We also have a similar issue with LinkedIn company pages.

What do you guys think? Separate pages or combine pages? Currently there are 2 separate websites for each companies services.

Hi Miriam,

Yes, I have been working on local citations from the very beginning! This is an attorney not a real estate agency. I was hoping for some more specific strategies for lawyers in a tough competitive location other then time and citations.

What is happening... IMO the search volume has steadily risen month over month, the client is having a hard time understanding that changes do not happen over night, especially for a newer web property.

Thank for your response

Sorry for the late replay. Local citations and listings were done when we launched the website. I'm sorry, I should have stated that in my questions.

I am looking for strategies above and beyond the basics. I want my client to compete with his top competition. I understand this can be difficult for such a young web property, but there has to be something I have yet tried that will help.

Thank you for your response.

I am working with a real estate attorney in NJ. there are 17 real estate attorneys within 5 miles of my clients location. I need some strategic advice to rank my client higher quickly 2-3 month range. I have had him as a client since the begging of his practice (just opened in February 2016)  I created the website and embarked on a content marketing strategy, this has produced slight raises in traffic.

What could I do better to get him in local packs and generally raise to first page for long tail keywords? ( my other clients have not been so difficult but they also are not in such a competitive atmosphere)

Hi Ria,

I would have said even a couple years ago, it is absolutely necessary to have some sort of social media presence. Does it have to be Facebook? No, it should be where your audience resides, however; with a third of the country (if not more) using Facebook everyday, every businesses audience is on Facebook. All my clients are required to have a Facebook page. It is just easier to send traffic back to their websites, it is a way to monetize an audience and lastly create brand loyalty.

In my opinion it is weird to not have a Facebook page, it is my experience that if a page does not exists the business is loosing potential customers, and necessary to create brand awareness.

Hi Ikkie,

do you mean a domain level redirect? such as hgt.com redirected to hgtnow.com and not worry about redirecting each link from their hgt.com/1 to their hgtnow.com/1 counterpart?