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Top Citations for Lawyers in 2018

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Lawyer Local SEO Marketing   LIST OF TOP 2018 LAWYER CITATIONS Legal Citations are key to your law firms Google My Business (GMB) and Local SEO success.   Citations are like links, the more QUALITY and legal focused you are, the better your overall results will be with Google.       Bright Local puts out a listing of the top niche citation sites and have updated it for the current year.    So here you can see the best citations for lawyers below.  Lots of obvious sites like Findlaw, Avvo, Lawyers.com and most likely every lawyer are listed in those sites, so you need to differentiate your firm and have more focused citations.    So first off you want to focus on some of the other not so obvious legal directory sites below such as Lawguru.com and then also you want to do some Paid legal directories and then also try and focus on getting some listings at any local related directory or site. Online directories (often referred to as ‘citation sites’) are crucial for local search optimization, and our recent research shows that consumers lose trust in businesses with inaccurate business listings. But which online business directories and citation sites are the best? The citation lists below are the outcome of a huge project to compile the most comprehensive list of niche lawyer citation sites available on the internet. These lawyer sites are all listed by DA or Domain Authority.   Most of the sites give you a free listing and might already have one setup for you, and guess what? It might be WRONG and sabatoging your local SEO and Google My Business rankings.   You need to have all of your citations have the correct contact info or NAP, Name, Address and Phone #.  You want them all to be 100% the same if possible. Citation Site D.A. Country Free / Paid Listing URL findlaw.com 87 USA Free Click here nolo.com 81 USA Free Click here avvo.com 78 USA Free Click here wallethub.com 75 USA Free Click here justia.com 74 USA Free Click here lawyers.com 72 USA Paid Click here bestlawyers.com 71 ALL Free Click here hg.org 64 ALL Free Click here lawguru.com 59 ALL Free Click here lawinfo.com 57 USA Paid Click here lawyers.uslegal.com 56 USA Free Click here divorcemag.com 49 USA / CAN Paid Click here lawyer.com 47 USA Free Click here justgreatlawyers.com 43 ALL Paid Click here legaldocs.com 43 USA Free Click here canadianlawlist.com 41 CAN Free Click here leadcounsel.org 41 USA Free Click here attorneypages.com 40 USA Paid Click here lawfirms.com 39 USA Free Click here lawqa.com 38 USA Free Click here lawyercentral.com 37 USA Free Click here uslawyersdb.com 37 USA Paid Click here lawfirmdirectory.org 36 USA Paid Click here lawlink.com 35 ALL Free Click here lawresearch.com 35 USA Paid Click here gaylawnet.com 35 ALL Free Click here legalhelpmate.com 32 USA Paid Click here lawyerlegion.com 30 USA Free Click here bailbond.com 28 USA Free Click here findacriminaldefenseattorney.com 28 USA Free Click here town-court.com 27 USA Free Click here dilawctory.com 26 ALL Free Click here alphalegal.com 26 USA Free Click here dilawctory.com 26 USA Free Click here findafamilyattorney.com 25 USA Free Click here getlawyersonline.com 25 USA Paid Click here courthousesquare.com 24 USA Free Click here legalwebfinder.com 23 USA Free Click here mylegalpractice.com 22 USA Reciprocal Click here lawfiles.net 22 ALL Free Click here ilawyersource.com 21 USA Paid Click here findabankruptcylawyer.com 21 USA Free Click here bestattorneysrankings.com 20 ALL Paid Click here lawyers-and-solicitors.com 19 UK Paid Click here lawyerprofiles.com 18 USA Paid Click here lawyersdb.com 18 USA Free Click here pathlegal.com 18 ALL Free Click here lawreferralconnect.com 18 ALL Free Click here truckaccidentlawyerdir.com 17 USA / CAN Paid Click here attorneyslawyer.org 17 USA Free Click here divorceattorneydir.com 16 USA / CAN Paid Click here aplawyers.com 15 USA Paid Click here familyattorneydir.com 14 USA / CAN Paid Click here domesticviolenceattorneydir.com 14 USA / CAN Paid Click here indexlawyer.com 14 ALL Reciprocal Click here bankruptcyattorneydir.com 14 USA / CAN Paid Click here usaattorneys.org 13 USA Free Click here usattorneynetwork.com 13 USA Paid Click here list-lawyers.com 13 USA Free Click here caraccidentattorneydir.com 13 USA Paid Click here caraccidentlawyerdir.com 13 USA / CAN Paid Click here injuryattorneydir.com 13 USA Paid Click here braininjurylawyerdir.com 12 USA / CAN Paid Click here lawyerucla.com 12 USA Paid Click here lawyersolicitor.co.uk 12 UK Paid Click here legalfeefinancing.org 12 ALL Free Click here —> Read Full List of Citation Categories  

