Comments on: Avvo – World’s Largest Legal Directory http://avvoblog.com/2008/11/18/avvo-worlds-largest-legal-directory/ Find a Lawyer. Free Legal Advice. Lawyer Ratings. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:04:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Conrad Saam, Sr. Marketing Manager http://avvoblog.com/2008/11/18/avvo-worlds-largest-legal-directory/comment-page-1/#comment-30233 Conrad Saam, Sr. Marketing Manager Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:14:18 +0000 http://avvoblog.com/?p=1132#comment-30233 Michael: Thanks for the info; I've updated Findlaw's established date to 1996. The numbers you site from Compete are not for your legal directory; If you use Compete to compare your directory (lawyers.findlaw.com) with Avvo, you'll see that in October, our traffic is actually higher than Findlaw's. Findlaw's growth rate was calculated from the directory numbers, and is in fact, a negative 25%. You may have to establish a free account at Compete to view subdomain traffic data. This should clear up any confusion: http://siteanalytics.compete.com/avvo.com+lawyers.findlaw.com/?metric=uv As for your 19th century question: Martindale-Hubbell was established in 1868. Michael: Thanks for the info; I’ve updated Findlaw’s established date to 1996. The numbers you site from Compete are not for your legal directory; If you use Compete to compare your directory (lawyers.findlaw.com) with Avvo, you’ll see that in October, our traffic is actually higher than Findlaw’s. Findlaw’s growth rate was calculated from the directory numbers, and is in fact, a negative 25%.

You may have to establish a free account at Compete to view subdomain traffic data. This should clear up any confusion: http://siteanalytics.compete.com/avvo.com+lawyers.findlaw.com/?metric=uv

As for your 19th century question: Martindale-Hubbell was established in 1868.

]]> By: Michael Hill http://avvoblog.com/2008/11/18/avvo-worlds-largest-legal-directory/comment-page-1/#comment-30227 Michael Hill Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:01:33 +0000 http://avvoblog.com/?p=1132#comment-30227 Your data regarding FindLaw is inaccurate and misleading. FindLaw.com was launched on January 9th, 1996. A Compete comparison (not shown above, interestingly) shows FindLaw with 1,770,792 unique visitors between Oct. '07 and Oct. '08. That does, in fact, represent a decrease, but of 16.7%, not 25%. (Note that the number of unique visitors dwarfs Avvo's 266,430.) A final note. Perhaps a more intelligent or learned reader is aware of any online legal directories that were established in the 19th century (i.e. the 1800s) ... I, however, am not. Your data regarding FindLaw is inaccurate and misleading.

FindLaw.com was launched on January 9th, 1996.

A Compete comparison (not shown above, interestingly) shows FindLaw with 1,770,792 unique visitors between Oct. ’07 and Oct. ’08. That does, in fact, represent a decrease, but of 16.7%, not 25%. (Note that the number of unique visitors dwarfs Avvo’s 266,430.)

A final note. Perhaps a more intelligent or learned reader is aware of any online legal directories that were established in the 19th century (i.e. the 1800s) … I, however, am not.

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