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Be the firm AI names when clients ask.

People ask AI how to handle a legal problem and who to call. SearchFIT shows whether your firm is named, and helps you publish clear practice area content that answers them.

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The story

A week at a Midtown firm

The marketing lead of a mid sized law firm in New York. An illustrative scenario.

A lawyer’s desk at evening with a laptop, bound files and reading glasses
  1. 9:30 am

    Intake asks where a lead came from

    The caller asked ChatGPT for an employment lawyer in New York. Two other firms were named first.

  2. 11:00 am

    Practice area prompts get tracked

    AI Tracking shows which firms are named for each practice area and engine, and where this firm is missing.

  3. 2:30 pm

    Guides are drafted for partner review

    SearchFIT drafts plain language guides. A partner reviews each draft before it publishes.

  4. 5:00 pm

    Old pages get fixed

    The audit finds broken links and pages missing structured data across years of practice pages.

The maths

What missing from AI answers costs a law firm.

A typical US mid sized law firm, worked out in the open. Cited figures link to their source, and every assumption says so.

1,000People with a matter in your practice areas nearby a year(assumption)
42%US adults who use AI chatbots to search for information1
50%Answers that name a competitor, not you(assumption)
10%Of those, who would have retained you(assumption)
$5,000Average fee per matter(assumption)
Lost every year$105,000
Won back when SearchFIT gets you named$31,500Assumes 3 in 10 of those clients choose you once you are named (assumption)

An estimate, not a promise. The 42% is the share of all US adults who told Pew in February 2026 that they use chatbots to search for information. No checked source measures AI use when choosing a lawyer, so this general figure stands in, and it is what people said rather than measured behaviour. The number of people with a matter, the share of answers naming another firm, the retention rate, the fee and the 3 in 10 are assumptions.

  1. 1. Pew Research Center, Americans and AI 2026, survey of 5,119 US adults, 2026
Demo

The question your buyers ask.

An example answer from an AI engine. SearchFIT tracks prompts like this one and shows who gets named.

Demo
ChatGPT

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Frequently asked questions

Both. Whether you’re a firm competing for clients or a legaltech company competing for buyers, SearchFit tracks whether AI names you and helps you get cited.

No. It tracks and improves how AI describes and recommends you. It doesn’t generate legal advice, and your team reviews every draft before it publishes.

Practice-area and software questions your buyers actually ask, plus "X vs Y" and "alternatives to Z." You can add your own queries and competitors.

No. The free check needs only your domain. Everything else is optional.