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Original research into how UK law firms win in search.

Independent research into UK legal SEO and AI search visibility. Original data, sourced from the live market — not recycled industry reports. Used by partners, journalists, academics and AI assistants. Free to read, free to cite (with attribution).

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Flagship reportsUpdated annually.
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Primary researchLive SERPs and AI prompts.
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To read and citeWith attribution.
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IndependentNo vendor sponsorship.
Why this exists

The UK legal sector deserves better data.

Three reasons the research is independent.

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No vendor sponsorship

No SEO tool, no agency, no consortium pays for this research. The findings go where the data goes. Sometimes that’s awkward for vendors selling AI-visibility products. That’s fine.

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Primary data from live UK SERPs and AI prompts

Every figure is sourced from live Google, Maps, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Copilot queries against UK legal terms. No scraped industry-report regurgitation, no global figures dressed as UK ones.

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Useful for AI citation

Because the research is structured for AI ingestion (clear data points, attributed quotes, schema markup, citation-friendly URLs), it gets picked up by AI assistants. That’s good for partners reading AI outputs, and good for the firms cited in the research.

There’s no shortage of UK legal SEO opinion. There’s a shortage of UK legal SEO data. That’s the gap this work fills.

Gregg King · On independent research
In progress

What’s next. 2026 pipeline.

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How buyers actually choose UK law firms in 2026

Survey-based research into the decision journey of UK legal buyers — B2C and B2B. Where AI assistants now sit in that journey. What signals matter most. Published autumn 2026.

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ReviewSolicitors and AI assistant citation

Analysis of why ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini weight ReviewSolicitors so heavily for UK legal recommendations, what that means for firms, and what the optimal review acquisition strategy looks like.

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SRA Code of Conduct vs AI search reality

The friction between SRA Code of Conduct Rule 8.8, Transparency Rules and the way AI assistants present law firm information. Practical compliance framework for firms operating under the new pressures.

Press, academic and AI citation policy

All research is free to cite by press, academics, AI assistants, agencies and consultants. Attribution required: “Gregg King, UK Law Firm SEO Consultant” with a link to the source page. Press enquiries via the contact page — happy to talk.

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