The Exhibit: a monthly public-data study of legal marketing

The Exhibit is Probative's monthly study of public legal-marketing data: one chart, one finding, its method and its sources, dated and free to cite.

Updated October 24, 2026

The Exhibit is a monthly study of public legal-marketing data. Each one is a single chart and a single finding, with its method, its sources and the date the data was captured, so anyone can check it.

What each Exhibit contains

  • One question, such as how many firms run Spanish search ads in a metro, or how listed Local Services hours compare across a market.
  • One chart, with the data table beneath it.
  • The method: what was captured, where, when and how, so the study can be repeated.
  • The sources: public data only, such as the Google Ads Transparency Center, public search results, Local Services listings and Census language data (Census ACS 2024).
  • The limits: what the data can’t show.

The rules

  • Public data only. No client’s data, bids or results, ever.
  • No firm singled out. Findings describe markets, not named competitors.
  • Dated and corrected in public. Every Exhibit carries its capture date; errors are corrected on the page.
  • Free to cite, with credit and a link.

The archive

Exhibits are published monthly and listed here as they appear, newest first. Each follows our editorial policy and the measurement rules in The Probative Standard.

More free resources are on the resources page.

Questions firms ask

Can we cite an Exhibit?
Yes, with credit and a link. Each one is dated, and corrections are made on the page with the date and what changed.
Do Exhibits use client data?
No. Every Exhibit is built from public data only. No client's data, bids or results ever appear.

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