| Simply typing in the phrase "find an attorney | | | | you live in ramsey county and you need a DUI |
| in my county" in your favorite search engine | | | | attorney, you can search for: "dui attorney" |
| won't give you your desired results for the | | | | ramsey county. Also don't forget: "dui |
| most part. "Find an attorney in my county" is | | | | lawyer" ramsey county. So, you only put the |
| a very broad term because there are millions | | | | type of attorney that you need in quotation |
| of counties world wide. The search engine | | | | marks and the county without quotations. The |
| won't know where it is exactly that you need | | | | reason you get thousands of results with this |
| a lawyer. You would be better off typing in a | | | | type of search is that every dui attorney |
| phrase such as "orange county attorney", or | | | | website will contain the term dui lawyer or |
| "sacramento county attorney", or whatever | | | | whatever lawyer you are searching for. But it |
| county you need a lawyer in. And always | | | | may not contain the county term because |
| include the quotation marks in your search | | | | either the webmaster forgot about it or |
| phrase. That will give you results for the | | | | didn't know that he or she needs to include |
| exact phrase that you are searching and | | | | it. So, when you do this type of split phrase |
| nothing else. If you don't include the | | | | search, you will first get all of the results |
| quotation marks, the search engine will give | | | | that contain the term dui lawyer (of whatever |
| you results for each word in the phrase, | | | | type of lawyer you're seeking) from the |
| which is usually in the thousands or even | | | | websites that also contain the term that |
| millions of results and may not be what you | | | | describes your county, and then the rest of |
| really need. | | | | the other websites within that county. You |
| | | | get more choices to choose from. |
| Let's get back to "how to find an attorney in | | | | |
| my county" subject. You will get much better | | | | If the above methods don't produce the |
| results when you search for the exact | | | | attorney of your need (based on the |
| attorney of your need. For an example, if you | | | | optimization of the websites and the |
| need a divorce attorney and you live in | | | | available sites in the search engine |
| macomb county, you simply search for "macomb | | | | database), instead of wasting hours of |
| county divorce attorney". Also, don't forget | | | | endless search with no results, there are |
| to check for the other expression "macomb | | | | still easy ways to "find an attorney in my |
| county divorce lawyer". Attorney and lawyer | | | | county" online. |
| is a same thing, but when the search engines | | | | |
| are concerned, attorney and lawyer are two | | | | Besides the above methods of typing in the |
| different words. You don't know if the | | | | county and the type of attorney in |
| webmaster of the lawyer's website has | | | | quotations, you can also use some free |
| optimized the site for both words. For that | | | | services to actually find the attorney for |
| reason you need to search for both. This | | | | you. By the way, have you forgotten your |
| search will produce only a few results that | | | | yellow pages or whatever phone book you have |
| contain this specific phrase. This way you | | | | in your county? That's your best bet. But |
| may get a website of an actual divorce | | | | that's the offline world. However, these |
| attorney in macomb county or you may get | | | | types of services are also available online. |
| garbage results, or even no results at all. | | | | |
| It depends on what the search engines have in | | | | Any type of website that deals with locating |
| their database for that search phrase. | | | | businesses, such as anywho.com, |
| Whether they have websites from actual | | | | truelocal.com, yellowpages.com, can find you |
| attorneys, or from advertisers targeting that | | | | an attorney in not only your county, but in |
| search phrase, or from some scammers who are | | | | your city. Just key in the type of attorney |
| also targeting that search phrase by tricking | | | | that you need under business category (i.e. |
| the search engines. | | | | immigration attorney) and choose your city |
| | | | and state. Also, you can try the lawyer |
| To narrow down your search even further, if | | | | directories such as martindale.com, |
| you type in "orange county attorney", you may | | | | findlaw.com, lawyers.com, that contain |
| get results from orange county in Florida and | | | | attorneys and law firms from the whole world. |
| orange county in California, or elsewhere in | | | | Lawyer referral services such as |
| the world. So, it would be better to try | | | | legalmatch.com, globallawyerreferral.com, |
| "orange county ca attorney" or "orange county | | | | your local and state bar association, can |
| fl attorney". Or better yet "orange county ca | | | | also find you a lawyer in your county. |
| divorce attorney". These are very narrow | | | | |
| search methods that will produce very few | | | | Regardless of how you find your lawyer, |
| results and straight to the point. But, since | | | | remember that same principals apply while |
| you cannot depend on the optimization of the | | | | choosing your attorney. You need to make a |
| websites, whether they have been done | | | | list of qualifications you want in your |
| correctly or mischievously (that's how search | | | | lawyer and interview your prospect lawyers |
| engines know which website is for what), you | | | | before you decide on who will represent you. |
| would get a lot more relevant results by | | | | |
| splitting your search phrase. By all means, | | | | Disclaimer: The author and publisher of this |
| try your search first with the above search | | | | article have done their best to give you |
| phrases because you would have only a few | | | | useful, informative and accurate information. |
| results to evaluate. The next search method | | | | This article does not represent nor replace |
| will give you hundreds or even thousands of | | | | the legal advice you need to get from a |
| results that would still be relevant, but you | | | | lawyer, or other professional if the content |
| need to spend some time weeding out the bad | | | | of the article involves an issue you are |
| ones or the ones that you don't need. | | | | facing. Laws vary from state-to-state and |
| | | | change from time-to-time. Always consult with |
| What splitting the search phrase means is to | | | | a qualified professional before making any |
| include the lesser populated search in | | | | decisions about the issues described in this |
| quotation marks and the more populated phrase | | | | article. Thank you. |
| without quotation marks. For an example, if | | | | |