So this is a question we get asked WAY too often, and something that frustrates us for a number of reasons, mainly because lawyers and solicitors, whether you are a divorce one or a business one, they are the same thing! The only difference is usually where you first either heard the term or where you live.
For example the majority of people in America and Canada will use the term “lawyer” as a broad saying to denote “someone providing legal advice” and inside of this you can have individuals who specilise in each of the niches. For example of course you have divorce lawyers, business lawyers, criminal defence and so on.
Solicitors on the other hand is the European way of saying the same thing. And again you can have specific types of these, so for example a divorce solicitor is the exact same thing as a divorce lawyer!!! No difference people!
The confusion comes usually when a city in the US and in the UK has the same name but is obviously thousands of miles away from each other. This was seen with our client, whose a divorce solicitor in Salisbury UK. When they started to actually get traffic from people in the US searching for the term in the state of Maryland! It’s annoying as the legal systems are very different and hence the legal services provided are obviously going to differ too.
Although we are going to give you a quick PRO TIP now so you can avoid this once and for all.
All you need to do whenever you are writing an article about a city that might have a common name (and hence multiple locations around the world) is to embed a Google map in your website, article, press release or whatever it might be. This helps Google and the other search engines know that its not the other versions it’s the one you are talking about!
For example: Salisbury, Wiltshire.
Thanks for reading.