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Good reviews are the gold standard for generating new business. Each good review is a personal referral that anyone can see. While it may be true that a law firm has to get a lot of good reviews to generate one new client, if a law firm gets just one bad review, it may lose a lot of potential clients. 

Law firms that want to minimize the risk of negative reviews must stay on top of client relationships to avoid or mitigate bad client experiences. Client complaints tend to develop from misunderstandings and can often be prevented with awareness and clear communication. 

When a bad or fake review is left on a review site, an attorney or law firm can take steps to have it removed. However, the decision to delete the review is within the discretion of the hosting site. Even if a review is not removed, there are ways to minimize its impact and potentially achieve a positive result. 

Who is Reading Law Firm Reviews?

According to the ABA Journal, 95% of all legal consumers use law firm and attorney reviews to help them decide who to hire. Almost 85% of legal consumers say reviews are the first thing they look at when trying to find an attorney. 

Whether the review is on your Google Business Profile, Facebook, or industry-specific sites such as Martindale-Hubbell or Lawyers.com, your potential clients want to see how you compare with competitors offering similar services. 

The good news is that something less than all 5-star reviews will actually win over prospective clients, who are more likely to trust reviews when they see a variety of mostly positive comments and a few less-than-positive ones. Ratings in the low to mid-4s are actually preferable because they appear more authentic to readers.

Why Law Firms Get Bad Reviews from Clients

Managing client relations is one of the most important elements of business development for a law firm.  Purchasing legal services has become a buyer’s market, and keeping the buyers happy is essential for long-term success. 

Clients who are unhappy with a law firm and likely to leave a negative review do so for three main reasons.

1. Lack of or Poor Communication

The biggest complaint and reason for dissatisfaction with an attorney or law firm is that a client feels unheard or uninformed. Client communications can be improved by establishing communication protocols early in the representation, outlining the legal process and key deadlines, and providing regular updates to keep the client on board and in the loop. 

2. Unmet Client Expectations

An attorney needs to ensure a client has a realistic understanding of the legal process and the potential outcomes of the representation. Failing to properly prepare a client for all possible outcomes can lead to client frustration and dissatisfaction when there are unanticipated delays or when the final outcome is not as successful as the client desired. 

3. Excessive Legal Fees

Your fees may not be excessive, in fact, but the client’s perspective is what can lead to a poor review. There is a widespread perception that legal fees will be expensive. The way to get ahead of this with clients is to be very transparent about fees and costs, keep clients regularly informed as fees and costs accrue, and respond immediately to questions or concerns about billing. 

Attorneys must also keep in mind that while legal matters may be routine for them, legal issues can be overwhelming and emotionally stressful for clients who really need to feel cared for and reassured during what may be a very difficult time.

What to Do if a Client Leaves Your Law Firm a Bad Review or You Get a Fake Review

No matter how careful you are to keep clients happy, something is bound to slip through the cracks eventually, and you or your law firm will receive a review expressing a client’s frustration. You should respond to all negative reviews.

When a negative review is called to your attention, you may remember the experience and have a very different interpretation from the client. The comments may sting because you feel you did your best, and the review is neither accurate nor fair in describing your services. 

The important thing here is not to respond defensively. Take a moment to try to understand where the client might be coming from and how things could have gotten off track. Remember, other people will be reading the review, so your response must be thoughtful. 

Let the following suggestions guide you as you prepare a response to a negative review.

• Respond promptly – don’t let a negative review sit out there unanswered
• Keep your response cooperative and concise.
• Acknowledge the client’s feelings and apologize for the poor experience
• Explain where mistakes were made, or misunderstandings could have occurred
• Express remedial steps that will be taken to avoid similar experiences in the future
• Keep in mind ethical considerations like client confidentiality
• Offer to connect with the client in a private exchange if it seems more appropriate

Even if you think a client was way off base in their review, it will only be removed if it violates the site’s content policy. Therefore, it is best to respond as though the review will remain on the platform and then try to have it removed.

