New Jersey Lawyer On Site Search Engine Optimization
March 20th, 2012 by adminWhen you are searching for a way to increase the amount of targeted traffic to your New Jersey law firm website, it’s important to choose a Law Firm internet marketing agency with intense knowledge and understanding of on-site attorney search engine optimization tactics that are effective to help you succeed online.
You know that in order for your legal website to succeed online and enjoy high rankings, it is important that you launch a powerful on-site and external law firm internet marketing (search engine optimization) campaign in order to compete. A few of the most powerful and effective tactics you can use are outlined below.
On-Site Optimization
The fundamentals of on-site optimization must be implemented in order to rank highly online, but too many website owners fail to use these strategies. Simply by properly optimizing their websites, a large percentage of our clients see substantial improvement in their online ranking. The top methods to optimize your website include:
Website Title Tags – It is essential that you title tags are rich with keywords. Practice location (such as city and state) should be outlined in your tags, as well as top niche practice areas, (i.e. divorce lawyer, divorce attorney). Also include additional practice areas in your title tag. The MOST IMPORTANT key terms for your practice should be included within the first 65 characters of your page title, as these characters are what Google values most. While you can include more characters, always assume that Google only considers the first 65.
An effective sample title tag: Trenton Divorce Lawyers, Princeton Divorce Attorneys|Becker Law (64 characters)
Website Meta Description Tags – Search engines still value the meta description tag, which is often displayed in search results depending on the search query performed by the user. A snippet of page content is also frequently pulled by Google, or a relevant inbound link to content on your website.
Website Content - In the designing of your website, it is critical that your pages are full of high quality, search engine friendly content. Create content that is both valuable to the visitor, and optimized for search engines. Google can now analyze user satisfaction using statistics such as time visitors spend on your website, so make sure that your content entices visitors to remain on your site. Another perk of great content is increased conversions, in other words converting more visitors to clients.
Website content should be rich with keywords. Usually, the home page of your website will discuss all major keywords for your practice used on all of the pages of your site. Sub pages generally focus on one area, and specific keywords related to that area of practice, such as family law. For example, you are a Trenton divorce and family law lawyer. All of the services you offer will be discussed on your home page, as well as the benefits to the visitor regarding why they should choose your law firm. Sub pages should discuss specifically your niche practice areas, such as child custody law, adoption law, family law, etc. Usually, one page is all that is necessary for each sub niche area. On your sub pages, mention the cities you service along with key terms several times (lawyer(s), attorney(s)) and be sure to include any relevant terms that someone in need of your services might key in when searching for your services.
Choosing Website Domain Names – Increased rankings are benefited by a keyword rich domain, however it’s sometimes difficult to accomplish while still maintaining legitimacy and brand. An example of a good domain name that is keyword rich would be Trentondivorcelaw.com or Trenton-Divorce-Law.com, which would help with ranking highly for phrases such as Trenton divorce attorney, Trenton divorce law firm and other search terms that include the words Trenton, divorce, lawyer, law, etc.
Choosing Website Sub Page Names – Using keywords that are relevant to your sub page targeted keywords is essential when choosing sub page names. Suppose you are creating a page about family law attorneys targeting Trenton, New Jersey. Your goal is to give the page a relevant name, such as Trentondivorcelaw.com/family_law_trenton.html rather than Trentondivorcelaw.com/family.html. Google highly values keywords used not only in website content, descriptions and meta tags, but also in sub page names.
Link Building
A high quality link building campaign is also essential to a high ranking for your law firm, a topic we will cover in an upcoming blog post. Also consider creating a Google Local Business Center listing so that you can easily be found in local search results. Dataflurry is a leader in New Jersey lawyer search engine marketing.
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