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Personal Injury

From Invisible to Page 1 in 6 Months

A solo personal injury practice with zero online presence, competing against firms with 10+ year domain histories.

6-Month Campaign Solo Practice
0%

Traffic Growth

0

Keywords Ranked

0/100

PageSpeed Score

0 mo

Time to Page 1

Starting Point

The Situation

A newly established solo personal injury practice approached us with a common problem: they had no online presence whatsoever. No organic rankings, no Google Business Profile, and an outdated WordPress site that scored 38 out of 100 on Google PageSpeed Insights.

They were competing against established firms with 10+ year domain histories, hundreds of indexed pages, and thousands of backlinks. In their market, the top 3 organic positions were dominated by firms spending five figures per month on marketing.

Obstacles

The Challenge

Zero organic rankings for any practice area keyword

No Google Business Profile — invisible on Maps

WordPress site scoring 38/100 on PageSpeed

Competing against firms with 10+ year domains

Our Approach

The Strategy

01

Custom Astro Website

Rebuilt the entire site on Astro — achieving a perfect 100/100 PageSpeed score with sub-second load times. Mobile-first design with proper semantic HTML and schema markup.

02

Local SEO Foundation

Created and fully optimized a Google Business Profile. Submitted the firm to 50+ authoritative legal directories and citation sources for consistent NAP data across the web.

03

Content Engine

Published 8 fact-checked blog posts per month targeting long-tail PI keywords. Every article passed through our legal fact-checking pipeline to ensure accuracy of statutes, deadlines, and procedural claims.

04

Technical SEO

Implemented Attorney, LegalService, and LocalBusiness schema markup. Built proper internal linking architecture, XML sitemaps, and optimized meta data for every page.

The Data

The Evidence

Every metric below comes from Google Search Console, Google Business Profile, or Lighthouse. The growth is real.

Organic Traffic Growth

Relative organic sessions (indexed to peak)

Month 0Month 1Month 2Month 3Month 4Month 5Month 6

PageSpeed Score

38/100 Before
100/100 After

Keywords in Top 100

0 Before
47 After

Keyword Ranking Timeline

Month 1 Site launch + GBP setup. Zero rankings.
Month 2 First 5 keywords indexed in top 100.
Month 3 First page 1 ranking for a long-tail PI keyword.
Month 4 18 keywords in top 100. GBP appearing in local results.
Month 5 32 keywords ranked. Lead volume trending upward.
Month 6 47 keywords ranked. Multiple page 1 positions.

GBP Views Growth

14x

Month 1 vs. Month 6

Organic Traffic

312%

6-month growth rate

Load Time

0.8s

Down from 4.2 seconds

Lead Volume Trend

Indexed lead inquiries (relative)

Mo 0Mo 1Mo 2Mo 3Mo 4Mo 5Mo 6

Key Takeaway

A new practice doesn't need a decade of domain authority to compete. The right technical foundation, consistent content production, and a structured local SEO strategy can close the gap in months — not years.

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