Fake Reviews

It doesn’t happen often, but every once in a while, you might find a negative review showing up from someone who was never a client. Dealing with this type of review may depend on the review site’s policies. A quick response apologizing for the bad experience and letting the reviewer know that you have no record of a prior representation, but are willing to discuss it further, will let readers know it’s most likely a fake review. 

When a Bad or Fake Review Can Be Deleted

Unfortunately, an attorney or law firm has no control over reviews that appear on a review site. Each site has its own policy on the kinds of content acceptable for inclusion in a review, though most prohibit similar types of content. If a review is posted that violates the site’s content policy, the site may decide to remove it. 

The following are several popular review sites, along with steps you can take to get an inappropriate review removed from each. 

Google Business Profile

Google hosts over 80% of online reviews for businesses and is by far the most popular source for getting information about local businesses. So your business profile is one place you want to monitor your reviews closely. 

Google will only remove a review if the language violates its policy against prohibited and restricted content. Content that is fake, misleading, offensive, dangerous, or illegal will be removed. 

You can report an inappropriate review from your business profile. If Google decides not to remove the review, you may appeal the decision one time. However, Blue Seven Content also helps clients with bad and fake review removal services. We don’t go through the regular routes for removing a review, and we have a success rate of over 90%. If the review doesn’t get removed (happens sometimes), then you pay us nothing.

Facebook

Facebook will consider removing a review if it violates its Community Standards. Similar to the kinds of content prohibited by Google, Facebook does not allow content that is spammy, inauthentic, hateful, offensive, threatening, or harassing. 

You can report a review that violates Facebook’s community standards directly from the review. If Facebook agrees the review violates its policies, the review will be removed. 

Alternatively, you can hide a bad review by turning off the reviews feature. However, you will hide all past reviews and prevent clients from leaving new ones. You will also be removing the social proof vital to establishing trust with new clients. 

Martindale-Hubbell

Martindale-Hubbell profile information appears across all members of the Martindale – Avvo network, including Martindale-Hubbell, Avvo, Lawyers.com, and NOLO, so you especially want to stay on top of reviews when there is such high visibility. 

Lawyers who receive negative reviews can report them to Martindale’s customer support as abusive if they are inappropriate or false. The site will remove reviews that violate its content policies. 

There is no ability to selectively hide negative reviews. All reviews may be hidden, but a message will appear indicating that the attorney has chosen not to display reviews. 

Tips for Successfully Managing Law Firm Reviews

Responding to client reviews – especially the negative ones – can be an excellent opportunity for attorneys and law firms to market themselves. When you engage with reviews, you provide potential clients with additional context that helps them decide whether they want to work with you. 

Managing reviews should be a top priority to increase visibility through local SEO and build trust through social proof. Practice the following tips to get the most benefit from client reviews.

• Be proactive in addressing common client concerns, and make sure clients understand when they can expect to hear from you, what to expect to happen and when, and how much it will cost. 
• Let clients know the kind of experience you want them to have and how much you value an honest review.
• Encourage clients to always allow you the opportunity to correct a bad experience before they leave a negative review.
• Regularly monitor your review sites so you can respond promptly.
• If you get a negative review that isn’t removed, respond appropriately, and then focus on generating new, positive reviews that will ‘bury’ the bad one. 
• Reach out privately to a client who left a negative review to see if the issue can be resolved to mutual benefit. A satisfied client may be willing to edit or voluntarily remove the review. 

Clients want to feel that their attorney really hears them and sincerely cares about their situation. Empathy can go a long way toward shaping a client’s experience. 

A Bad Review Can Actually Help You and Your Business Become Better

Sure, we all want to receive recognition and appreciation for doing things well. But what if we could have done better? What if a bad review is really an opportunity to reassess what we are doing and find ways to improve our service?

At Blue Seven Content, we are always open to learning better and more efficient ways to deliver our digital marketing services, and we encourage our clients to take a similar approach. A bad review is an invitation to communicate. Responding with genuine interest in making things right can turn frustrated critics into loyal clients and brand ambassadors.  

