maatdesk.com/legal-time-tracking-software · Maatdesk · Keyword table + scan + rewrite 2026-09-29, internal-link / redundancy / proofread passes 2026-09-30 · Views/ServicePage/Content/legal-time-tracking-software/En/articlemetas.cshtml + Content/legal-time-tracking-software/En/article.cshtml + App_Data/ServiceEntities.xml + wwwroot/sitemap_video.xml + twelve pages linking in
name= in ServiceEntities.xml, and the URL and the SoftwareApplication name carry it too. Everything around it was the problem: a 39-character sentence-case title with no audience word, a 162-character description that truncated and read as a translation («guarantees the registration of billable time without losses»), empty og:image and twitter:image, a relative og:url, and nothing at all between the H1 and the hero video.
@* [M1] TITLE — 39 → 53 CHARS (2026-09-29). Head term (590 vol, KD 31, $51.02) + "for Law Firms", which adds "law firm time tracking software" (260 vol) and matches the H1's Title Case. *@
@* was: Legal time tracking software | Maatdesk *@
<title>Legal Time Tracking Software for Law Firms | Maatdesk</title>
@* [M2] DESCRIPTION — REWRITTEN 2026-09-29, 156 chars. "guarantees ... without losses" was an overclaim and read as a translation; the old one truncated and had no "timekeeping", "law firm" or "attorney". *@
@* was: Legal time tracking software for lawyers. Maatdesk guarantees the registration of billable time without losses and creates time entries more logically and simply. *@
<meta name="description" content="Legal time tracking and timekeeping software for law firms: a timer on every matter, rates set by activity category, and unbilled time loaded into the bill." />
@* [M3] OG / TWITTER — og:title follows the title; og:description rewritten from documented facts (it repeated the overclaim); og:image + twitter:image were EMPTY → time-tracking.webp; twitter:card summary → summary_large_image. *@
@* OG:URL — WAS RELATIVE ("/legal-time-tracking-software"). Now https://maatdesk.com/legal-time-tracking-software. Canonical unchanged. *@
@* H1 — UNCHANGED. "Legal Time Tracking Software", rendered by ServicePageSkin.cshtml from ServiceEntities.xml name=. *@
@* [X1] INTRO PARAGRAPH — briefintro ADDED 2026-09-29 (was ""). Opens on the head term and carries "legal timekeeping and billing" ($111.17): *@
@* "Maatdesk is legal time tracking software for law firms, built into the same legal practice management platform ... Legal timekeeping and billing in one system, in the browser on any computer or phone, with nothing to install." *@
@* [X2] VIDEO ENTITY — vimeoslideid 1157608277 kept; NO youtubeslideid added: no YouTube copy of the Time Tracking hero video exists on the @Maatdesk channel. *@
@* [X3] PROOFREAD 2026-09-30 — "any desk or phone" → "any computer or phone". *@
@* [M4] JSON-LD IN THE METAS — the lone SoftwareApplication (no @id) became SoftwareApplication #software → WebPage #webpage → BreadcrumbList #breadcrumb; isPartOf a bare @id to https://maatdesk.com/#software; priceSpecification removed; the 13-item site-wide featureList replaced by 12 time-tracking features; WebPage.video lists #video and #video-activities. *@
@* NOT CHANGED: article:published_time 2024-09-11 kept, since it is the page's real first-publish date; modified_time is dynamic. Spanish stays urlspanish="x-disabled". *@
Why the description says «timekeeping» and the title says «for Law Firms». In the gap export «lawyer(s)» appears in 36 keywords (4,380 searches), «attorney(s)» in 29 (3,720) and «law firm(s)» in 32 (2,700). The old body used «attorney» 3×, «law firm» 1× and «lawyer» 0×. «Timekeeping» is the legal-industry term of art: MyCase's ranking page is literally «best legal timekeeping software», and «legal timekeeping software» is 260 searches at $51.02. The title gets the audience word, and the description gets the synonym. All three audience words are now in the body: «lawyer(s)» 0 → 24, «attorney(s)» 3 → 24, «law firm(s)» 1 → 30.
