Case Types

Case Types

Specific fact patterns across SEO, domain names, digital marketing, and online reputation matters where Bill Hartzer has direct experience.

Overview

Matching Your Matter to Bill's Experience

Internet, SEO, and digital marketing disputes take a limited number of recurring shapes, even though the technical details vary widely from case to case. The list below groups the fact patterns Bill most often encounters by discipline, so counsel evaluating him as a potential expert can quickly see whether his experience lines up with the matter at hand. Each category links to a more detailed sub-service page with further discussion of the relevant evidence and analysis.

SEO

SEO Case Types

SEO matters typically require separating what an agency or consultant actually did from what search engine algorithms did independently, since both can produce the same visible symptom — a ranking drop — for entirely different reasons.

SEO Malpractice & Fraud

Agencies accused of misrepresenting work performed, using undisclosed guideline-violating tactics, or billing for services not rendered.

Ranking Drops & Algorithm Updates

Disputes over whether a ranking loss was caused by a documented algorithm update or by agency error.

Domain Names

Domain Name Case Types

Domain matters draw on Bill's direct background inside the registrar and registry industry, which gives him familiarity with the technical systems and institutional rules involved that most expert witnesses in this space have only observed from the outside.

Domain Theft & Unauthorized Transfers

Reconstructing how and when control of a domain changed hands without authorization.

UDRP & Cybersquatting

Supporting or opposing domain-name dispute-resolution complaints with technical and historical evidence.

Digital Marketing

Digital Marketing Case Types

Digital marketing matters generally come down to account-level evidence: what was actually configured, billed, and reported, compared against what was promised or expected. That comparison is usually best done by someone who has managed comparable campaigns directly, rather than someone reading account exports for the first time.

Click Fraud & Invalid Traffic

Analysis of suspicious click patterns and wasted advertising spend attributed to bots, competitors, or fraud.

Google Ads Malpractice

Disputes over whether a PPC account was managed in a way that met industry standards.

Online Reputation

Online Reputation Case Types

Search Visibility & Damages

Quantifying how defamatory content affected search visibility, traffic, and revenue.

Coordinated Harassment & Review Bombing

Documenting organized campaigns designed to overwhelm a person or business with false content.

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