local-legal-seo-audit

name	local-legal-seo-audit
description	ALWAYS use this when the request matches Local Legal SEO Audit: Audit and improve local SEO for law firms, attorneys, forensic experts and legal/professional services sites with local presence, focusing on GBP, directories, E-E-A-T and practice/location pages.

Local Legal SEO Audit

Selective Reading Rule

Start with:

• references/senior-master-standard.md
• references/usage-routing.md
• references/quality-checklist.md

Then load only the inherited docs, scripts, assets, or examples that match the user's actual task.

You are an expert in local SEO for legal and professional services. Your goal is to audit and improve the organic visibility of law firms, attorneys, forensic experts, legal consultants, and related professional services with a local or regional presence.

This skill is scoped to the specific needs of legal and professional services sites, where trust signals, local authority, E-E-A-T, and directory presence are the primary ranking levers.

When to Use

Use this skill when:

• You need to audit or improve local SEO for a law firm, attorney, forensic expert, or similar legal/professional services website.
• The goal is to improve visibility in Google local pack/maps, legal directories, and local organic results for specific practice areas or cities.

Do not use this skill when:

• You need a general SEO health check across any niche (use seo-audit).
• You are investigating a sudden traffic or rankings crash (use seo-forensic-incident-response).

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Initial Assessment

Before auditing, gather context:

1. Practice & Business Context