| Keyword | Type | Vol | KD | CPC | GSC impr | Pos | MD | Best comp | Was | Now | Δ | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. HEAD TERM - legal time tracking software (URL, title, H1, metas, schema) + its exact-match modifiers | ||||||||||||
| legal time tracking software | PRI | 590 | 31 | $51.02 | 9 | 36.9 | — | Clio 1 | — | 10 | +10 | ⭐ THE TARGET. Outside the top 100; was only in URL / title / H1 / metas. Now in the intro, definition card and FAQs |
| ↳ time tracking software for lawyers | SR | 480 | 30 | $23.22 | — | — | — | MyCase 10 | 0 | 2 | +2 | «lawyer» was 0× in the body. Feature-card H2 |
| ↳ attorney time tracking software | SR | 480 | 34 | $54.88 | — | — | — | MyCase 7 | 0 | 1 | +1 | Priority 3 in the opportunity ranking |
| ↳ law firm time tracking software | SR | 260 | 30 | $48.11 | — | — | — | MyCase 3 | 0 | 2 | +2 | In the new title via «for Law Firms» |
| ↳ lawyer time tracking software | SR | 210 | 31 | $48.08 | — | — | — | MyCase 8 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ time tracking software for attorneys | SR | 210 | 31 | $48.08 | 7 | 49.7 | — | MyCase 8 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ time tracking software for law firms | SR | 210 | 32 | $48.11 | 10 | 56.2 | — | Clio 4 | 0 | 4 | +4 | GSC 10 @ 56.2; Clio 4 |
| ↳ law time tracking software | SR | 90 | 28 | $51.02 | — | — | — | Clio 3 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ time tracking software attorney | SR | 90 | 31 | $54.88 | — | — | — | Clio 5 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ time tracking software legal | SR | 90 | 32 | $51.02 | 1 | 45.0 | — | Clio 5 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ law office time tracking software | SR | 50 | 28 | $0.00 | — | — | — | Clio 4 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ legal time-tracking software | SR | 40 | 31 | $39.77 | — | — | — | Clio 1 | 0 | 10 | +10 | Hyphen twin of the head term; Clio 1 |
| ↳ time tracking software lawyers | SR | 40 | 28 | $27.32 | — | — | — | Clio 6 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ best legal time tracking software | SR | 50 | 28 | $52.27 | 7 | 46.1 | — | MyCase 1 | 0 | 2 | +2 | Listicle intent: MyCase owns it |
| ↳ best time tracking software for lawyers | SR | 50 | 20 | $27.53 | — | — | — | Clio 11 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ free legal time tracking software | SR | 40 | 28 | $16.41 | — | — | — | Clio 4 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ legal time tracking software with secure client portal | SR | 40 | 23 | $0.00 | 2 | 26.5 | 27 | MyCase 1 | 0 | 0 | · | One of only 4 gap keywords Maatdesk holds (27) |
| ↳ best law firm time tracking software | GSC | 20 | — | $0.00 | 4 | 47.5 | — | (bulk) | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ time tracking software for small law firms | GSC | 0 | — | $0.00 | 1 | 55.0 | — | (bulk) | 0 | 0 | · | |
| ↳ time-tracking software for law firms | GSC | 20 | — | $48.11 | 1 | 54.0 | — | (bulk) | 0 | 4 | +4 | |
| ↳ legal time tracking software with risk management and bank-grade security | GSC | 40 | 19 | $0.00 | 1 | 75.0 | — | (bulk) | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| legal time tracking | PRI | 110 | 28 | $15.12 | 3 | 42.3 | — | Clio 9 | 3 | 18 | +15 | +15. In the brief intro and the H2s |
| ↳ legal time | SR | 110 | 19 | $16.71 | — | — | — | Clio 2 | 3 | 27 | +24 | |
| ↳ lawyer time | SR | 30 | 27 | $12.00 | — | — | — | Clio 59 | 0 | 4 | +4 | |
| ↳ time tracking legal | SR | 70 | 30 | $0.00 | 13 | 41.4 | — | Clio 4 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ lawyer time tracking | SR | 260 | 32 | $27.32 | — | — | — | Clio 23 | 0 | 3 | +3 | |
| ↳ time tracking for lawyers | SR | 260 | 23 | $27.32 | — | — | — | Clio 6 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ law firm time tracking | SR | 110 | 32 | $0.00 | — | — | — | Clio 2 | 0 | 6 | +6 | |
| ↳ time tracking for attorneys | SR | 90 | 31 | $27.32 | — | — | — | Clio 7 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ legal time tracker | SR | 50 | 32 | $33.04 | — | — | — | Clio 18 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ time tracking for law firm profitability | SR | 50 | 14 | $0.00 | — | — | — | MyCase 8 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ ai time tracking for lawyers | SR | 40 | 42 | $21.96 | — | — | — | MyCase 20 | 0 | 0 | · | Only if an AI capture feature exists |
| ↳ time tracker legal | GSC | 20 | — | $0.00 | 2 | 43.5 | — | (bulk) | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ time tracking for law firms | SR | 50 | 29 | $0.00 | — | — | — | Clio 5 | 1 | 1 | · | |
| time tracking / time-tracking | PRI | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 54 | +44 | The only vocabulary the old page had |
| legal time tracking app (app / mobile) | SEC | 50 | 30 | $0.00 | — | — | — | MyCase 7 | 0 | 4 | +4 | Answered as the browser on a phone, no native app |
| ↳ lawyer time tracking app | SR | 210 | 22 | $16.31 | — | — | — | Clio 7 | 0 | 1 | +1 | Same: web app, any device |
