Litigation

Three Month Trailing Top 10 Traffic Rank (Alexa Rank as of 08/20/2009) of Structured Settlement and Settlement Planning Industry websites* (+ or- traffic from 07/24/2009 report). Lower number means more traffic (e.g. Google.com is ranked 1 in the overall scheme)

Who Are Ya?

1. Structured Settlements 4Real Blog (John Darer) 1,017,533+ 
2. Speaking of Settlements (Social Network) 1,140,382+
3. 4structures.com, LLC 1,665,738+
4. Beyond Structured Settlements Blog (Pat Hindert) 1,885,949+
5. National Structured Settlement Trade Association (NSSTA) 2,227,791+
6. Structured Settlement Services, LLC 2,345,622-
7. Settlement Professionals 2,452,072+ 
8. Ringler Associates, Inc. 2,674,479+
9. The Settlement Plan (Lazarus) 4,050,052+
10. Delta Settlements 4,410,804+

This survey omitted from the search results any websites with ISPs that do not differentiate between them and the ISP itself.  It is worth noting that the leading web sites are dominated by those whose creators, individually or as entities, employ a settlement planning approach to their business. Also notable is that for the second month in a row, despite all of its resources, none of the websites of the companies in conglomerate IFS Corp  (EPS, SFA, Millennium etc) makes this month's cut. It's proof that if you want to compete with conglomerates (regardless of the size of your company), leveraging your resources using the web is an excellent strategy.

FAST FACT: A November 5-6 2008 Zogby poll found that 37.6% of those asked consider the Internet the most reliable source of news.  Source: Media Bistro

Survey of structured settlement website traffic only covers USA websites of the creation side of structured settlements, including professional or associate members of the National Structured Settlement Trade Association (NSSTA) or Society of Settlement Planners, Inc. (whether individuals or firms), the association websites and alternative structured settlement periodic payment providers. Structured Settlements 4Real no longer publishes the names of unranked websites or those websites outside of the Top 10.

ONGOING STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT WEBSITE STANDINGS ( out of a possible 28 months-this structured settlement survey began in April 2007)

Times Ranked #1 in 3 month structured settlement website traffic, as measured by Alexa: 

• Structured Settlements 4Real blog (John Darer) 15
• Beyond Structured Settlements blog (Pat Hindert) 12
• Ringler Associates 1

Times Ranked #2 in 3 month structured settlement website traffic, as measured by Alexa:

• Structured Settlements 4Real blog 13
• 4structures.com, LLC 5 
• Beyond Structured Settlements 5
• Structured Settlement Services 3
• Ringler Associates 1
• Speaking of Settlements (LBN's industry social network) 1

If your company is not ranked high enough, or consistently unranked, it's time to realize that nobody knows who you are on the Internet. Here's some motivational material courtesy with Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, the late Keith Moon, Pete Townshend and the following Rock Star? CAN YOU KEEP UP?

Further survey criteria: Companies whose primary business is structured settlement factoring transactions are not counted in this survey because: (i) despite the propaganda and efforts of some to "frame" them otherwise, they are NOT part of the structured settlement industry- they are part of the cash flow, factoring or settlement purchasing industry; and (ii) the additional purpose of this survey is to identify legitimate sources of information for tort victims, their families, consumers, attorneys, judges or companies seeking structured settlements and the structured settlement brokers, certified structured settlement consultants, settlement planners, appointed structured settlement companies and agencies, United States Treasury structured settlement providers, or other financial professionals, who have the ability to deliver this information