Mark Wahlstrom at The Legal Broadcasting Network posted an excellent video regarding the recent Findlaw controversy.

Findlaw is undergoing serious scrutiny because of their search engine marketing service.  I read reports from two reputable sources this morning indicating that Findlaw may have been selling links - which violates Google’s guidelines.  If found guilty, this could be a disaster for law firms that subscribed to this service.  That will depend on whether or not Google decides to penalize the law firms along with Findlaw.  As SEO expert Todd Friesen said “It’s been nice knowing you Findlaw.”

http://kevin.lexblog.com/2008/08/articles/search-engine-optimization/findlaw-gaming-google-and-possibly-scamming-lawyer-customers/index.html

http://www.oilman.ca/random/shame-shame-shame-findlaw/