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Godfreys Law

Lawyer · Addington-Middleton, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 216 Christchurch lawyers.

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Godfreys Law

Lawyer · Addington-Middleton, Christchurch

Where you stand#35of 216 lawyers
Overall health8.4/10across the eight areas

Going well

02Reviews9.708Opening hours9.407Google search and traffic9.203Map positions8.601Google listing7.9

Where we can help

05Facebook page5.104Listings and social4.706Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Godfreys Law is a Christchurch law firm based in Addington that has served Canterbury since 1870. The team offers practical legal advice across property conveyancing, family law and business start-ups, and handles both commercial and personal matters. Clients can book meetings in person or online and are presented with clear, responsive legal support from experienced local lawyers.

Godfreys Law is a Christchurch law firm located in Addington at 22 Moorhouse Avenue, Level 3. Serving Canterbury since 1870, the firm describes itself as providing practical legal advice from a local team of lawyers who are available for in-person and online meetings.

The firm lists services that include property conveyancing, family law and support for people starting a business, along with a broader mix of commercial and personal legal work. The website emphasises practical, real-world solutions delivered by a team that invites clients to meet and start a conversation with a real lawyer.

Clients commonly describe experiences that highlight clear communication and prompt responses. Reviews note that staff answer questions, make the conveyancing process easier and reduce stress during property purchases. The recurring themes in feedback are helpfulness, efficiency and making legal steps easier to understand for first-home buyers and repeat clients alike.

What distinguishes Godfreys Law locally is its long-standing presence in Canterbury combined with a practical approach and accessible service options. The firm positions itself as a team of real people offering real solutions, handling everyday legal needs for individuals and businesses in Christchurch and the wider Canterbury region.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Godfreys Law shows solid health on Google Business Listing with a 7.4/10. Strengths include verified listing and a live phone number, plus a website link and a visible listing title. The key takeaway is that basic information is complete and accurate, supporting customer reach. The main opportunities are to improve the listing description and maintain strong photo content to enhance local rankings.

Strengths

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    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
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    ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.
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    NameYour business name is showing on the listing, so a customer searching for you by name finds you, and everything else on the listing hangs off it.

Top three opportunities

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    Description lengthYour description gives a reader less than half the listings here do, so someone reading yours and then a competitor's gets less to go on from you.
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    Photos on the listingYou have more photos on your listing than half the businesses here, so a customer arriving has enough to look at that they stay on it.
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    Category fitYour category set is one of the better-fitted in this market, so you are eligible for nearly every search happening around you.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
7.9Good
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4.8 ★★★★★ (141)
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From the business

Serving Canterbury since 1870, our aim is making your life easier. We’re real people, providing real legal solutions. From property conveyancing to family law, or starting a business, our legal team are here to take care of you.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Godfreys Law shows a very high Google review health score of 9.1 out of 10, indicating strong customer satisfaction and a solid local reputation. The business has earned top 10% positioning for both rating and total reviews, reflecting credibility in the Christchurch market. A key gap is the lack of responses to reviews, which could impact trust and engagement with customers.

Strengths

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    Review confidenceRating and volume together put you at the head of this market: well rated, with enough reviews behind it that a customer takes the number seriously.
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    Review countYou hold one of the deepest review banks in this market - social proof that does its own selling.

Top two opportunities

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    Response rateNone of your reviews have a reply, which means a customer reading them sees your happiest and your angriest customers with nothing from you in between.
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    Star ratingYour rating is higher than most of this market, and it is the first thing a customer reads about you.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
9.7Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Where you show up on the map

Godfreys Law shows a high overall health score for Google Maps search performance, at 8.4 out of 10. The aggregate visibility is strong and local borough presence is solid, with top opportunities to sustain momentum and push further into top borough ranks.

Strengths

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    Maps visibility across the city groupThere is no wider Maps reach available to a business at your address - you appear across more of the surrounding suburbs than anyone in this market.