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Chicago Local SEO Citation Sources

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TOP CITATIONS FOR CHICAGO LOCAL LAWYERS Chicago is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City & Los Angeles. With 2.7 million residents, the Windy City is also the most populous city in Illinois and the American Midwest. O’Hare International Airport  is the busiest in the world, and it also has the largest number of U.S. highways. The city is a major hub for finance, commerce, technology, transportation & telecommunications & a place for businesses of all sizes to thrive. Citation Site D.A. Free / Paid / Recip Listing URL chicagotribune.com 95 Free Click here chicagomag.com/marketplace 77 Paid Click here chicagolandchamber.org 56 Paid Click here chicagochinatown.org/chinatown 49 Paid Click here wilmette.com 43 Paid Click here localfirstchicago.org 42 Free Click here albanyparkchamber.org 30 Paid Click here jeffersonpark.net/members.asp 27 Paid Click here chicagocrusader.com 26 Free Click here paseoboricua.org/business-directory 23 Paid Click here   Citations are important for the Google Local Map listings and its key that you not only have a listing, BUT that your NAP (Name, Address and Phone #) are the EXACT Same in all citation sources. This will help get your site better ranked in the local seo results, along with other things but these are pretty key to get.  Lawyers need other legal site citations, but its key to get citations in your local geographic area. Bright Local has published a list of the top citations for each city and I will be testing these out and reporting back how well these worked.  

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Top Citations for Lawyers

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Local SEO For Lawyers Local Search marketing is becoming even more important these days and getting your law firm to appear in the local search results in Google maps is very key to every online marketing strategy.  One thing you must be aware of are “Citations” of your law firm. WHAT IS A CITATION? A citation is an online reference to yourlaw firm’s name, address and phone number (NAP). Like links to your website, Google uses them when evaluating the online authority of your business. Unlike links though, citations don’t need to be linked to your business’s website in order for you to be credited for them. So, having your NAP listed in plain text is fine. A partial citation is one which includes only part of your NAP – maybe your name and phone number or name and address. This is better than nothing, but not as beneficial as a full citation. A full citation is one which includes your business’s complete NAP. It doesn’t matter how that information is visibly listed (horizontally or vertically), so long as it’s all there. This is an example of a full citation: For a citation to help with your local SEO strategy, it’s important that it exactly matches the NAP on your website and on your Google+ Local page. What format you choose for your citations isn’t important, but picking one format and sticking with it is. You need to be 100% consistent in the name (abbreviations? Ltd?), address (suite number? floor?), and phone number (+312? spaces or no spaces?) used when building citations. For Lawyers there are all kinds of places to get citations including Yelp, Yahoo and many different online yellow page sites. Below are some of the top legal specific places to get citations. Most of them are free and your probably listed BUT the key here is to make sure your listed EXACTLY the same as far as your Firm name, Address and Phone #.  Then also claiming and verifying your listing is always a good idea and usually you can add a bunch of info on your firm, including a link back to your site.   These sites below are listed by Domain Authority (DA) and the higher the #, the better it will be for you to make sure you have a solid listing and a link back to your site if possible. Citation Site D.A. Country Free / Paid Listing URL findlaw.com 92 USA Free Click here nolo.com 87 USA Free Click here lawyers.com 86 USA Paid Click here hg.org 85 ALL Free Click here avvo.com 84 USA Free Click here justia.com 82 USA Free Click here bestlawyers.com 75 ALL Free Click here lawguru.com 72 ALL Free Click here wallethub.com 71 USA Free Click here lawinfo.com 70 USA Paid Click here lawyers.uslegal.com 58 USA Free Click here divorcemag.com 57 USA / CAN Free Click here lawyer.com 54 USA Free Click here legaldocs.com 53 USA Free Click here leadcounsel.org 52 USA Free Click here lawresearch.com 50 USA Paid Click here canadianlawlist.com 50 CAN Free Click here morelaw.com 49 USA Free Click here attorneypages.com 48 USA Paid Click here uslawyersdb.com 45 USA Paid Click here lawlink.com 44 ALL Free Click here statelawyers.com 44 USA Paid Click here riabiz.com 44 USA Free Click here bestattorneyrankings.com 44 ALL Free Click here lawfirms.com 43 USA Free Click here legalhelpmate.com 42 USA Paid Click here findlaw.com 41 ALL Free Click here lawyercentral.com 41 USA Free Click here lawfirmdirectory.org 41 USA Paid Click here lawqa.com 40 USA Free Click here   Local Search Marketing for Attorneys If your law firm needs assistance with LOCAL SEO, contact us today and we will do a FREE Local SEO analysis on your site.  