| ↳ attorney time tracking app | SR | 90 | 16 | $16.31 | — | — | — | MyCase 7 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ time tracking app for lawyers | SR | 70 | 21 | $24.21 | — | — | — | MyCase 9 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ free time tracking app for lawyers | SR | 90 | 27 | $13.51 | — | — | — | Clio 7 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ attorney timekeeping app | SR | 30 | 23 | $16.31 | — | — | — | MyCase 14 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| B. TIME AND BILLING CLUSTER - the highest-CPC vocabulary in the export ($94-$111); page says "billing" but never "time and billing" | ||||||||||||
| legal time and billing software | SEC | 140 | 35 | $104.03 | 7 | 64.7 | — | MyCase 2 | 0 | 13 | +13 | ⭐ $104.03. GSC 7 @ 64.7. Its own H2: «From the Timer to the Invoice» |
| ↳ law firm time and billing software | SR | 210 | 30 | $81.51 | — | — | — | MyCase 3 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ lawyer time and billing software | SR | 210 | 30 | $104.03 | — | — | — | MyCase 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 210 at $104.03 |
| ↳ attorney time and billing software | SR | 140 | 29 | $94.86 | — | — | — | MyCase 3 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ time and billing software for law firms | SR | 110 | 29 | $103.47 | — | — | — | MyCase 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | |
| ↳ time and billing software for lawyers | SR | 110 | 29 | $94.86 | — | — | — | MyCase 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ time and billing software for attorneys | SR | 50 | 28 | $94.86 | — | — | — | MyCase 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ legal timekeeping and billing software | SR | 70 | 27 | $111.17 | 5 | 78.6 | — | MyCase 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | $111.17: the highest CPC in the export |
| ↳ timekeeping and billing software for attorneys | SR | 40 | 24 | $111.17 | — | — | — | MyCase 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ timekeeping and billing software | SR | 50 | 29 | $0.00 | — | — | — | MyCase 4 | 0 | 2 | +2 | |
| ↳ legal time tracking and billing software | SR | 40 | 30 | $97.64 | — | — | — | MyCase 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ time tracking and billing software for lawyers | SR | 50 | 28 | $0.00 | — | — | — | MyCase 1 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ billing invoicing time tracking software for lawyers | SR | 70 | 27 | $0.00 | — | — | — | MyCase 2 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ best legal time and billing software | SR | 90 | 29 | $0.00 | 5 | 56.2 | 57 | MyCase 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | Maatdesk 57 in the gap export; carried by a FAQ |
| ↳ legal time & billing software | SR | 70 | 27 | $52.07 | 1 | 64.0 | — | MyCase 2 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ law office time and billing software | SR | 40 | 33 | $0.00 | — | — | — | MyCase 3 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ legal time billing software | SR | 110 | 42 | $52.07 | — | — | — | MyCase 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ time billing software for lawyers | SR | 90 | 48 | $104.03 | — | — | — | MyCase 3 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ attorney time billing software | SR | 70 | 42 | $104.03 | — | — | — | MyCase 2 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ time billing software for attorneys | SR | 40 | 31 | $104.03 | — | — | — | MyCase 2 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ time billing software attorneys | SR | 40 | 41 | $94.86 | — | — | — | MyCase 2 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ time billing software lawyers | SR | 40 | 39 | $94.86 | — | — | — | MyCase 2 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ law firm time billing software | SR | 50 | 26 | $103.47 | — | — | — | MyCase 2 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ time billing software for solo attorneys | SR | 70 | 6 | $0.00 | — | — | — | Harvest 38 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ time billing programs | SR | 70 | 47 | $54.78 | — | — | — | MyCase 8 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ time billing program | SR | 30 | 48 | $22.06 | — | — | — | MyCase 9 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ billing time software | SR | 50 | 33 | $54.78 | 1 | 42.0 | — | MyCase 8 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ time billing and invoicing software | SR | 40 | 30 | $0.00 | — | — | — | MyCase 11 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ legal billing and time tracking software | GSC | — | — | — | 16 | 56.8 | — | — | 0 | 0 | · | GSC 16 @ 56.8. Google already tests the page for this; not Semrush-sized |
| ↳ automated timekeeping and billing software | GSC | — | — | — | 20 | 69.7 | — | — | 0 | 0 | · | Largest named GSC query (20 @ 69.7). Not used: no automatic capture exists |
| legal billing software automatic time entries | LT | 50 | 32 | $0.00 | 1 | 43.0 | 41 | MyCase 1 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| billing / billing accuracy / billing workflows | SEC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 34 | +28 | |
| invoicing / invoices | SEC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | · | |
| C. TIMEKEEPING CLUSTER - 20 keywords, ~2,000 searches/mo, $40-$67 CPC; the word "timekeeping" appears 0x anywhere on the page | ||||||||||||
