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Disposition

RAN. GSC pull complete. SF (2026-04-26) used for title/H1/meta overlap signal — within 7-day freshness window. Proposal-only fix queue produced. No redirects, no edits.

Headline numbers

• GSC rows pulled: 27,105 raw, 26,946 after dropping site: operator queries (Q1 rule applied).
• KY/PI candidates with 2+ ranking pages: 542.
• Tiered (Tier A/B/C/D-brand): 175.
• Detail-classified with overlap signal: 175.
• Disposition counts: DIFFERENTIATE 149, INVESTIGATE 18, CONSOLIDATE 6, NO-ACTION-SITELINKS 2.
• Priority: high 8, med 93, low 74.
• Net actionable: ~14 (8 high-priority DIFFERENTIATE + 6 CONSOLIDATE).

The dominant pattern

The homepage is eating practice-area page traffic. All 8 high-priority items follow the same shape: homepage / ranking ahead of the dedicated practice-area page on a practice-modified query. The practice-area pages are stuck at positions 10–25 with thousands of impressions and effectively zero clicks.

Examples:

• car accident lawyer (9,429 imp): / at #1.1, /practice-areas/car-accident-lawyer/ at #17.9.
• dog bite lawyer (555 imp): / at #3.0, /practice-areas/dog-bite/ at #22.0.
• louisville car accident lawyer (1,231 imp): meet-our-team #11.8, practice-area #16.1, / #20.8, /locations/louisville/ #32.2.
• Same pattern repeats across motorcycle, auto accident, slip and fall queries.

Real consolidations (6 CONSOLIDATE items)