[mat_b]

How is this a bad thing for them? Now they don't have to pay for clicks from people who aren't interested in their services. People who want to hire a lawyer will still click.

[gruez]

The idea for all this content marketing spam is that writing those articles (eg. "how can I dispute a speeding ticket?") is cheaper than buying ads for "speeding ticket lawyers" or whatever. If people don't click on those articles, the whole strategy falls apart.

[nitwit005]

It might work out for some of them, but they lost the chance to make any sort of pitch to those people.