| legal timekeeping software | SEC | 260 | 33 | $51.02 | — | — | — | MyCase 2 | 0 | 18 | +18 | ⭐ «timekeeping» was 0× anywhere. Now in the definition-card H2 |
| ↳ attorney timekeeping software | SR | 320 | 33 | $48.08 | 3 | 50.0 | — | MyCase 1 | 0 | 2 | +2 | Largest timekeeping keyword; MyCase 1 |
| ↳ law firm timekeeping software | SR | 210 | 33 | $55.75 | — | — | — | MyCase 3 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ timekeeping software for lawyers | SR | 210 | 33 | $27.32 | — | — | — | MyCase 5 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ lawyer timekeeping software | SR | 110 | 32 | $54.88 | — | — | — | MyCase 6 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ timekeeping software for attorneys | SR | 90 | 31 | $39.77 | — | — | — | MyCase 4 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ timekeeping software for law firms | SR | 70 | 29 | $48.11 | — | — | — | MyCase 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ best legal timekeeping software | SR | 70 | 29 | $54.81 | — | — | — | MyCase 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ legal timekeeping | SR | 70 | 24 | $22.36 | — | — | — | Clio 1 | 0 | 10 | +10 | Clio 1 |
| ↳ attorney timekeeper | SR | 50 | 21 | $42.06 | — | — | — | Clio 8 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ attorney time keeping software | SR | 40 | 31 | $0.00 | — | — | — | MyCase 6 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ lawyer timekeeping | SR | 40 | 27 | $24.41 | — | — | — | Clio 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ time keeping software for lawyers | SR | 40 | 31 | $66.68 | — | — | — | MyCase 6 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ timekeeping software attorneys | SR | 40 | 30 | $54.88 | — | — | — | MyCase 1 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ attorney timekeeping | SR | 30 | 16 | $42.06 | — | — | — | Clio 3 | 0 | 2 | +2 | |
| ↳ legal time keeping software | SR | 30 | 38 | $51.02 | — | — | — | MyCase 4 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ timekeeping for lawyers | SR | 30 | 18 | $42.06 | — | — | — | MyCase 2 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ best ai timekeeping platform for law firms | SR | 70 | 27 | $0.00 | — | — | — | MyCase 3 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ ai timekeeping platforms billable utilization | SR | 70 | 23 | $0.00 | — | — | — | Clio 17 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| D. TIME MANAGEMENT / TIME RECORDING / TIME ENTRY - synonyms the page never uses except "time entry" | ||||||||||||
| legal time management software | SEC | 320 | 33 | $51.02 | — | — | — | MyCase 2 | 0 | 5 | +5 | 320 at $51.02, carried by the timesheet section |
| ↳ attorney time management software | SR | 170 | 28 | $54.88 | — | — | — | MyCase 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ time management software for lawyers | SR | 170 | 30 | $54.88 | — | — | — | MyCase 4 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ time management software for law firms | SR | 50 | 29 | $55.75 | — | — | — | MyCase 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ law firm time management software | SR | 40 | 38 | $55.75 | — | — | — | MyCase 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| legal time recording software | SEC | 170 | 32 | $51.02 | — | — | — | Clio 1 | 0 | 3 | +3 | Timesheet section |
| ↳ law firm time recording software | SR | 140 | 29 | $48.11 | — | — | — | MyCase 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ time recording software for lawyers | SR | 140 | 18 | $54.88 | — | — | — | Clio 13 | 0 | 1 | +1 | KD 18: lowest of any $50+ keyword |
| ↳ time recording software legal | SR | 50 | 30 | $51.02 | 1 | 45.0 | — | MyCase 1 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ time recording software for law firms | SR | 30 | 26 | $55.75 | — | — | — | Clio 4 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ time recording for solicitors | SR | 40 | 27 | $0.00 | — | — | — | Clio 2 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ matter-based time recording software for lawyers | GSC | — | — | — | 4 | 51.8 | — | — | 0 | 0 | · | The old «Case & Client Based Tracking» card, in other words |
| time entry / time entries | PRI | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 57 | +54 | +54. The 8-step section |
| ↳ time entry software for law firms | SR | 50 | 30 | $0.00 | — | — | — | Clio 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ legal time entry software | SR | 30 | 30 | $33.65 | — | — | — | MyCase 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| time logs / time reports | SEC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | -2 | «Editable Time Logs» card replaced |
| E. FEATURE VOCABULARY ON THE PAGE (H3 cards, FAQ answers, schema) and the Semrush / GSC terms that map to it | ||||||||||||
| billable hours / billable time | PRI | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 14 | +13 | +13 |
| ↳ how do lawyers track billable hours | SR | 210 | 20 | $5.48 | — | — | — | MyCase 58 | 0 | 3 | +3 | ⭐ Its own H2. Best competitor at 58 |
| ↳ billable hours software | SR | 170 | 81 | $14.43 | — | — | — | MyCase 8 | 0 | 0 | · | KD 81, avoided |
