Contact person: Business Client

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Location: Chicago, United States

Budget: Recommended by industry experts

Time to start: As soon as possible

Project description:
"Project Description:

We are hiring a highly experienced, top-rated SEO and content expert with a proven record of delivering measurable ranking success — specifically within the U.S. legal industry.

This is an ongoing, long-term position for an expert who can create, update, and optimize legal content that ranks highly across Google, Bing, and AI-driven discovery platforms (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google SGE, Bing Copilot, etc.).

Only candidates with exceptional Freelancer ratings, a strong portfolio of top-ranking SEO projects, and a high project completion rate with outstanding client reviews will be considered.
We are looking for the best of the best — absolutely no shortcuts or questionable tactics.


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Scope of Work:

Write, edit, and optimize SEO-driven legal content for U.S. audiences.

Update existing WordPress pages for improved rankings, clarity, and user intent.

Create new pages and articles with proper interlinking from the homepage and related sections.

Conduct keyword research focused on high-intent, AISEO-friendly, and local search phrases.

Implement semantic SEO and entity optimization to improve AI visibility and indexing.

Submit and manage URLs for crawling and indexing using Google Search Console and other tools.

Ensure content is 100% white hat, reputable, and compliant with all major search engine and AI indexing standards.

Maintain high-quality, trustworthy, and up-to-date content that adheres to EEAT (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness) principles.

Provide strategic recommendations for long-term growth, backlink strategies, and AI discoverability.



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Requirements:

5+ years of hands-on SEO experience with proven success in the legal field (personal injury, consumer law, employment law, etc.).

Strong understanding of AI search indexing, LLM referencing, and semantic SEO.

Expertise in high-intent keyword targeting, local SEO, and AISEO keyword optimization.

Must have WordPress experience, including editing, publishing, and interlinking pages.

Demonstrated success using white-hat SEO techniques only — no black-hat, gray-hat, or questionable tactics that risk penalties or deindexing.

Familiarity with SurferSEO, Ahrefs, SEMrush, Clearscope, or equivalent tools.

Excellent English writing and editing skills with a legal-appropriate tone.

Must be detail-oriented, ethical, and results-driven with consistent communication.



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Preferred Qualifications:

Background in legal writing, editing, or content compliance.

Experience optimizing personal injury or law firm websites.

Knowledge of structured data, schema markup, and AI visibility optimization.

Understanding of AISEO keyword placement and vector-based search principles.



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Project Type:

Ongoing engagement with monthly milestones for content creation, optimization, ranking improvement, and AI visibility reporting.


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How to Apply:

Please include:

1. Links to live, top-ranking legal or professional service websites you’ve optimized.


2. A summary of your AI search, legal SEO, and WordPress optimization experience.


3. Your monthly rate for ongoing SEO + content work.


4. Evidence of Freelancer ratings, reviews, and completion percentage (only TOP-RATED experts with HIGH PERCENTAGE COMPLETED PROJECTS will be considered)." (client-provided description)