We almost said goodbye to Barnes & Noble. Not the men, but the bookstore. Leading up to 2020, the company was posting massive annual losses. Acquired in 2019 by Elliott Advisors in a deal worth about $683 million, the slow turnaround began.

As I tell this story about how Barnes & Noble pulled off a successful comeback, one that will see them open dozens of new stores in 2026, I’ll ask you to think about your business or law firm and how it can benefit from the same general tactics by allowing originality and expression to shine through. 

The Near-Demise and Rebound of Barnes & Noble

Oh, the fond memories I have of Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks in You’ve Got Mail. That movie, if you’ll remember, involves a big box bookstore coming in and driving out the local bookseller. Ironically, big bookstores like Barnes & Noble, after having nearly shut down the smaller bookshop industry, nearly met the same fate thanks to the likes of Amazon and the overall shift towards online commerce.

Good news! Bookstores, small and large, are doing better now. In fact, Barnes & Noble plans on opening 60 new stores in 2026, and they’re crediting a major shift in how they run operations for the success, and this shift is where our lessons come in.

Nearly Gone, Now Thriving: How Did They Pull It Off?

Barnes & Noble didn’t claw its way back by discovering some secret growth hack or inventing a new kind of bookstore.

They did something way less flashy and way more effective.

They stopped trying to make every store feel like the same store.

That sounds simple, but it’s a direct reversal of how big retailers usually operate. For years, the instinct in corporate America has been: standardize everything. Same layout. Same tables. Same “recommended reads.” Same decisions made at headquarters by people who don’t live anywhere near the customers.

Barnes & Noble finally admitted what most of us already know: uniformity doesn’t work in a country this big. The reading habits of someone in suburban Phoenix are not the same as someone in downtown Boston or a coastal tourist town in Florida. And when you force every location to run like a clone, you turn your stores into… well… a big-box bookstore.

Which is exactly what people were getting bored with.

So after Elliott bought the company in 2019 for about $683 million, and James Daunt took over, the turnaround strategy was not “become more corporate.” It was closer to: become more local.

Here’s what changed, in plain English.

1) They gave stores more control

Instead of dictating everything in a typical corporate top-down manner, Barnes & Noble pushed decision-making closer to the people actually talking to customers in the store every day. Store teams got more freedom to stock and display what their community actually buys. Really, if you think about it, this makes complete sense. We’re a culturally diverse country. What might work in a Barnes & Noble in Chicago might not work in Columbia, SC, and vice versa.

It’s almost funny that this idea feels revolutionary, because it’s basically: let the booksellers do bookselling. Let the community be a community.

2) They embraced differences between locations

One Barnes & Noble doesn’t need to look like the Barnes & Noble 900 miles away. One store might lean hard into kids’ books. Another might become the local fantasy headquarters. Another might build a reputation as the “weird and wonderful” literary spot. The point is: each store can earn a personality.

That personality is what creates loyalty. People don’t fall in love with “Store #1847.” They fall in love with their store.

3) They cleaned up the merchandising approach

One of the under-the-hood changes was reducing the “pay-to-play” feel in how books got positioned in stores. The focus shifted toward serving readers rather than optimizing table placement like a billboard business. I will say that at my local Barnes, I still have to dodge an unbelievable amount of tables when I walk in, but hey…I love books.

Translation: the stores feels less like a retail machine and more like a place built by humans who read.

4) They made growth realistic again (by loosening the format)

A big reason some chains stall out is they only know how to build one type of store. Barnes & Noble got more flexible about store sizes and formats, which opened the door to expanding into more locations that make business sense. 

This shows up in the numbers.

• Barnes & Noble ended 2023 with 609 outlets, after opening about 30 new stores that year.
• By the end of 2025, they reported 702 outlets (including stores added through acquisition).
• They’ve talked publicly about opening 60 new stores in 2026, and coverage of 2025 describes record store openings fueling that momentum.

