{"id":106,"date":"2014-08-01T09:50:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T09:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chiefjusticeblog.com\/2014\/08\/01\/yelp-is-the-most-popular-and-trusted-lawyer-website\/"},"modified":"2014-08-01T09:50:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T09:50:00","slug":"yelp-is-the-most-popular-and-trusted-lawyer-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chiefjusticeblog.com\/law-n-legal\/yelp-is-the-most-popular-and-trusted-lawyer-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Yelp is the Most Popular And Trusted Lawyer Website."},"content":{"rendered":"
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For years lawyers have paid big fees to Martindale-Hubbell, Avvo and Super Lawyers in hopes of generating clients and favorable ratings. It turns out the people have spoken and new research indicates that potential clients rely on Yelp as the #1 trusted site to find a lawyer.
Martindale-Hubbell, Avvo and Super Lawyers were much less trusted and used by people seeking an attorney, according to a new survey report by Software Advice, a software research company in Austin, TX.<\/p>\n

Yelp is the most commonly used site to search for attorney reviews online\u201458% of respondents in our sample said it was the first place they turn. It\u2019s also the website that 61% of users view as the most trustworthy, says Chantelle Wallace, Managing Editor of Software Advice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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This is dramatic news considering that most consumers go online to look for an attorney. In fact, the new survey finds that 83% of consumers use online review sites as the first step in searching for an attorney. Furthermore:<\/p>\n