1. Start with the Spencer–Clay County boundary
Your first decision is not how many pages to publish. It is where your firm is prepared to represent clients and which locations belong in the website structure. Spencer is a city in Clay County, Iowa, and the Census record identifies the city’s 2020–2024 ACS population estimate as 11,400. The record does not establish the population of Clay County, demand for legal services, or the number of people searching for a lawyer. Bosseo’s public programmatic SEO page says a firm can choose statewide coverage or limit the footprint to counties it selects. For a Spencer firm, that makes county-level review more relevant than treating every Iowa location as equally appropriate.
Recommended approach
Define an initial service footprint using your actual intake rules, court coverage, travel limits, and representation decisions. Treat Spencer and Clay County as geographic scope questions, not demand evidence. Ask Bosseo to show how the proposed structure would distinguish Spencer from other Clay County locations without creating pages for places your firm does not serve.
