Don't Use FindLaw or Martindale-Hubbell if You Want an Internet Presence
IN a recent discussion, some lawyers wanted to know whether they should use Martindale-Hubbell’s Lawyers.com or FindLaw. My personal opinion is that either is a huge waste of money. These are large law portals that are focused on building their brand and not on building your brand.
You need an independent website that it well optimized and does well on search engine searches. The top companies doing plaintiff’s firm websites are
My personal preference is towards Justia. Tim Stanley at Justia is one of the initial founders of FindLaw and really, really knows search engine optimization. I know people who’s opinion I really respect that prefer eJustice and Einstein Law is the preferred provider of AAJ.
I recently spoke with some people at The Attorney Store and was favorably impressed with their offerings and prices. I don’t know too much about them, but liked what I did hear about them.
Get a good URL (website address), get a good company to help you and get your own website. Don’t go with one of the large portals. If you follow the pack, you will be one of the pack and won’t differentiate yourself.
Can't speak of relative price, but have to disagree with the notion that findlaw does not get you good search engine results. My site is through them and its success has well exceeded my expectations. I do test searches and come up pretty well. Again, can't really compare to the others you have listed. Findlaw is not cheap, but has been a great investment.
I've used many ways to improve search engine results but regardless I have found that getting listed in many of the main sites such as google, yahoo and msn will in the long run help you more than listing high in a search engine specifically made for Law
