AI SEO Statistics: Family Law Firm (2026-07 edition)

Reading the 45 answers model by model shows how differently the three assistants treat the same family law firm questions. On the most consequential behavior — whether to send the buyer to a professional at all — the rate ranged from 100% (Claude) down to 46.7% (Gemini), a 53-point gap on an identical question set.

Across the 15 family law firm answers it produced, ChatGPT recommended hiring a professional in 93.3% of them and suggested a DIY approach first 26.7% of the time. It named a specific provider in 0% of answers (about 0 distinct providers per answer) and included price or cost information 13.3% of the time. ChatGPT asked a clarifying question before answering in 33.3% of cases, warned about red flags or scams in 0%, and told the buyer to verify credentials in 6.7%, averaging 630 words per answer. On the remaining cues it told the buyer to check reviews in 0%, pointed to case studies or a portfolio in 0%, and framed the choice around local proximity in 40%; a selection-criteria checklist appeared in 6.7% of its answers and a recommendation to gather multiple quotes in 0%.

Across the 15 family law firm answers it produced, Claude recommended hiring a professional in 100% of them and suggested a DIY approach first 6.7% of the time. It named a specific provider in 6.7% of answers (about 0.3 distinct providers per answer) and included price or cost information 26.7% of the time. Claude asked a clarifying question before answering in 66.7% of cases, warned about red flags or scams in 13.3%, and told the buyer to verify credentials in 13.3%, averaging 317 words per answer. On the remaining cues it told the buyer to check reviews in 6.7%, pointed to case studies or a portfolio in 13.3%, and framed the choice around local proximity in 53.3%; a selection-criteria checklist appeared in 33.3% of its answers and a recommendation to gather multiple quotes in 13.3%.

Across the 15 family law firm answers it produced, Gemini recommended hiring a professional in 46.7% of them and suggested a DIY approach first 13.3% of the time. It named a specific provider in 6.7% of answers (about 0.2 distinct providers per answer) and included price or cost information 20% of the time. Gemini asked a clarifying question before answering in 0% of cases, warned about red flags or scams in 6.7%, and told the buyer to verify credentials in 0%, averaging 250 words per answer. On the remaining cues it told the buyer to check reviews in 0%, pointed to case studies or a portfolio in 0%, and framed the choice around local proximity in 20%; a selection-criteria checklist appeared in 20% of its answers and a recommendation to gather multiple quotes in 0%.

Taken together, Claude is the assistant most likely to route a family law firm buyer to a professional (100%) and Gemini the least (46.7%). ChatGPT produced the longest answers, at 630 words on average. Specific providers were named most often by Claude (6.7%) — even there, roughly one answer in 15 carried a name.

On other behaviors the three models move almost in lockstep — the points of near-consensus for family law firm, where all three landed within a few points of each other:

• Names a specific provider: 0%–6.7% across all three (a 7-point spread).
• Tells the buyer to check reviews: 0%–6.7% across all three (a 7-point spread).
• Tells the buyer to verify credentials: 0%–13.3% across all three (a 13-point spread).
• Mentions case studies or portfolio: 0%–13.3% across all three (a 13-point spread).

Measured question by question, the three assistants coded a response the same way most consistently on "names a specific provider" (identical coding in 93.3% of questions) and least consistently on "asks a clarifying question" (26.7%).

Beyond whether to hire, the rubric codes how carefully each assistant protects the family law firm buyer once a decision is made. Telling the buyer to check reviews or ratings appeared in 2.2% of answers on average. Verifying credentials or certifications appeared in 6.7%. Warning about red flags or scams appeared in 6.7%.

On structuring the decision, a selection-criteria checklist showed up in 20% of answers on average and a recommendation to gather multiple quotes in 4.4%. The single least-reproduced protective signal for family law firm is "tells the buyer to check reviews" at 2.2% on average — the clearest opening for content that supplies it, since the models are not yet reliably surfacing that guidance on their own.

The 15 questions behind every percentage on this page were drawn from real family law firm (legal services; buyer hiring decisions for this specific service) buyer journeys. Each was put to all 3 models once, with identical wording, so the rates above describe how the assistants handled this exact family law firm question set — not a general prior or a hand-picked subset. The full list is shown earlier on this page; the coded percentages are what those specific questions produced.