So the comeback wasn’t magic. It was autonomy, personality, and local intelligence brilliance. Now let’s talk about why law firms and other local businesses should care.

Let’s Apply These Principles to Your Law Firm or Business

If you’re a law firm (or really any business that isn’t trying to become the next Walmart), you’re living in a world where “generic” is getting pummeled from two directions:

1. Big brands with big budgets (hello, Morgan & Morgan billboards that can be seen from space).
2. AI-generated content flooding the internet with perfectly fine, perfectly bland, perfectly forgettable material.

So if your marketing strategy is “publish what everyone else publishes, but with our logo,” I have some bad news. That method went out the window before AI and is now so far out that we know it’s not coming back.

Barnes & Noble didn’t survive by getting more efficient at being average. They survived by letting each store become more itself. Law firms can do the exact same thing.

And no, I’m not saying your firm needs to start selling lattes and hosting poetry nights (though… never say never because one of our clients DOES do this). I’m saying your firm needs to stop marketing like a big-box chain if your advantage is being local and trusted.

The Barnes & Noble Turnaround Principles (and how they map to law firm marketing)

Bam, you made it here so you’re interested. These apply whether you’re a law firm, a CPA, a home builder, or the best dog groomer in a three-county radius.

1) Decentralize the voice: stop forcing every practice area into the same template

Barnes & Noble got better when corporate stopped trying to micromanage every shelf. Freakin corporate.

Law firms get better when marketing stops flattening every attorney and every practice into the same tone, the same “we are dedicated to excellence,” and the same content outline you could swap with any competitor. Some of the biggest legal marketing agencies do this, and we won’t say it never works, but it’s expensive. When you get local and focus on differentiation, you enter into what we’re calling “surgical SEO.” 

That big templated plan for the personal injury firm down the road almost certainly won’t be the same plan for an estate planning firm in a small town in the next state. While that sounds obvious when you read it, this is often what happens when you work with SEO companies. The “strategist” managing your direction has 15 other clients they’re overseeing and it’s just easier to have everyone on the same basic track.

2) Go local on purpose: your community should show up in your content

Barnes & Noble leaned into the idea that different communities want different stores. Law firms should lean into the reality that different communities have different legal problems, court cultures, business ecosystems, and seasonal patterns. Local doesn’t mean “we added the city name to the footer.”

Local means:

• writing pages and articles that reflect how things actually work in your courts and agencies,
• referencing common local industries (construction, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing),
• answering the real questions local people ask before they ever call a lawyer (hint: go to Reddit),
• showing your face at local events and then turning that experience into content that feels real.

AI can generate “What is probate?” in 2.4 seconds. AI cannot generate the lived details of:

• what families fight about in your county,
• what judges emphasize in your jurisdiction,
• what documentation local businesses routinely mess up,
• what timelines are realistic in your venue,
• stories about how you’ve helped people in similar situations.

That’s where you win.

3) Build a niche reputation, not just “full-service” sameness

One Barnes & Noble can become the best kids’ bookstore in town. Another becomes the sci-fi and fantasy haven. Another might be known as the “best toy location in town.”

Law firms should do the same thing with positioning. Not “We handle all personal injury cases.”

More like:

• “We’re the firm that understands catastrophic trucking litigation inside out.”
• “We’re the go-to for physician contract disputes in this region.”
• “We help local manufacturers stay out of OSHA trouble before OSHA shows up.”
• “We understand how estate planning differs for the LGBTQ+ community.”

That kind of clarity makes you easier to remember, easier to refer, and easier for Google (and AI systems) to understand as a good match.

4) Optimize for humans first, algorithms second

Barnes & Noble moved away from merchandising that felt like a corporate billboard strategy and back toward serving readers. Your law firm should do the same thing with content, and not just SEO content. 

When firms chase SEO or social media formulas too hard, the writing gets weird. It becomes a robot trying to impress another robot, and now the robots can write those formula posts faster than you ever could.

