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Hey Bunyan McAlister

Name: Hey Bunyan McAlister
Address: 2 Walter MacDonald St, Mellons Bay, central-auckland, 2014, NZ
Telephone: +6495343169
Rating: 2.4

Orthodontist · Mellons Bay, Central Auckland

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 277 Central Auckland dentists.

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Checked13 October 2026

Your marketCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses

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Hey Bunyan McAlister

Orthodontist · Mellons Bay, Central Auckland

Where you stand#207of 277 dentists

Overall health2.5/10across the eight areas

Going well

08Opening hours7.2

Where we can help

05Facebook page4.7 07Google search and traffic3.9 01Google listing2.5 02Reviews2.4 04Listings and social1.3 03Map positions0.9 06Your website-

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What AI tells people about you

Bunyan + McAlister + Shakespeare is a specialist orthodontic practice in Howick, Auckland, providing treatment for children and adults across Howick, Pakuranga and Dannemora. The practice has served the local area for more than 25 years, with a focus on orthodontic care and helping patients feel confident about their smiles.

Bunyan + McAlister + Shakespeare is a specialist orthodontic practice based in Howick, Auckland. It provides orthodontic treatment for children and adults, serving patients from Howick, Pakuranga and Dannemora. The practice has been part of the local area for more than 25 years.

Its work centres on specialist orthodontic treatment, including braces and related follow-up care. The practice also supports patients with ongoing orthodontic needs after treatment, such as retainer care. Its stated focus is helping patients smile with confidence through carefully planned treatment.

Customers commonly describe the service as friendly and helpful, mentioning both reception and clinical staff. Reviews also refer to children enjoying their visits, staff taking care with treatment, and support with orthodontic issues that can arise years after braces. Several reviewers mention returning to the practice over a long period.

What distinguishes Bunyan + McAlister + Shakespeare locally is its long-standing focus on specialist orthodontics for children and adults, combined with coverage across Howick, Pakuranga and Dannemora. Its more than 25 years of local service and continuing support beyond the initial course of treatment are central features of the practice.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Hey Bunyan McAlister's Google Business Listing has a low health score of 2.5 out of 10. The listing includes key contact and location details, including the website, phone number and address. The most important gaps are that it is not claimed and has no meaningful description, limiting the practice's control over how it appears and what customers learn from the listing.

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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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.
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WebsiteYour listing links to your website, so a customer can move from Google to your own pages in one tap and read your account of the work before they ring.

Top three opportunities

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ClaimedYour listing is not claimed, which means anyone can suggest an edit to it and you have no way to reply to a review or correct what is shown.
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Description lengthThere is no real description on your listing, so when someone finds you on Google there is nothing in your own words telling them what you do.
3
LogoYour listing has no logo, so in a list of local results yours is the one with a blank space where every competitor has a mark.

11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.

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What customers see Where you rank

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Hey Bunyan McAlister

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Own this business?

4.0 ★★★★★ (9)

Orthodontist · Mellons Bay

Open 5 days ✓

DirectionsCall Website ✓

OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout

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No description yet2

Google listingCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Hey Bunyan McAlister has a low Google Business review health score of 2.4 out of 10. Rating and review volume both sit well behind local market peers, while no reviews have received a reply. The most important focus is to build review volume systematically and respond to existing reviews, helping customers see a more complete and engaged picture of the practice.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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Review confidenceRating and review volume together sit well behind this market, which means a customer comparing you has both halves of the picture reading thin.
2
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.
3
Star ratingYour rating sits well below what customers here are used to seeing, and it is the first number they compare when two businesses look otherwise equal.

4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.

Room to grow

What customers see Where you rank

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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout

4.0★★★★★9 reviews

receptionists 2braces 2

1How far your rating and your review count together can be trusted

Google reviewsCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses

You are #212 for your Google reviews

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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Hey Bunyan McAlister has a Very low Maps Search Performance health score of 0.9 out of 10. The practice ranks strongly for "orthodontist in Howick", appearing in position 2, and also reaches position 5 for Bucklands Beach. However, it appears in relatively few searches overall and is not appearing in Maps searches in Howick, creating a clear local visibility opportunity.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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Maps visibility across the city groupYou appear in a handful of Maps searches across the suburbs around you, far fewer than most businesses here.
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Maps visibility in your own suburbWe are not seeing you in Maps searches in your own suburb, which is the search a customer standing a street away actually makes.