| ↳ legal billable hour tracking | SR | 110 | 25 | $0.00 | — | — | — | Clio 6 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ software for managing billable hours | SR | 70 | 20 | $0.00 | — | — | — | MyCase 7 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ billable hours program | SR | 40 | 16 | $13.95 | — | — | — | MyCase 13 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ how do lawyers track their time | SR | 40 | 28 | $11.13 | — | — | — | MyCase 86 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ billable time tracking for msps | GSC | — | — | — | 4 | 51.2 | — | — | 0 | 0 | · | |
| non-billable hours / internal time | SEC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 28 | +26 | |
| manual & automatic timers / live timers | SEC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | -2 | «Automatic Timers» was undocumented: removed |
| ↳ lawyer timer | SR | 90 | 5 | $8.51 | — | — | — | Clio 11 | 0 | 1 | +1 | KD 5 |
| ↳ law timer | SR | 70 | 9 | $14.81 | — | — | — | MyCase 62 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ legal timer | SR | 40 | 14 | $16.71 | — | — | — | Clio 9 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ lawyers time clock | SR | 30 | 23 | $13.93 | — | — | — | Clio 59 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| one-click time entry / single click | SEC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | -1 | «One-Click» card removed |
| automatic time capture / time captured | SEC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 4 | -1 | Said only where true: «the bookkeeping is automatic» |
| ↳ what is legal-grade automated time tracking? | GSC | — | — | — | 3 | 7.3 | — | — | 0 | 0 | · | Page 1 already; the definition card answers it |
| ↳ automatic time capture legal software | GSC | 0 | — | $0.00 | 3 | 47.0 | — | (bulk) | 0 | 0 | · | |
| ↳ automated time capture software for small legal teams | GSC | 10 | — | $0.00 | 3 | 47.3 | — | (bulk) | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ automated time tracking for law firms | GSC | 10 | — | $0.00 | 3 | 61.0 | — | (bulk) | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ legal time capture software | GSC | 10 | — | $0.00 | 2 | 44.0 | — | (bulk) | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ automated time capture legal industry | GSC | — | — | — | 2 | 66.0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | · | |
| ↳ time capture software for attorneys | GSC | 30 | — | $0.00 | 1 | 50.0 | — | (bulk) | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| ↳ madeactual time tracking skip | GSC | — | — | — | 14 | 9.0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | · | Junk string |
| case & client based tracking / matter-based time entries | SEC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | -2 | Card replaced |
| expense tracking | SEC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | · | |
| ↳ law firm expense tracking | SR | 40 | 11 | $0.00 | — | — | — | Clio 4 | 0 | 1 | +1 | Put back in step 5 (K1) |
| ↳ expense management for law firms | SR | 40 | 8 | $0.00 | — | — | — | Clio 42 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| reporting / billing-ready reports | SEC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 7 | +4 | |
| ↳ law firm custom reporting software | SR | 40 | 5 | $0.00 | — | — | — | Harvest 61 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| productivity / workload visibility | SEC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | +5 | |
| ↳ law firm productivity software | SR | 50 | 21 | $0.00 | — | — | — | MyCase 42 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| ↳ ny legal productivity tracking programs at work | SR | 50 | 7 | $0.00 | — | — | — | Clio 95 | 0 | 0 | · | Not on the page |
| revenue capture | SEC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | -2 | Old FAQ wording |
| ↳ revenue | GSC | — | — | — | 1 | 2.0 | — | — | 2 | 2 | · | |
| attorney time tracking template / timesheet | SEC | 90 | 13 | $6.23 | — | — | — | MyCase 42 | 0 | 6 | +6 | The timesheet comparison section |
| ↳ attorney timesheet | SR | 70 | 13 | $12.05 | — | — | — | MyCase 57 | 0 | 3 | +3 | |
| cloud-based / secure SaaS platform | SEC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | · | |
| legal workflows / review workflows | SEC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | -3 | «review workflows» implied approval of time |
| AI matter summary (internal link → /ai-tools) | SEC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | · | |
| legal practice management software | SEC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | +7 | In the brief intro: the platform this sits in |
| F. AUDIENCE WORDS (Body = count in visible copy) | ||||||||||||
| lawyers / lawyer | AUD | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | +24 | 36 gap keywords / 4,380 searches |
| attorneys / attorney | AUD | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 24 | +21 | |
| law firms / law firm | AUD | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 30 | +29 | |
| legal professionals | AUD | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | -1 | The old H2 |
| legal teams / staff | AUD | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | · | |
| solo / small law firms | AUD | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 2 | +2 | |
| G. BRAND / ENTITY | ||||||||||||