So the play is not “pump out more articles.” The play is:

• publish fewer, better pieces that have a point of view,
• show specific experience,
• provide tools people can actually use,
• make it obvious a real attorney was involved.

If your content reads like it could have been written by any firm, it will perform like it belongs to any firm.

What “Being Different” Actually Means for Your Marketing in 2026

Being different does not mean being quirky for the sake of it. It means being specific. Specific about:

• who you help,
• what you believe,
• how you work,
• what you’ve seen,
• and why a client should trust you when the stakes are real.

Barnes & Noble is adding stores again and drawing more foot traffic because they found a way to feel human at scale. Law firms don’t need to “feel human at scale.” 

They just need to feel human, period.

Especially now, when the internet is filling up with content that’s technically correct and emotionally hollow. 

That’s where we come in. At Blue Seven Content, we’ve build our company around providing some of the best legal content in the business. When other agencies struggle with a client, they know they can turn to out team to get it right. We’d love to discuss how we can help you, whether you’re a law firm, other type of local business, or a marketing agency. 

Written by Allen Watson – Co-Founder of Blue Seven Content

You start slow, and then you begin to grow.  When founders Allen Watson and Victoria Lozano started Blue Seven Content back in 2020, they set out to do just one thing and do it well: write legal content. 

But that was some six years ago.  Content creation has come a long way. ChatGPT threatened to change everything about writing content after millions began using the software almost immediately. Thankfully, things have calmed down since then (we suppose), and there is still plenty of room in the marketplace for well-written, human-generated content. 

As Blue Seven Content has evolved, we’ve developed other ways to support clients with content creation and have been slowly expanding and developing a more diverse portfolio of services. In this new year, we at Blue Seven would like to share how we’ve grown and the content services we can now offer your business. 

We Still Write Damn Good Legal Content

To be clear, legal content was our beginning, and we intend to continue providing well-researched, well-optimized, and well-written content for attorneys and law firms. Our legal writing team consists of experienced legal writers, including lawyers, JDs, and other professional writers. 

We always optimize our content so it’s friendly to search algorithms, but more importantly, it connects with the audience our clients are trying to reach. Even as some traditional SEO practices shift to align with AI preferences, we haven’t had to change our approach to legal content creation. 

From the outset, we have provided our clients with original, factually correct content that demonstrates EEAT (expertise, experience, authority, trustworthiness). These measures of quality remain the most relevant indicators of value to all search algorithms. Because of our commitment to producing high-quality content, the content we create for our clients consistently performs well despite the evolution of search.

Our team routinely crafts the following types of pages for law firm websites:

• Practice Area Pages 
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• About Us and Attorney Biographies  
• Blog Posts

Would you like to get an idea of what you can expect from pages written by Blue Seven Content?  Check out some law firm content samples, including English-to-Spanish translations, written by our legal content writing team.  

We’re Not Worried About Trying to Compete with Generative AI; Our Human Writers Create Better Products

When ChatGPT first came on the scene, it seemed like an amazing new tool that would revolutionize content creation. As the active user base swelled to over 100 million by February 2023, many of us were more than a little concerned about what the new technology would mean for the livelihoods of human content creators. 

It’s true that AI greatly improves efficiency. AI can do in seconds or minutes what might take a human several hours. AI is an exceptionally efficient research assistant, capable of compiling and summarizing key information much faster than a manual researcher. 

Yet as we have come to learn, generative AI must be used with caution. Legal and ethical issues have arisen, along with concerns about content quality and authenticity. Humans are still required to ‘proof’ AI-generated content for accuracy. Humans must also add some secret sauce to the bland content so it can be distinguished from other AI-generated content, remain brand-consistent, and appeal to algorithms. 

It’s kind of funny, really. AI algorithms favor content that is original and unique. AI-generated content is not particularly original or unique until made so by a human. Human writers are the ones who can offer fresh perspectives and insights, connection through personal stories, and nuanced analysis of research data. 

