Published on December 28, 2017, by GAVL
News
Wow. That was FAST. I can't remember a year that has ever felt like it's gone by as fast as 2017 has. It's time again to take a moment and look back in the rear view at another extraordinary year. Being founded in May of 2016, 2017 marked the first full calendar year that Legal InSites has been in business. While last year we grew from zero clients, this year began with a solid foundation. We welcomed even more clients to our family. We've been fortunate to build [...]
Earlier this year, we announced that our website redesign for Thomas Law Offices won a Gold dotCOMM Award. We're excited to announce that the site redesign was also rewarded with a 2017 Gold Davey Award! The Davey Awards honor the "Davids" of the creative digital media world. Just as David defeated the giant Goliath with a big idea and a tiny rock, small creative agencies use creativity and big ideas to crush their opponents and make a name for themselves without the massive budgets large agencies boast. At [...]
Published on October 23, 2017, by GAVL
SEO
Let's talk about link building. A backlink is any hyperlink on a website that links to your website. Link building is the means of acquiring the backlinks/links. If you want your law firm to rank high in Google, you need links from other websites pointing to your firm's website. Think of backlinks as a way for Google and other search engines to gauge the credibility and influence of your website and its content. Simple, right? Years ago it was, but not anymore. It didn't matter where your links [...]
This month, Google is releasing version 62 of its web browser, Google Chrome. After the release, Chrome will mark any HTTP page as “Not secure” when users enter data into a form. Currently, the “Not secure” warning only displays when a user enters a password or credit card information. The update will make it so the warning displays when any text is entered into a form. Why Is it a Big Deal? Ok, ok. So, the term “HTTPSgeddon” may be a little over the top. I needed to [...]
At Legal InSites, one of our philosophies is "Work hard, play hard". We work hard to bring our clients the best SEO and marketing results possible, but we also love letting our nerd flags shine in other areas-- such as in the video games we play. Between our team members, we enjoy playing a bit of everything from competitive shooters to MMORPGs and indie story-based games. Taking a break every now and then to focus on team building and dragon fighting helps keep us on our toes-- and [...]
We're excited to announce that in addition to winning multiple Hermes Creative Awards this year as well as a Davey Award and MarCom Award for 2016, Legal InSites is proud to be Gold Winner in the 2017 dotCOMM Awards. The dotCOMM Awards is an international competition honoring excellence in web creativity and digital communication. The Gold award was for a complete website redesign we initiated for the Thomas Law Offices website. You can view the site's new design here as well as see our portfolio for the new [...]
We're happy to announce that Legal InSites is headed to Boston this coming weekend for the American Association for Justice's Annual Convention. Ryan Raplee and Tad Thomas will be at the Hynes Convention Center from July 22-25th. Come talk to us! The American Association for Justice's (AAJ) Annual Convention is a great way to meet, network, and share ideas with other legal professionals and teams like ours who are dedicated to helping lawyers improve their practices. Additionally, attending the convention is a great way to earn up to [...]
Published on July 13, 2017, by GAVL
News
Last year in November, Google began testing a feature that would enable a customer to message a business directly inside of Google local search results. Yesterday the feature was rolled out to all U.S.-based businesses. It works via SMS messaging (you probably know it as texting) or Google Allo. The phone number the business uses will remain anonymous to the customer, so don’t worry about your personal cell phone number being released to the masses. The feature is currently only available to users searching on a mobile device. [...]
Next week Legal InSites will be one year old. 365 days of hard work, dedication, perseverance, growth, and every other over-the-top buzz word you can think of. It’s been amazing. We were fortunate to start out strong and be given the opportunity to work with many great law firms within months of opening our doors. Thanks to these great clients, we’re here for year two. (more…)
Published on April 25, 2017, by GAVL
SEO
Do you know the difference between HTTPS and HTTP protocol? First, let’s take a step back and explain both terms. The HTTP/HTTPS protocol is that weird beginning part of your law firm’s website URL. It’s parked in front of your site’s domain name, and it essentially governs how data is transferred between your website and the browser making a request to view your website. HTTPS stands for “Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure” and is the secure version of HTTP. HTTPS protocol means that all the communications between a [...]