| maatdesk | ENT | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 48 | +43 | |
| ↳ maatdesk login | GSC | — | — | — | 2 | 9.5 | — | — | 0 | 0 | · | |
| ↳ maatdesk legal task management software | WRG | 320 | 0 | $0.00 | 1 | 28.0 | 27 | — | 0 | 0 | · | Ranks 27 on THIS URL; belongs to /task-management-tool-for-attorneys |
| H. SEMRUSH GAP KEYWORDS THAT BELONG TO ANOTHER MAATDESK PAGE (do NOT target here - cannibalisation risk) | ||||||||||||
| attorney billing software (→ /legal-billing-software) | WRG | 590 | 29 | $76.14 | — | — | — | MyCase 14 | 0 | 19 | +19 | +19 on another page’s keyword: owned by /legal-billing-software, which the page links. Worth a cannibalisation check; the .txt does not comment on it |
| ↳ billing software for attorneys | WRG | 480 | 26 | $59.34 | — | — | — | MyCase 11 | 0 | 2 | +2 | Another page's subject: never targeted here |
| ↳ lawyer billing software | WRG | 480 | 25 | $85.39 | — | — | — | MyCase 61 | 0 | 0 | · | Another page's subject: never targeted here |
| ↳ best legal billing software | WRG | 320 | 29 | $60.51 | — | — | — | MyCase 14 | 0 | 0 | · | Another page's subject: never targeted here |
| ↳ billing software legal | WRG | 260 | 28 | $59.34 | — | — | — | MyCase 68 | 0 | 0 | · | Another page's subject: never targeted here |
| ↳ attorney billing programs | WRG | 110 | 27 | $66.19 | — | — | — | MyCase 49 | 0 | 0 | · | Another page's subject: never targeted here |
| ↳ best law firm billing software | WRG | 110 | 29 | $97.12 | — | — | — | MyCase 35 | 0 | 0 | · | Another page's subject: never targeted here |
| ↳ best billing software for lawyers | WRG | 90 | 27 | $60.51 | — | — | — | MyCase 38 | 0 | 0 | · | Another page's subject: never targeted here |
| ↳ best attorney billing software | WRG | 70 | 29 | $0.00 | — | — | — | MyCase 45 | 0 | 0 | · | Another page's subject: never targeted here |
| ↳ lawyer billing programs | WRG | 70 | 30 | $76.14 | — | — | — | MyCase 42 | 0 | 0 | · | Another page's subject: never targeted here |
| ↳ billing software lawyers | WRG | 50 | 31 | $85.39 | — | — | — | MyCase 43 | 0 | 0 | · | Another page's subject: never targeted here |
| ↳ free attorney billing software | WRG | 50 | 18 | $13.31 | — | — | — | MyCase 61 | 0 | 0 | · | Another page's subject: never targeted here |
| ↳ best legal billing programs for attorneys | WRG | 50 | 27 | $0.00 | — | — | — | MyCase 51 | 0 | 0 | · | Another page's subject: never targeted here |
| ↳ attorney billing software free | WRG | 30 | 36 | $24.45 | — | — | — | MyCase 56 | 0 | 0 | · | Another page's subject: never targeted here |
| legal task management software (→ /task-management-tool-for-attorneys) | WRG | 260 | 21 | $96.50 | — | — | — | MyCase 78 | 0 | 0 | · | Another page's subject: never targeted here |
| deadline tracking software law firm (→ /legal-calendaring-software) | WRG | 70 | 29 | $0.00 | — | — | — | MyCase 1 | 0 | 0 | · | Another page's subject: never targeted here |
| ↳ track deadlines law firm | WRG | 50 | 16 | $0.00 | — | — | — | Clio 96 | 0 | 0 | · | Another page's subject: never targeted here |
| ↳ lawyer calendar software | WRG | 40 | 18 | $0.00 | — | — | — | MyCase 88 | 0 | 0 | · | Another page's subject: never targeted here |
| ↳ best legal calendaring software | WRG | 30 | 18 | $34.88 | — | — | — | MyCase 85 | 0 | 0 | · | Another page's subject: never targeted here |
| ↳ scheduling software for law firms | WRG | 40 | 21 | $0.00 | — | — | — | MyCase 83 | 0 | 0 | · | Another page's subject: never targeted here |
| ↳ statute of limitation tracking software | GSC | — | — | — | 3 | 29.3 | — | — | 0 | 0 | · | |
| litigation tracking software (→ /legal-case-management-software) | WRG | 140 | 22 | $37.85 | — | — | — | Clio 77 | 0 | 0 | · | Another page's subject: never targeted here |
| ↳ legal tracking software | WRG | 110 | 30 | $61.65 | — | — | — | Harvest 20 | 0 | 0 | · | Another page's subject: never targeted here |
| ↳ legal tracker software | WRG | 90 | 17 | $23.12 | — | — | — | Clio 36 | 0 | 0 | · | Another page's subject: never targeted here |
| ↳ legal tracking | WRG | 50 | 24 | $12.58 | — | — | — | Clio 14 | 0 | 0 | · | Another page's subject: never targeted here |
| ↳ case tracking software law firm | WRG | 70 | 19 | $0.00 | — | — | — | MyCase 88 | 0 | 0 | · | Another page's subject: never targeted here |
| ↳ legal timeline software | WRG | 210 | 18 | $0.00 | — | — | — | Clio 79 | 0 | 0 | · | Another page's subject: never targeted here |
| ↳ timeline software for lawyers | WRG | 110 | 12 | $17.02 | — | — | — | Harvest 57 | 0 | 0 | · | Another page's subject: never targeted here |
| ↳ best timeline software for lawyers | WRG | 50 | 11 | $0.00 | — | — | — | MyCase 21 | 0 | 0 | · | Another page's subject: never targeted here |
| ↳ record keeping software | WRG | 210 | 22 | $17.00 | — | — | — | Clio 58 | 0 | 0 | · | Another page's subject: never targeted here |
| ↳ recordkeeping software | WRG | 50 | 20 | $17.00 | — | — | — | Clio 49 | 0 | 0 | · | Another page's subject: never targeted here |
| Measure | Value | Read |
|---|---|---|
| «legal time tracking software», GSC query filter | 9 impr @ 36.9 · 0 clicks | One US impression in three months (pos 41) on a 590-search, $51.02 term |
| Semrush gap, MD column | 4 of 183 · pos 27, 27, 41, 57 | Outside the top 100 on the head term and all 15 exact-match modifiers; the only one held is the client-portal long tail (27) |
