SEO Case Study: Niche Authority for Long-Term Legal SEO Growth

Client Overview

Client Overview and Challenges

Industry: Legal Services

Services Provided by Click Mentality: Full-service SEO strategy, content development, technical optimization, and analytics

Business Goals: 

  • Increase high-quality leads via the website 

  • Improve organic performance across core case types

  • Establish long-term topical authority for in-demand legal services 

The Challenge:

The client originally operated a single website covering a broad range of legal services, including a specialized niche practice. Despite a strong reputation offline, their site struggled to gain meaningful organic traction, particularly for high-value search terms.

Organic traffic was plateauing, and conversions weren’t translating to real cases. The client needed to build trust and visibility with two very different audiences without diluting either message.

 

 

Our Plan

1. Strategic Site Split

We separated the original site into two distinct properties:

  • Primary Site: Focused on competitive personal injury categories like medical malpractice, premises liability, and vehicle accidents.

  • Niche Microsite: Focused solely on a high-intent, underserved legal niche.

2. Content-Driven Authority Building

  • Built keyword clusters around high-conversion, mid-difficulty terms (e.g. “malpractice lawyer Denver”)

  • Optimized on-page SEO and internal link structures to reinforce topical relevance

  • Used blog content and service pages to expand authority in core subtopics

3. Localized SEO & Conversion Tracking

  • Implemented location targeting for metro and mountain-region searches

  • Deployed a GA4 event tracking framework across both sites to measure form fills, scroll depth, and engagement rate

The Results

The Results

Despite a small drop in total sessions, the split and SEO improvements delivered far better outcomes where it matters most:

  • +62% Increase in Combined Raw Leads from Organic Search
    From 22 leads in the previous year to 35.5 leads post-split

  • +94% Growth in Total Organic Impressions
    From 173,489 to 336,772

  • +56% Increase in Key Events
    GA4-tracked actions tied to conversion intent

  • +3% Boost in Engagement Rate
    Higher-quality browsing behavior and trust-building metrics

Organic Leads

+ 62 %

Key Events (Conversions)

+ 56 %

Total Organic Impressions on SERP

+ 94 %

 

 

 

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