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For law firms running Google Ads

Google Ads audit for law firms.

A firm pays for every click, and some searches come from people who want free advice, a law degree or a job, not a lawyer.

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For the audit, our software only reads the account. No credit card.

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What the audit looks at first in a law firm account

  • C-01 Searches that spend and never sell Keywords and search terms
  • C-12 Does the account count sales at all? Conversion tracking
  • C-04 Overpaying for the same click Keywords and search terms
  • C-08 Targeting by "interest" instead of presence Campaign settings

Codes and names from the list the audit engine runs. It runs all 22 on your account.

  • 1,000+

    accounts audited

    audits by Attilio Curcio

  • $1,000s

    of waste found

    audit reports

  • 4.6/5

    on Trustpilot

    18 reviews

  • 20

    years of Google Ads

    Attilio Curcio, founder

1,000+ Google Ads accounts audited

01Four things to check

Four things to check in a law firm account.

Each one names the checks the audit runs on your own data. When one of them finds something, the report lists the fix under the same code.

  1. C-01 C-02 C-03

    Searches that spend without bringing a lead

    Free legal advice, law school and jobs at a firm share words with a client looking for a lawyer. Broad keywords with no blocked searches can pay for all of them.

    What the report shows: Every search that spent money in the last 30 days without a single recorded lead or sale, with its cost and clicks, and the searches to block in a file, ready to paste into Google Ads.

  2. C-12 C-13

    Do your phone calls count?

    A client can call the firm instead of sending a form. If calls are not counted, Google's bidding learns from the forms alone.

    What the report shows: Every enabled conversion action, with its kind (phone calls, lead form, purchase, sign-up or other), whether it is set as primary, when it last recorded something, and a "Not firing" mark on any action silent for 30 days or more while spend kept running.

  3. C-04

    Paying more than another firm for the same click

    When the ad, the keyword and the page it leads to do not match, Google charges more for the same click.

    What the report shows: Keywords where a weak quality component makes Google charge you more than a competitor for the SAME click - with the weak part named and a fix hint.

  4. C-08

    Ads shown outside the area you serve

    Google's default location option also reaches people who are only interested in your area, not only people who are in it.

    What the report shows: The campaigns that still reach people "interested in" your area, not only people in it, with the location option to change. Google reports no separate spend for this setting.

02What should count as success

A signed client, or at least a qualified call.

A visit to the contact page is not a client. Google's bidding learns from the actions set as primary, so they should sit as close as the account allows to a signed case: a qualified call, a consultation booked.

For every conversion action, the report shows

Its kind
Phone calls, lead form, purchase, sign-up or other.
Primary or not
Whether it is set as primary: the actions Google's bidding learns from.
When it last recorded something
In days, so a tag that stopped is easy to see.
Not firing
A mark on any action that has recorded nothing for 30 days or more while spend kept running.

03The 22 checks

The same 22 checks, on your real account.

Whatever the business, every account gets all 22, run on 90 days of its real campaigns, ad groups, keywords and search terms.

What you see while the checks run. About 30 seconds.
  • Keywords and search terms C-01 C-02 C-03 C-04 4 checks
  • Structure C-05 C-09 C-11 3 checks
  • Campaign settings C-06 C-07 C-08 3 checks
  • Budgets and visibility C-10 C-19 C-20 3 checks
  • Conversion tracking C-12 C-13 C-14 C-15 C-16 C-17 C-18 7 checks
  • Schedule and devices C-21 1 check
  • Account care C-22 1 check

See all 22 checks See the full methodology

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04Hand it to our team

Or we run it for you.

Your time goes to your clients, not to Google Ads.

Managed by our team

No commitment

Attilio and the team he leads run the account for you: a full overhaul in month 1, then campaigns, keywords, ads, budgets and targeting, with a monthly report of what changed. It starts with a free 30-min call.

$997

per month, per account, for ad spend up to $10,000 a month. Above that, a quote on the call.

Prices in USD, before sales tax.

Sample data Northwind Analytics

July report

What changed, and what it did

  • Stopped 47 searches They had spent for 90 days without a sale Saved -$1,247/mo
  • Repaired the call-tracking tag It had been silent since April Fixed sales now counted
  • Separated brand search from Performance Max No more paying twice for your own name Saved -$640/mo
  • Raised the budget of a capped campaign It ran out of budget by 11:00 AM Raised +$1,400/mo
  • New ad copy in test Against the two best performers Testing result next month

Illustrative figures on a sample account. Your report shows your own account, and every line is a change we actually made that month.

05What clients say

In their words.

4.6/5 on Trustpilot Read all 18 reviews

  • "Attilio has been great in managing our Google ads. He is knowledgeable and always answers any questions about our account. He also has this great tool, DigiWise, that helps with report building."
    Kimberly, US - Trustpilot verified
  • "Attilio and DigiWise are fantastic! The personalized help and accurate reporting has been very helpful. Highly recommended."
    Kate, US - Trustpilot verified
  • "Great communication with Attilio. He's easy to reach and helps you through the process without being too 'techie'. Will return, for sure."
    Bart Van Wassenhove, BE - Trustpilot verified

06Questions

Before you connect anything.

Is it safe to connect our Google Ads account?

For the audit, our software only reads the account. Google's own screen asks for more, because its API has no permission limited to reading. You can revoke access in one click, from your DigiWise dashboard or your Google account, and your access token is encrypted (AES-256-GCM).

Can the audit tell whether our ads reach people outside our state?

Partly. It checks the location option of each campaign: people in your locations only, or people interested in them too. It does not read the list of places you target, so it cannot say whether that list matches the area you serve.

What if the audit finds nothing?

That is an answer too: the account is in good shape, and the audit cost you nothing. It is free, with no credit card.

Can I see a report before I connect?

Yes: open a full sample report, an invented account, no sign-up.

07Free AI Audit

Know what your firm pays Google for. It is free.

All 22 checks, every leak and the fix for each one, with what it costs where we can measure it. The full report is yours to keep.

For the audit, our software only reads the account. No credit card.

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