Our company policy is not to use generative AI for content creation. AI may assist with our editing, but we are very strict about adhering to human-generated content for our clients. We believe what our capable human writers bring to the table provides a uniqueness and authenticity that AI is unable to match. 

Welcome to the Blue Seven Content Suite of Services

One thing we learned from the advent of generative AI platforms is that we were too specialized, primarily focusing on written content. Over the years, we have become aware of additional needs our clients have and the supplemental content services we could offer. 

We have assembled a team of professionals who have helped Blue Seven expand. We are pleased to offer the following services to law firms and other businesses in 2026 and beyond:

• SEO Written Content for law firms and other industries
• Spanish Content creation and translation
• Video Content marketing and scripting
• Visual Content graphic design   
• Basic Website Development for law firms and other industries
• White Label Content for marketing and content agencies
• Newsletter Content to keep you fresh in people’s minds
• Social Media Marketing that aligns with your content and goals

No, Blue Seven is not likely to become a full-service marketing agency that serves hundreds of clients at the same time. Writing has been and still is our first love, and we intend to remain true to our roots. However, we now possess the talent and experience to offer a more holistic approach to content creation and distribution, enabling us to better meet our clients’ content needs. 

If You Value Integrity and Fundamental Humanity, come Build Your Business with Blue Seven Content.

We’re not for everybody. We’ve been around long enough to have learned that not every promising business relationship is going to work out. We believe in open communication, honesty, and transparency. We will always do our best to satisfy our clients’ needs, and we are quick to make things right if they go wrong.

If you’re curious about our services but not sure about who we are, please visit us on LinkedIn or our YouTube channel, where you can learn more about our approach to content creation and find support for your own content creation efforts. Feel free to see what other clients have said about working with Blue Seven Content or contact us and speak directly with Allen Watson or Victoria Lozano.

AI is changing the search experience. Focusing on keywords no longer guarantees your content will be seen. While you do still need to pay attention to the preferences of Google algorithms, the evolution of AI in search emphasizes the fundamentals of what makes content valuable and a more contextual understanding of user intent. So what is AI Mode and does it affect law firm SEO?

AI Mode is Google’s latest search enhancement. AI Mode is able to go deeper into a search query than AI Overviews because of its advanced reasoning and communication capabilities. These latest changes have sparked concern regarding SEO best practices for ensuring content visibility and ranking with AI Search.

The good news is that those of us who have been creating original, helpful, reliable, people-first content all along have nothing to worry about. AI Search is all about identifying unique and valuable content. With that in mind, Blue Seven Content advises legal content creators to focus more on establishing authority and creating trust with target audiences and less on the number of times a keyword appears.

AI Mode: What it Is and What it Does

AI Mode is a feature of Google Search that allows a user to explore search results more deeply by directly interacting with the search interface. Users are able to ask detailed follow-up questions using images or text and will receive content that more directly answers their query.

AI Mode became available on May 20 in the United States to users who are at least 18 and have a personal Google account. AI Mode is currently accessed via a tab on the far left below the search bar. Like other search features, AI Mode provides links to relevant resources and websites. 

According to Google, AI Mode brings a new level of intelligence to search. It uses its proprietary ‘query fan-out technique’ to divide a search query into subtopics and do further research to arrive at more directed and relevant responses. Users can submit complex inquiries and interact with the feature, making the search experience more focused and personal. 

What Google Says About Content Performance in AI Search

In a recent blog post regarding content performance in AI Search, Google says it remains committed to the core goal of helping people find “outstanding, original content that adds unique value” across all search experiences and suggested creators consider the following to ensure content performs well in AI experience:  

• Create original content that meets the needs of people searching.
• Provide a great page experience free of clutter and easy for users to navigate on any device.
• Follow Google’s technical requirements so it can more easily find, crawl, and index content.
• Manage page display preferences so content is available for AI Search.
• If using structured data, follow the general guidelines so that the data matches the visible content.
• Support textual content with images and videos to appeal to AI Mode’s multimodal understanding.

