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Nobody scrolls past the break. Nobody clicks to the second page of search results. With almost everyone conducting legal research online, a potentially groundbreaking article can remain unread if it is not ranked highly enough by a search engine’s algorithm.
Research shows that students and scholars are increasingly using algorithm-driven search engines like Google Scholar as their primary tool for finding legal scholarship. How can scholars take advantage of the way these algorithms work so that their publications appear on the first page of search results? What can you do to help your school’s faculty adjust to this new legal research model?