1. Set the geographic boundary before choosing stories
Bosseo’s public Legal News description says its service monitors legal-news sources for a firm’s state and matches stories to practice areas. Your firm should separately define what “local” means. Eugene is recorded as a municipality in Lane County; Eugene city, Lane County, Oregon and a broader metropolitan area are not interchangeable audiences. A page about an Oregon law may be relevant to an Eugene firm, while an incident in Lane County may require a different explanation from statewide coverage. The city’s population estimate is eligibility context only. It does not show that residents are searching, that a topic is underserved or that a news page will generate a matter.
Recommended approach
Ask Bosseo to demonstrate how proposed coverage would be classified as Eugene, Lane County or statewide Oregon. Approve only stories that fit both the firm’s geographic service area and a practice area it actually handles. Keep the geographic statement on each page precise rather than implying that every Oregon reader is a prospective client.
