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Gilbert Law Firm, P.S.

wagilbert.com·Law Firms·Spokane, WA

#2 in the local pack. That's real. Maxey Law holds the top spot right now, and the gap between you and them is structural — not a matter of reputation. Gilbert Law carries a 4.9 rating on 39 reviews, which is strong raw material. The problem is the site isn't telling Google what the GBP already knows. No LocalBusiness schema, a duplicate H1, and a localization score of 40/100 mean Spokane signals are thin past the title tag. Search engines read structure first. What's missing here is the scaffolding that confirms location and relevance across the full page. This report shows exactly where those signals break down — and what fixing them does to your position among the seven Spokane law firms audited.

1Where You Actually Rank in Spokane

3 cached queries
Primary commercial query · May 25, 2026
Gilbert Law Firm, P.S. ranks #2 in the local pack
for law firm near me spokane

Top-3 local pack on this query — that's where the click-through actually lives. Defend it: wagilbert.com's GBP and on-site signals need to stay clean so Google has no reason to swap you out.

What the Top 3 Do That Gilbert Law Firm, P.S. Doesn't

Organic top 3 · “law firm near me spokane
#1
maxeylaw.com
Law Firm in Spokane, WA | Maxey Law Office PLLC
Not in our Spokane audit dataset yet. Visit maxeylaw.com and run a side-by-side compare.
#2
justia.com· directory
Best Lawyers in Spokane, WA
A national directory in your top 3 means Google can't find enough strong local sites to fill the SERP. That's an opening — your audit-grade site can outrank it with the right local signals.
#3
workwith.com
Witherspoon Brajcich McPhee, PLLC – Attorneys at ... - Spokane
Not in our Spokane audit dataset yet. Visit workwith.com and run a side-by-side compare.

Audited values come from our Spokane dataset of > 40 local sites. Where a competitor is a national directory (Yelp, Reddit, etc.) we mark it as such — the signal is that those showed up in your local SERP at all, which is its own diagnosis.

Other Queries in Your Vertical
best law firm spokane
Local pack #3
Top: bestlawspokane.com · yelp.com · avvo.com
law firm spokane
Local pack #3
Top: foster.com · lukins.com · maxeylaw.com
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2Your Spokane Signal

Local-anchor audit
Spokane localization signal
Partial signal — not enough
40/100

Title mentions Spokane, but supporting signals (meta description, contact info) are thin.

"Spokane" in page title
Title: "Personal Injury Attorney Spokane | Gilbert Law Firm"
"Spokane" in meta description
Meta: "When we’re on your case, you get the whole package: honest opinions, …"
Local cities / neighborhoods mentioned
No Spokane neighborhoods, Spokane Valley, or surrounding cities mentioned.
509 area code present
No 509 phone number in title/meta — moving it onsite gives Google a structured local cue.

3How the Audit Scores It

Composite — supporting signal
76
Score · 100 point composite
Solid baseline
Across PageSpeed Insights mobile + desktop, on-page hygiene, structured-data adoption, Google Business Profile completeness, and local-pack visibility. Measured May 25, 2026.

4Diagnosis & Prescription

1 critical · 1 material · 0 polish
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Critical
No LocalBusiness schema
JSON-LD is present but no LocalBusiness (or subtype) entity is declared. Local pack ranking relies on this.
Fix:
Material
Multiple H1 tags (2)
Multiple H1s dilute heading hierarchy and confuse crawlers.
Fix:
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5Among the Spokane Sites We've Audited

2 above you

A separate lens from the SERP positioning above. This ranks law by composite audit score, across the 4 sites we've measured in this vertical.

Among Spokane Law Firmswe've audited
Rank 3 of 4
#1
Note & Kidd PLLC
noteandkidd.com
Does what you don't: Has LocalBusiness structured data
87
/ 100
#2
Cooney Law Offices, P.S.
cooneylawspokane.com
76
/ 100
#3
You
Gilbert Law Firm, P.S.
wagilbert.com
Gap to #2: +0 points · Gap to #1: +11
76
/ 100

6Raw Signals

Supporting measurements
PageSpeed (mobile)
Performance91 /100
SEO100 /100
Accessibility87 /100
Best practices96 /100
Google Business Profile
Profile existsyes
Rating4.9 / 5
Reviews39
Hours publishedyes
Structured data
JSON-LD presentyes
LocalBusiness schemano
NAP complete in schemano
On-page & discovery
Title tag51 chars
Meta description137 chars
H1 count2
Images / missing alt25 / 0
robots.txtyes
sitemap.xmlyes

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Audit prepared by spokaneseo.app — a project of August SEO LLC, Spokane, WA
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