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The N.A.P. Citation

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LOCAL SEO MARKETING FOR LAWYERS What Is A Citation? A citation is when you have your business name, address, or phone number listed online. Any of your business information is considered a citation and does not need to link to your website. The “NAP” Citation The most common way local business citations are presented are in the NAP format, which stands for Name, Address, and Phone. It is really important that your information be consistent across the web. Although search engines are getting better at understanding that “st” is the same as “street” in an address. You should strive to make sure your address is exactly the same across the web. Why Are Citations Important For Local Businesses? These citations are important for helping search engines like Google & Bing find and rank businesses online. Citations are one of the major local ranking factors for businesses the more quality citations you have the better. There are several factors that go into a quality citation. Citations VS Links Citations = When your business information is referenced online. Links = When someone links from their website to yours. Common Citation Problems Their are several ways that a citation can be incorrect. The most common citation problems you will find are: Old addresses and phone numbers being indexed Typos or incorrect names Duplicate directory listings If your law firm had old office locations, then you might have an issue that your current location is not being recognized because of the older addresses.  You might have to go through and change certain info so that it all matches up.  Now if you have never moved, then this shoudlnt be an issue, yet a lot of lawyers move around and have multiple offices, so this can become a real issue and might be why your law firm isnt better ranked in the local Google map results.

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Citation Building Strategies for Lawyers

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LOCAL SEO FOR LAWYERS When looking at the Local Search Ranking Factors, citation are one of the most important factors for local businesses to rank and be found online. There are a lot of  lists of citation directories and tools to help you find citations (WhiteSpark  is an amazing tool). All lawyers should find ways to get citations.  What is a citation you ask? A citation is when you have your business name, address, or phone number listed online. Any of your business information is considered a citation and does not need to link to your website.  SO these are not links we are talking about, its just your business info, your NAP….. Name…. Address ….. Phone #…. These should all be the same on all citations and can help improve your local SEO rankings. Citation Building Strategies Ways to get Citations for Lawyers Sponsorship Citations It is common for businesses to support and sponsor events, charities, and local organizations. The following are sponsorship ideas that will work for any industry. Sponsor Charity Websites There are a lot of great charities out there that could use business support. To find the right charity for your business check out Charity Navigator. You can use the advanced search to find specific type of charities within your zipcode.Be sure to check out the charities websites to see if they cite their business sponsors, some of them do not.Resource: Charity Navigator Charity Event Profile Along with sponsoring charities, if you have anyone in your company supporting a charity doing any kind of fund raising, be it for a 5K, bike race, etc. Check to see if they have a “help me raise money” page. If the fundraising domain allows you or your employee to drop in a citation why not give it a try? Sponsor A Student Creating a scholarship is a great way to help students in your community & can gain your business citations from high schools & colleges. There is no set amount of what the scholarship has to be, but in my experience colleges do not really share scholarship opportunities that are less than $500. Look For Sponsorship Opportunities There are literally hundreds of different sponsorship opportunities available in every community. A few to get you started: Examples: Sponsor a little league team Sponsor a pet shelter Sponsor a food kitchen Online Mentions You likely have relationships that you don’t even know about. Find people who have mentioned or talked about your business and find ways to work with them. Examples: Google Search – “Company Name” -site:yourdomain.com Check reference visits in your analytics Ahrefs – finds sites that are linking or recently mentioned your website. Associations & Organizations Are you apart of any local or industry legal organizations? Do these organizations have websites that list their members? Double check these sites to make sure you are listed. Law Firm Employees Your own employees can be a great way to gain citations for your business. Ask if they would include the business in their online bios. Examples: Social network profiles (Linkedin, Facebook, Google+) Organizations they support or work for Speaking at events Connect with the media Local newspapers, media, and news sites are always looking for news especially from people within the community. Research your local media reporters and connect with them to see what they are looking for. Often times you can find & connect with reporters on Twitter. Give Quotes Reporters across the nation are always looking for experts to quote and cite in their articles. Answer their questions to get a great citation is a win/win. Here are a couple of ways to find reporters looking for:1) HARO (Help A Reporter Out) is a website where reporters send out requests for expert sources. Sign up for a free account and get emailed when someone is looking for an expert in your field.2) Watch Reporter Hashtags on Twitter – As mentioned earlier a lot of reporters are on Twitter and use it to find sources for articles to cite. Some of the popular hash tags to follow are: #URGHARO – HARO hashtag #journorequest – Journalist request #prrequest – PR Request Hiring New Legal Help? If you are looking to hire new employees there are a lot of citation opportunities. Job Board sites There are a lot of online job boards! Depending on your budget and the position you are trying to fill you might want to use national job board sites or industry specific job boards. Resources: Job Board Site – CareerBuilder, Indeed, SimplyHired There are many other ways to get citations and for a complete list visit Local Stampede for a great article.

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