Independent Website Audit Preview: Berliner Cohen LLP
What stood out
Raw HTML code is leaking into a meta tag, misspelling the firm's own name
The Contact Us page's og:description meta tag does not contain a description — it contains literal, unescaped HTML markup from other meta tags, including a typo'd version of the firm's own name. Confirmed against the homepage, which has a clean, correct description, so this is a page-specific templating failure rather than a sitewide issue. When this exact page is shared on LinkedIn, Facebook, or any platform that reads Open Graph tags, the preview text would show broken code instead of a description.
- berliner.com/contact-us — og:description contains: <meta property="og:site_name" content="Cohen Beliner LLP">
An outdated meta tag is still in active use sitewide
Both pages checked declare a meta name="keywords" tag with different keyword sets per page. Google has publicly stated it has ignored this tag for ranking purposes since 2009 — it adds maintenance overhead with no SEO benefit today.
Social-share image is an SVG, which most platforms won't render
Both the Open Graph and Twitter Card image tags point to an .svg file. Facebook, LinkedIn, and most other platforms that generate link previews do not support SVG for this purpose — shared links most likely display no image at all rather than the firm's logo.
A sitewide footer link leads to a generic, non-specific destination
The "Staff" link present in the footer of every page points to http://mail.office365.com/ — a generic, plain-HTTP login page rather than anything specific to the firm. For any visitor without an existing session, this link does nothing useful.
What's genuinely working
A real, substantial attorney directory — more than 90 named professionals, organized alphabetically and by practice area, not a vague "our team" page.
Genuinely current legal content — an article on a 2026 federal savings provision and recent California employment law deadlines, not stale, years-old material.
Working embedded maps and complete contact details for all four offices (San Jose, Modesto, Merced, Mariposa), each with its own direct phone and fax line.
A genuine human touch rather than purely corporate content — a published tribute article to the firm's founding partner, reflecting real institutional history.
This is the preview. The full audit goes much further.
A complete engagement would map every page for broken or malformed meta data sitewide, test social-share previews directly across platforms, and review technical SEO health across the full site — delivered as one prioritized report, with no production access required.
Learn About Corporate & Government AuditsThis same evidence-based approach runs through everything on the ZenMasterWorks homepage, including the pre-built industry blueprints for firms that want to start from a verified-clean foundation.
The short version
- Raw HTML was leaking directly into a meta tag, misspelling the firm's own name in search results.
- An outdated meta tag was still active sitewide, and the social-share image was an SVG most platforms can't render.
- Re-verified July 21, 2026: the misspelling and the leaking HTML are both fixed.
- The Contact Us page's og:description meta tag contains raw, unescaped HTML markup instead of a description, including a typo'd version of the firm's own name.
- Confirmed against the homepage, which has a clean, correct description, isolating this as a page-specific templating failure rather than a sitewide issue.
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Title: Website Audit: Berliner Cohen LLP
Publisher: ZenMasterWorks
Last reviewed: August 4, 2026
URL: https://www.zenmasterworks.com/audits/audit-berliner-cohen.html
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