2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.

Room to grow

What customers see Where you rank

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orthodontist

1Top three for "orthodontist" in 1 suburb, seen in 5

Shakespeare Orthodontics Howick4.5 ★ (13) · Orthodontist

Hey Bunyan McAlister24.0 ★ (9) · Orthodontist

Map positionsCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses

You are #251 for map positions

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04Listings and socialMarketbase business report

Where customers find you

Hey Bunyan McAlister has a Very low health score of 1.3 out of 10 for citations and social presence. The main issue is that no active profiles were found on Facebook, Instagram or TikTok, leaving customers with no presence to check on those platforms. LinkedIn and White Pages listings were also not found, limiting the business's visibility across relevant third-party channels.

Strengths

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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.

15 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 3 of them.

Room to grow

What customers see Where you rank

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FacebookNo account found1

InstagramNo account found2

TiktokNo account found3

YellowNo listing found

NeighbourlyNo listing found

Listings and socialCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses

You are #241 for listings and social

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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

A Facebook page that customers cannot find leaves a gap before they choose an orthodontic practice. People may have no Facebook place to confirm the business is real, understand what it does, or send a message. In this local market, 150 of 277 businesses have a page that can be found, so the absence is unusual and visible.

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.

Room to grow

What customers see Where you rank

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Facebook pageCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses

You are #148 for your Facebook page

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Your website

Strengths

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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.
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Page file sizeYour home page is light enough to open quickly on a phone with a weak signal, which is where most people meet a local business for the first time.

Top three opportunities

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On-page scoreSeveral checks on your home page fail at once, and a visitor meets all of them in the first few seconds: a slow open, no clear heading, nothing under your name in search that says what you do.
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Separate sites linking to youOnly a handful of separate websites link to yours, well behind most of this market.
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Meta descriptionThe summary under your name in search results is either too brief to say anything or long enough that Google cuts it mid-sentence.

23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.

Room to grow

What customers see Where you rank

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✓Page file size

1On-page score

2Separate sites linking to you

3Meta description

Your websiteCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses

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07Google search and trafficMarketbase business report

How people find you on Google

Strengths

Your first one is close. Sort an opportunity below and it moves up here.

Top three opportunities

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What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth less than most businesses here, which means the work coming in arrives through word of mouth and repeat customers rather than through people searching for what you do.
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What you spend on adsWe can see no paid search activity for your site, which in most local markets is the norm rather than a gap.
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Monthly search visitsYour site draws fewer visitors from search than most businesses here, so most people looking for what you do are landing somewhere else.

6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.

Room to grow

What customers see Where you rank

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2No ads from you on any search

Hey Bunyan McAlisterNot in these results

31About 52 visits a month from search, across 1 searches

Google search and trafficCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses

You are #168 for Google search and traffic

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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Hey Bunyan McAlister's hours are well aimed, covering 68% of weekly customer traffic without opening during quiet times, with one clear gap. Saturday 9am to 3pm is closed while customers are busy, so customers meet a closed door. Hey Bunyan McAlister should open Saturday 9am to 1pm, letting customers arrive for the busiest part of that period.

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.

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What customers see Where you rank

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Hey Bunyan McAlister

OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout

Hours 1

Monday8:30am-5pm

Tuesday8:30am-5pm

Wednesday8:30am-5pm

Thursday8:30am-5pm

Friday8:30am-5pm

SaturdayClosed

SundayClosed

Opening hoursCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses

You are #77 for opening hours

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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page1 opportunity

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#207of 277 Central Auckland dentists

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Central Auckland dentistsOverall · 277 businesses

You are #207 overall

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