1. Start with the geographic record you actually serve
Freeport is recorded as a municipality in Stephenson County. Your firm may serve Freeport, the rest of Stephenson County or a wider Illinois area, but those are different geographic scopes. Attribution is most useful when the firm decides what location means in its records: the person’s stated location, the matter’s location, the page visited, or the area the firm is willing to serve.
Recommended approach
Before evaluating results, write down the geographic fields that matter to intake. Decide whether Freeport is a service area, a page location, a client location or all three.