Top opportunity

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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches more often than the middle of your suburb, so a customer searching nearby is likely to see you in the first handful.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
8.6Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Map positionsChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
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Where customers find you

Godfreys Law shows below-average social presence health (3.5/10). The business has a solid LinkedIn Company listing, which supports professional credibility, but there are gaps in other key platforms. Strength lies in established local professional connections via LinkedIn; opportunities lie in creating active profiles on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and consistent directory listings to improve discoverability and trust among local clients.

Strengths

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    LinkedIn CompanyWe can see your LinkedIn Company listing (https://linkedin.com/company/godfreys-law) found via: Google search results.
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    Infobel ListingWe can see your Infobel Listing listing (https://infobel.com/godfreys_law) found via: Google search results.
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    Top Lawyers ListingWe can see your Top Lawyers Listing listing (https://toplawyers.co.nz/godfreys-law-christchurch) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe could not find an active Facebook Profile page for your business, so anyone who goes there to check your hours, read your posts or send a message lands on nothing.
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    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
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    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
16 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
4.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Facebook pageCriticalWe could not find an active Facebook Profile page for your business, so anyone who goes there to check your hours, read your posts or send a message lands on nothing. Shown at a typical score for this market.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 1 of them.
5.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Your website

Godfreys Law shows a strong on-page SEO health score of 8.1 out of 10, indicating solid technical foundations for local search. The strongest completed achievement is an ideal title tag and a relevant meta description, with HTTPS-secure content and an SEO-friendly URL in place. Key opportunities include reducing render-blocking resources, speeding up page load time, refining the meta description length, and removing frames to improve indexing and user experience.

Strengths

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    Page titleYour home page headline fits a search result exactly, so the whole line reads to someone scanning a page of results rather than cutting off mid-phrase.
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    Domain UniquenessYour web address is yours alone, so everything your site earns - links, mentions, search standing - accumulates under your name and stays with the business.
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    FaviconThe tab your site opens in carries your own icon, so a customer with a dozen tabs going can find their way back to you by sight.

Top three opportunities

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    Domain HealthYour site answers, but something did not check out - an insecure link, a redirect chain, a domain shared with other businesses, or a listing pointing at a social page.
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    On-page scoreMost checks on your home page pass, so someone clicking through from a search gets a page that opens quickly and says what it is.
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    Separate sites linking to youMore separate websites link to you than half the businesses here, so a reasonable spread of places vouch for you.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
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How people find you on Google

Godfreys Law shows a very strong website traffic position, with a health score of 9.1 out of 10. The business ranks highly for organic traffic value and volume, indicating effective local SEO and strong topical authority. A top achievement is the high organic SERP coverage, suggesting solid keyword footprint and competitive position in local searches.

Strengths

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    Monthly search visitsYour site draws more visitors from search than almost any business in this market - a stream of enquiries arriving at no cost per visit.
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    Search terms you rank forYour site appears for more search terms than almost any business in this market, so there are more ways to find you than to find anyone else here.

Top three opportunities

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    Monthly ad visitsYou are getting fewer visitors from paid search than the middle of the businesses advertising here.
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    What you spend on adsYour paid search activity is larger than the middle of the businesses advertising here, so ads are a real line in your marketing rather than a trial.
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    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth more than most businesses here, which means a meaningful part of your enquiry flow arrives at no cost per visit.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 5 of them.
9.2Strong
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Your hours against demand

Godfreys Law's published hours align well with several weekday peak search times, especially around mid-day Tuesdays and Wednesdays and mid-morning Thursdays. However, notable high-demand windows are missed on weekends and early Friday mornings. There are no low-demand open hours, so the schedule is efficient overall but could be tweaked to capture missed weekend and early-morning demand.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    Hours aligned with demandYour hours cover more of the busy stretches than the middle of the field, so you are open for most of the searching that happens near you.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
9.4Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Hours 1
Monday8:30am-5pm
Tuesday8:30am-5pm
Wednesday8:30am-5pm
Thursday8:30am-5pm
Friday8:30am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
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02Reviews2 opportunities

03Map positions1 opportunity

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page1 opportunity

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#35of 216 Christchurch lawyers
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