The search engine stresses the importance of creating content that fulfills the needs of the searcher. To get on the right path to success with AI Search, Google recommends creating “unique, non-commodity content that visitors from Search and your own readers will find helpful and satisfying”.

It’s all About the Touchpoints!

AI Mode is pushing search toward a more holistic, experience-driven model. Instead of relying solely on keywords or ranking positions, content performance is now influenced by a wider network of digital signals. The user journey isn’t linear anymore. People might interact with your brand across several digital environments before ever clicking through to your website. This shift makes it more difficult to pinpoint a single moment or metric that leads to engagement or conversion.

In this new environment, every touchpoint matters. A law firm blog post may spark initial awareness, while a helpful video on social media reinforces credibility. A well-structured law firm practice area page may provide detailed answers, and a Google Business Profile might offer proof of trust through reviews. These all feed into the broader AI-driven understanding of your authority and relevance in a specific legal niche.

Complementing your web content with social media engagement, branded visuals, video content, and even physical brand presence (like office signage, branded materials, or community involvement) adds layers of authenticity that AI can recognize. Each interaction strengthens your firm’s digital footprint and helps establish a consistent identity across channels.

Because AI Mode looks beyond single-click relevance and evaluates content across various mediums and moments, it’s critical to approach content with a multi-touchpoint mindset. Search isn’t about the last click anymore—it’s about every small interaction leading up to it. Consistency, visibility, and trustworthiness across all platforms are now just as important as the content on your main website.

This evolution means legal content must serve a broader purpose. Content isn’t just to inform, but to build recognition, credibility, and trust across the entire journey, wherever and however it happens.

Why E-E-A-T is More Important than Ever

Content quality is still the most important search ranking factor. Experience, expertise, authority, and trustworthiness (E-E-A-T) are the traditional indicators used by Google to determine content quality. Making sure content contains recognizable indications of E-E-A-T improves reliability and increases content value. Valuable content is what Google wants to show users. 

Google has proclaimed that AI search tools are rooted in their core quality and ranking systems and are designed to provide information supported by high-quality content. The company admits that AI Mode doesn’t get it right every time and will continue to test and make improvements. 

AI algorithms will prioritize legal information from content that is determined to be authoritative and trustworthy. In evaluating a search query, AI Search goes deeper than just matching keywords and is able to understand the context of the language used. Therefore, it is more important that content anticipates user intent than merely trying to match the words used in a search query.

For law firm SEO to win with AI Mode, legal content should:

• Provide a comprehensive (well-researched) answer to a legal question and be supported by credible sources. 
• Be accurate and incorporate statistics where appropriate
• Demonstrate originality with unique perspectives or insights
• Be timely (meet readers where they are) and up-to-date (current)
• Be well-organized and clearly written 

Remember, Good Content Still Can’t Overcome Bad Technical SEO

It’s important to keep in mind that amazing content won’t be able to do its job if the technical support is lacking. The technical aspects of SEO crucial for content performance are that bots are able to access and understand the content, and that the end-user has a satisfying experience.

User experience involves how a user is able to interact with the content. Pages must load quickly. People will click away if they have to wait. Content must also display well on all devices, especially mobile, and should not be cluttered with pop-ups or other distractions. If it’s too hard to find what they’re looking for, readers will move on to their information somewhere else.

Content that Establishes Trust with Readers Wins Clients

People looking for legal information may be in a troubled spot and need help. They may be dealing with life-changing events and feeling vulnerable. The attorney or law firm they hire is the one they feel can be trusted to safeguard their best interests through a challenging time. AI Mode will certainly change how law firms focus on SEO, but that’s nothing new.

One of the primary purposes of the law firm SEO content written by Blue Seven Content writers is to convey a law firm’s authority, sincerity, and integrity with original content that all search experiences will recognize as valuable and readers will interact with and find satisfying.

At Blue Seven Content, we don’t write for search – we write for the people who search. Can we help you write some of your best legal content?

Written By Mari Gaines – Legal Content Writer & Allen Watson – Founder of Blue Seven Content