| The whole URL | 390 impr @ 31.65 · 0 clicks | 47 named queries carry 197 impressions; 49% anonymised (calendaring: 11%) |
| Monthly trend | Jul 165 @ 37.2 · Aug 127 @ 30.5 · Sep 96 @ 22.6 | Position improving while volume falls. The improvement comes from long-tail and conversational queries, not the head cluster |
| Peak days | 09-25 39 @ 7.2 · 07-31 33 @ 13.3 · 08-07 24 @ 10.4 · 08-01 19 @ 8.4 | Impressions on 80 of 92 days; the page-1 days are long tails |
| Search appearance | Review snippet 364 (93%) @ 33.4 | From the site-wide Elfsight aggregateRating |
| Country / device | US 121 of 196 · Desktop 163 / Mobile 33 / Tablet 1 | 83% desktop, the B2B research pattern; South Africa 20 and Portugal 16 are one query each |
| Vocabulary | On the page (scan) | Keywords | Searches | KD | CPC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| time and billing | 0× | 29 | 2,240 | 24–48 | up to $111.17 |
| timekeeping | 0× | 19 | 1,850 | 16–38 | up to $66.68 |
| time management | 0× | 5 | 750 | 28–38 | $51–$56 |
| time recording | 0× | 6 | 570 | 18–32 | up to $55.75 |
| lawyer / lawyers | 0× in the body | 36 | 4,380 | — | — |
| Keyword | Vol | KD | CPC | GSC | MyCase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| legal timekeeping and billing software | 70 | 27 | $111.17 | 5 @ 78.6 | 2 |
| timekeeping and billing software for attorneys | 40 | 24 | $111.17 | — | 2 |
| legal time and billing software | 140 | 35 | $104.03 | 7 @ 64.7 | 2 |
| lawyer time and billing software | 210 | 30 | $104.03 | — | 2 |
| time and billing software for law firms | 110 | 29 | $103.47 | — | 3 |
| attorney time and billing software | 140 | 29 | $94.86 | — | 3 |
| time and billing software for lawyers | 110 | 29 | $94.86 | — | 2 |
| Keyword | Vol | KD | CPC | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| time recording software for lawyers | 140 | 18 | $54.88 | Lowest KD of any $50+ keyword in the export. GSC also surfaces «matter-based time recording software for lawyers» (4 @ 51.8), which is the old «Case & Client Based Tracking» card in other words |
| legal time recording software · law firm time recording software | 170 · 140 | 32 · 29 | $51.02 · $48.11 | Same wording, carried by the timesheet section |
| how do lawyers track billable hours | 210 | 20 | $5.48 | The largest question in the export; the best competitor sits at 58. It now has its own H2 |
| what is legal-grade automated time tracking? | — | — | — | GSC 3 @ 7.3, already on page 1; the definition card answers it |
| lawyer timer · law timer · legal timer | 90 · 70 · 40 | 5 · 9 · 14 | $8–$17 | The page already had a «Timers» H3; the phrases were absent |
| attorney time tracking template · attorney timesheet | 90 · 70 | 13 · 13 | $6–$12 | Searches from firms still on spreadsheets; became the timesheet comparison section |
| lawyer / attorney time tracking app | 210 · 90 | 22 · 16 | $16.31 | Answered as the browser on a phone, no native app claimed |
| law firm expense tracking · expense management for law firms | 40 · 40 | 11 · 8 | $0 | Old FAQ #3 already said «expense tracking»; now step 5 |
| Page | Ranked | Top 10 | Top 3 | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MyCase | 147 | 83 | 47 | A «best legal timekeeping software» listicle, not a product page. Owns the time-and-billing and timekeeping clusters (positions 1–3 on most) |
| Clio | 120 | 68 | 17 | Product feature page «legal time & expense tracking». #1 on the head term, on «legal time-tracking software» and on «legal timekeeping» |
| Harvest | 77 | 6 | 1 | Generic time tracker with a legal landing page; #6 on the head term |
| Maatdesk | 4 | 0 | 0 | Positions 27, 27, 41, 57 |
| Measure | Before | Now |
|---|---|---|
| Visible words (metas + body + FAQs + alt) | 268 | 4,165 |
| Paragraph under the H1 (briefintro) | none | 1 |
| H2 sections | 3 | 10 |
| FAQs (visible + FAQPage) | 5 | 17 |
| Internal links out | 1 (/ai-tools) | 24 links to 15 pages |
| External links to authoritative sources | 0 | 1 (ABA Model Rule 1.5) |
| Pages linking in | 5 | 17 |
| Images without alt | 4 of 5 | 0 of 5 |
| Videos | 1 (Vimeo hero) | 2 (+ YouTube BigUt_oku38) |
| JSON-LD nodes | 2 loose | 6 linked |
| # | Date | What | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | 09-29 | Title «Legal Time Tracking Software for Law Firms | Maatdesk» | Head term alone (590, KD 31, $51.02); «for Law Firms» adds law firm time tracking software (260) and matches the H1's case |
| M2 | 09-29 | Meta description rewritten from documented facts | «guarantees … without losses» was an overclaim; 162 chars truncated; no «timekeeping», «law firm» or «attorney» |
| M3 | 09-29 | og:title / og:description; og:image + twitter:image → time-tracking.webp; twitter:card summary_large_image; og:url absolute | Empty image = no social card; og:url must be absolute |
| M4 | 09-29 | JSON-LD: lone SoftwareApplication → #software → #webpage → #breadcrumb; isPartOf bare @id; priceSpecification removed; 12 time-tracking featureList items | No @id, mainEntityOfPage or isPartOf; inline provider; a node Google's parser rejects. No passive time capture claimed, because none exists |
