Guide
What counts as a new client, practice by practice
A new client is a person who signed with your firm or paid to start, counted once from your own records.
Mass tort · SEO and AI search
A page for each lawsuit your firm takes, with plain criteria and dates, kept current as the court docket moves. Judged by signed, qualified clients.
Mass tort SEO puts your firm in front of people who ask whether a product hurt them and whether they can join a lawsuit. We build one page per lawsuit your firm takes, with plain criteria and dates, keep it current as the court docket moves, and work on what ChatGPT, Gemini and Google’s AI Overviews say about the litigation and your firm. We judge it by signed clients who passed your qualifying criteria and found you through organic search, meaning Google’s unpaid results.
They type the product, the problem and the question. The product name is the strongest signal, and the question is always whether they qualify.
| Moment | What people search | What the page must do |
|---|---|---|
| A recall or news story | [product] recall lawsuit; [product] linked to [injury] | Explain the lawsuit’s status and who may qualify, in the first lines |
| Checking qualification | do I qualify for the [product] lawsuit | List the criteria and dates in plain words |
| Checking the case | [product] MDL update; settlement status | Link the court’s docket and say what is and is not known |
| Choosing a firm | [product] lawyer; how much does a lawsuit cost | Explain the fee arrangement and the next step |
Most searchers do not qualify, so the page that says so clearly saves both sides time.
A person who types a product with the word lawsuit, a qualification question or a cost question is closer to calling than one who types a definition. Guides that explain a term mostly earn links and citations. Decision pages earn calls. Mass tort is national, so “near me” matters less. Build the “do I qualify” page for each lawsuit your firm takes first, then the cost page.
| Search kind | The page or profile that answers it | What a visitor needs to see before calling |
|---|---|---|
| Near me or in a state: [product] lawsuit lawyer in [state] | The lawsuit page and your Business Profile | Your name, the states you serve, languages and a call button |
| Cost or fees: how much does it cost to join a [product] lawsuit | A cost page for that lawsuit | How the fee arrangement works, in plain words |
| Do I qualify: do I qualify for the [product] lawsuit | The lawsuit page with a criteria checklist | The product, the injury and the dates of use |
| Free consultation: free case review [product] lawsuit | A review page | What the first call covers and what is not asked on a web form |
| What to bring or what happens next: what records do I need for the [product] lawsuit | A next-steps page | A short list of records and the court docket link |
| A scenario: a family member died after using [product] | A scenario page for that situation | Whether your firm takes such claims, stated plainly |
Most visitors do not qualify, so the page that states the criteria clearly saves both sides time.
Directories and aggregators own the broadest searches, such as the product name plus “lawsuit”. A firm can win narrower ones where today’s page is thin or old. Also keep your directory and Business Profile listings complete and consistent, so people who start in a directory still find you.
For listings, see are lawyer directories worth it and the Google Business Profile guide.
Write the Spanish page natively and add a Spanish description to your Business Profile. Many Spanish speakers have limited English, and few lawyers serve them in Spanish, so a clear page stands out where the product is sold to Spanish-speaking families. Show every required statement in the language of the page or ad: Florida and Nevada require required statements in each language of the ad. See the Spanish program.
Large and uneven. On 2026-10-01, the court’s report listed 204,977 actions pending in 162 MDLs, and the talc MDL-2738 alone held 69,340 pending actions. An MDL is a federal case that gathers many similar lawsuits before one judge. The MDL tracker shows each docket and how it changes month to month, so your firm picks the pages worth building.
Your state’s lawyer advertising rules apply to a lawsuit page as to any ad, and some states add rules for pages that name a product or ask people to call about an injury. We check each state where the page can be seen, and your attorney approves every page. Pages never promise a payment, never suggest the visitor is ill, and never imply that a settlement is certain. See lawyer advertising rules by state. This is not legal advice.
People ask assistants whether they qualify for a lawsuit. Assistants tend to repeat pages that answer in the first lines, show criteria clearly and link to the court. We test the questions people actually ask about each lawsuit, record what the assistants say about your firm, and fix wrong details at the source. We never promise a mention. See AI search.
The count is the signed client: someone who signed your fee agreement and passed your qualifying criteria, with the lawsuit named in your records. Most callers do not qualify, so a call or a form is never the result. The early signal is a screened caller who meets the criteria, and a booked consultation is only an early signal. Your intake team records the lawsuit and the source for every new client, and our report reads from that. See the intake guide and cost per signed case.
The paid side is on mass tort ads, and the overview is on mass tort marketing. See also law firm SEO, local SEO and intake monitoring.
Start with a free video review of the lawsuit pages your firm already has.
Google and Microsoft search ads, Google’s Local Services Ads, Meta, YouTube and ChatGPT, judged on the new clients they bring in.
Only the ones it will take today. A page that invites calls for a lawsuit you have closed wastes your team's time and the caller's. We build a page per active lawsuit and retire or redirect the page when your firm stops taking new claims.
The product, the injury, the dates of use, what a caller should have on hand, and a plain statement that the firm will check whether they qualify. It should also link to the court's own docket page. It should not promise a payment.
Yes, a page can use the product's name because that is what people search. Naming the product in ad keywords is a separate platform question, covered on our ads page. A page must never suggest the visitor is ill.
We do not sell or resell leads, and pages your firm owns keep working after the lawsuit ends. Pages also screen out callers who cannot qualify, which saves intake time. They are slower than a list, and we say so up front.
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Send us your firm’s website. Probative Growth records a 90-second video of what clients see when they look you up, and emails it with a one-page summary within 2 business days. No logins, no call needed.
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