Comments on Law blogs solely for SEO & search engine rankings? | Real Lawyers Have Blogs http://kevin.lexblog.com/2008/04/articles/law-firm-marketing/law-blogs-solely-for-seo-search-engine-rankings-/ Read that in a comment from Ben Glass to a recent post of mine. '[T]he ONLY reason, in my view, to blog, have a website, etc. is to get your site positioned well in the search engines.' That's nuts. I'm... en-us Copyright 2008 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:20:36 -0800 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:31:41 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss grantgriffiths@mac.com (Grant D Griffiths) Placement in the search engines is a by-product of blogging not its main focus. This is especially true for a professional service firm.

]]> http://kevin.lexblog.com/2008/04/articles/law-firm-marketing/law-blogs-solely-for-seo-search-engine-rankings-/#999061 http://kevin.lexblog.com/2008/04/articles/law-firm-marketing/law-blogs-solely-for-seo-search-engine-rankings-/#999061 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:39:20 -0800 firm@harrismoure.com (China Law Blog) We stopped running ANYTHING in the yellow pages about ten years ago after deciding that the few calls we were getting were not even worth the time to take them. Blogging brings in work from people who already know exactly what you do, how you do it, and even who you are. This makes the phone calls well worth it. This Ben guy is (as my children put it) a little bit off.

]]> http://kevin.lexblog.com/2008/04/articles/law-firm-marketing/law-blogs-solely-for-seo-search-engine-rankings-/#999096 http://kevin.lexblog.com/2008/04/articles/law-firm-marketing/law-blogs-solely-for-seo-search-engine-rankings-/#999096 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:14:07 -0800 steve@stemlegal.com (Steve Matthews) Even volume exposure that can come with top Google rankings *must* be backed up with substance to generate profile & qualified leads.

Put yourself in the searchers (buyers) shoes. How do you make a decision? Even I will admit that SEO is a tool of exposure, and top rankings alone don't make much of an impression.

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