| X1 | 09-29 | briefintro added in ServiceEntities.xml | The skin renders it under the H1; the template and /e-signature have one |
| X2 | 09-29 | vimeoslideid kept, no youtubeslideid | No YouTube copy of the Time Tracking hero video exists |
| B1–B11 | 09-29 | Body rewritten on the /legal-contact-management-software template: index, definition card, five-screens caption + alts, 9 cards, 8 steps, time and billing, timesheet, billable hours + ABA link, any-device card, dashboard video, 17 FAQs | 268 words against a $51 head term; «Automatic Timers» and a time-approval workflow were wrong; four vocabularies missing; «lawyer» 0× |
| B12 | 09-29 | VideoObject #video fixed, #video-activities added, FAQPage given @id #faq | Old VideoObject had no about / isPartOf / duration / transcript and a placeholder uploadDate; FAQ answer #3 differed from the visible text |
| V1 | 09-29 | sitemap_video.xml entry corrected: thumbnail 404 → time-tracking.jpg (200), title «Time Tracking», duration 43, date 2026-01-23 | Values must match VideoObject #video; a 404 thumbnail blocks video indexing |
| V2 | 09-29 | Second <video:video> entry for BigUt_oku38 (28 s, 2026-09-02) | The page now carries a second video |
| K1 | 09-29 | «time tracking for law firms» and «law firm expense tracking» put back | The page already ranked with them |
| K2 | 09-29 | 26 further phrases placed where the copy can honestly hold them: attorney timekeeper, law office time tracking software, lawyer time tracking software, legal timer, legal time tracker, law firm productivity software, expense management for law firms, five time-and-billing phrases, four time-management phrases, three billable-hours phrases, seven FAQ phrases | Unused gap phrases with real volume and low-to-mid KD that describe what the page already documents |
| L1–L3 | 09-30 | Links out: «calendar event» → /legal-calendaring-software · «client» → /legal-contact-management-software · «trust funds» → /legal-trust-account-management-software | Internal-link audit; client billing rates are set on the contact; no link to the trust page existed |
| 8.8 | 09-30 | 12 links in, one per page, on a sentence that already talks about time tracking | Only five pages linked in; tells Google which page owns the topic |
| D1–D5 | 09-30 | Redundancy clean-up: definition-card opening, step 8, billable-hours card, phone paragraph, five FAQ answers | Passages 76–90% similar to each other; rule: keep the higher-value keywords, cut the repeated sentence |
| P1–P19 | 09-30 | Proofread: subject-verb agreement, double colons, US spelling, comma splices, «overwritten» → «overridden», the automatic-capture FAQ contradiction | Keyword counts unchanged except «billing software legal» 1 → 0, an accidental match owned by /legal-billing-software |
| Page | Anchor text | Where on the page |
|---|---|---|
| /legal-billing-software | Legal Time Tracking | Work & Time Tracking card |
| /web-app | billable hours | Time Entries on the Go card |
| /task-management-tool-for-attorneys | Time Entries | Time Tracking on Tasks card |
| /communication-management | timers or manual entries | Simplified Time Tracking card |
| /legal-trust-account-management-software | time tracking | FAQ answer: visible text unchanged, so its FAQPage still matches |
| /maatdesk-for-gmail | Time Entry | Time Tracking card, reworded (see below) |
| /facts | time tracking | plan-contents answer |
| /blog-post/how-much-does-legal-practice-management-software-cost | time tracking | solo-attorney paragraph |
| /blog-post/legal-software-data-migration | Time entries | Time and expenses row |
| /blog-post/legal-software-implementation-checklist | time entries | Time and billing row |
| /blog-post/ai-legal-software-for-law-firms | track time accurately | billing paragraph |
| /blog-post/maatdesk-the-new-standard | track your billable hours | opening paragraph |
| Measure | Now (pre-rewrite window) | What movement would mean |
|---|---|---|
| «legal time tracking software»: GSC query filter | 9 impr @ 36.9 · 0 clicks · 1 US | The target and the depth test. Impressions rising from single digits are the first sign Google associates the URL with its term |
| Semrush Positions export, exact URL | 4 of 183 gap keywords · head term — | Any entry in the top 100 on the head cluster is new. It also confirms every «—» in the MD column |
| Time-and-billing queries in GSC | 16 @ 56.8 · 20 @ 69.7 · 7 @ 64.7 · 5 @ 56.2 | The $94–$111 cluster: movement here is worth more per position than anywhere else on the page |
| «what is legal-grade automated time tracking?» | 3 @ 7.3 | Already page 1; the definition card should hold or improve it |
| Timekeeping rows (MD column) | all — | «timekeeping» went 0 → 18+ on the page; MyCase holds 1–6 on most |
| «maatdesk legal task management software» on this URL | pos 27 · GSC 1 @ 28 | Should leave this URL; a signal about /task-management-tool-for-attorneys, not this page |
| Search Console → Enhancements | — | FAQ, Video ×2, Breadcrumb valid for this URL; the priceSpecification error gone; the video sitemap thumbnail resolving |
legal-time-tracking-software-improvements.txt as a matter of course (the keyword table Was / Now and the dated change log with WHAT, WHY and SOURCE) and mirrored as a Razor @* SEO ‹date› — what. Why: … Source: … *@ comment at the point of the edit.