State Bar of Wisconsin

Inside the Bar
December 2008

Google technology now delivers more powerful search results to WisBar

The most trusted Web search tool – Google™ – now indexes WisBar content to deliver more relevant results.

“The next time you conduct a WisBar search, you will notice a huge difference in the quality and quantity of search returns,” says State Bar Executive Director George Brown. “That’s because Google now powers WisBar’s search function. Google performs a comprehensive search throughout the site, delivering the most relevant results first.”

One of the exciting new features this brings is the capability to compare results from WisBar and Fastcase, the State Bar’s new free legal research database benefit, side-by-side. We understand the sometimes you are just not sure which site will produce the cases that are more on point, so we give you both sets of results.

There are two ways to access the new site search features. Use the search box in the upper right hand corner or select the Legal Research tab, which are both located on every WisBar page. You can select the “Search All” tab for the dual display, the “Fastcase” tab for Fastcase results, and the “Site Search” tab for WisBar.org results. Tabs for more specific areas include searches of Wisconsin Case Law, Wisconsin Lawyer™ magazine, and much more.

This is the State Bar’s second phase to creating an integrated research solution for members. The State Bar launched Fastcase in late October. Fastcase offers free, unlimited access to a comprehensive 50-state and federal case-law data base that includes state, federal appellate, and bankruptcy courts as well as the U.S. Supreme Court, and much more.

Find out more.

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