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Janine Ross-Johnstone JPhotographic

Photographer · Northcote-Papanui, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 194 Christchurch photography businesses.

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Checked13 October 2026
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Janine Ross-Johnstone JPhotographic

Photographer · Northcote-Papanui, Christchurch

Where you stand#50of 194 photography businesses
Overall health7.5/10across the eight areas

Going well

01Google listing7.304Listings and social7.305Facebook page6.308Opening hours6.2

Where we can help

03Map positions4.802Reviews4.407Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Janine Ross-Johnstone JPhotographic is a Christchurch-based professional photographer in Redwood who specialises in family and children's portraiture. She focuses on unobtrusive, natural photography that captures lasting memories and aims to help clients feel calm and at ease around the camera, producing creative professional portraits for families.

Janine Ross-Johnstone operates JPhotographic from Redwood in Christchurch, offering professional photography services focused on families and children. Her work centres on portraiture delivered from a Christchurch base.

The practice specialises in creative professional portraits and family photography. Services emphasise capturing natural moments in an unobtrusive manner, with an approach described on her site as calm and aimed at allowing subjects to act naturally around the camera.

Customers tend to experience a relaxed, pleasant session; reviews describe Janine as a lovely person to work with and recommend her services. Feedback highlights clients feeling at ease, which supports the goal of producing authentic family and children's images that become lasting memories.

Locally, JPhotographic is positioned as a family and children's portrait photographer in Redwood, Christchurch, with a calm, low-key approach and an emphasis on capturing natural moments. The focus on a relaxed customer experience and creative portraits is a practical point of difference for clients seeking family photography in the area.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

The overall health is solid with a 7.6 out of 10, indicating a mostly strong Google Business Listing presentation for Janine Ross-Johnstone JPhotographic. Key finding: listing is claimed and phone number plus website link are present, supporting easy customer contact and discovery. Continued improvement in the listing description remains the strongest growth lever.

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

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    Category fitYour category set covers less of this market than half the field, so there are jobs being searched for near you that your listing is not eligible to appear in.
  • 3
    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.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
7.3Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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5.0 ★★★★★ (1)
Photographer · Northcote-Papanui2
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From the business

Professional photographer capturing families in an unobtrusive manner, the moments will provide you with lasting memories. Janine has a calmness which allows you to be at ease and to act naturally around the camera.

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Google listingChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Janine Ross-Johnstone JPhotographic shows an overall health score of 4.1 out of 10, which is below average for Google reviews. The business has a strong star rating in the top 10% but has not yet engaged with customers publicly through responses. Progress on review volume is underway, with initial reviews collected.

Strengths

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    Star ratingYour rating is among the highest in this market and it does its own selling - a customer sees it before they read anything else.

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.
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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.
  • 3
    Review countYour review count sits well below what buyers here are used to seeing, which means a customer comparing options side by side reads you as the less proven choice.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
4.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Google reviewsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #110 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

The Maps search health for Janine Ross-Johnstone JPhotographic is 4.7 out of 10, indicating average visibility in Google Maps overall and in the Redwood borough. Top findings show strong ranking for local photography services and portrait work in Redwood, with solid performance for weddings in Redwood and Northcote-Papanui. There is room to strengthen both city-wide and borough visibility.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches less often than half your suburb, so on a search from nearby you sit below businesses a customer would otherwise treat as equal.
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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than the middle of the field, so customers searching from outside your own patch are finding you.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
4.8Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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2Top three for "photographer" in 1 suburb, seen in 4
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Inview Photography5.0 ★ (47) · Photographer
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Vision and Memory Makers Photography0.0 ★ (0) · Photographer
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Eastwood Studios4.8 ★ (52) · Photographer
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Janine Ross-Johnstone JPhotographic15.0 ★ (1) · Photographer
Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #101 for map positions
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Where customers find you

The Citations & Social Presence health is strong, with a score of 8.4 out of 10 indicating solid trust and visibility across major platforms. Key takeaways are a very high trust level on Instagram and Facebook, and a well-presented LinkedIn presence that supports business credibility. Focused improvements relate to additional directories and a TikTok presence to broaden reach.

Strengths

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page, and the trail is strong enough that nobody would question it is yours - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    Instagram ProfileWe found your Instagram Profile page, and the trail between you and it is unambiguous - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 2
    Yellow ProfileWe could not find an active Yellow Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
  • 3
    Neighbourly ProfileWe could not find an active Neighbourly Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
16 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 5 of them.
7.3Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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FacebookjphotographicnzJanine Ross-Johnstone JPhotographic | Facebook✓
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LinkedInjanine-ross-johnstone-3575538aJanine Ross-Johnstone JPhotographic | LinkedIn
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #54 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    Where your page link pointsThe link on your page goes to a domain that is yours, so a visitor who came for the photos leaves on your terms and the enquiry lands in your inbox rather than someone else's.
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    A page address you choseThe address on your page carries your business name, so a customer told about you at a barbecue can find the page by typing what they heard.
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    A phone numberA phone number shows on your page, so the person who found you on Facebook before they found your website can ring straight from it.

Top three opportunities

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    Recommendations on your pageNo recommendations sit on your page, so a stranger who came to see whether anyone else has used you leaves with only your own posts to go on.
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    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than follow half the pages here.
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    What your page says about youYour intro is shorter than half the pages here.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
6.3Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Christchurch Portrait Photographer... Family / Child / Newborn/ Events www.jphotographic.co.n3
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Facebook pageChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #73 for your Facebook page
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Your website

The On-Page SEO health for Janine Ross-Johnstone JPhotographic is good, with a high level of technical readiness. Overall health score is 7.6 out of 10, indicating solid performance but room for targeted improvements in title and meta description length, and to reduce render-blocking resources.

Strengths

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    Domain HealthYour site answers cleanly over a secure connection, so a customer clicking through from Google lands where they expect with nothing in the way.
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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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    Separate sites linking to youFewer separate websites link to you than half the businesses here, which means when someone searches for what you do, the businesses with a longer list of vouchers are the ones on the page they actually read.
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    Page titleYour home page headline does not fit the space a search result gives it, so a searcher sees either a half-empty line or one that trails off before your name arrives.
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    The shape of your link profileYour links come from fewer separate sites than most profiles the size of yours.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
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3The shape of your link profile
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How people find you on Google

The short summary will be created from the provided data, noting a low overall health and the key opportunities to improve organic and paid traffic for Janine Ross-Johnstone JPhotographic. It highlights the need for better content, local optimisation, and targeted campaigns to build visibility and steady traffic from local buyers.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What that traffic is worthSearch is delivering you nothing you would otherwise have to pay for.
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    Monthly search visitsYour site draws no measurable visitors from search, so the only people reaching it are ones you sent yourself.
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    Search terms you rank forYour site does not appear in search results for any terms we can measure, so nobody is finding it by searching for what you do.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
0.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Janine Ross-Johnstone JPhotographicNot in these results3
21About 0 visits a month from search, across 0 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #87 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Janine Ross-Johnstone JPhotographic's opening hours largely match midday demand, with strong alignment on Monday 11am-2pm and Wednesday 12pm when local searches peak. Several high-demand evening slots-Tuesday and Wednesday 6-9pm and Tuesday 8-9pm-are closed, representing missed bookings. A small number of open hours fall below the city peak threshold (Tuesday 4-5pm, Friday 1-2pm), suggesting minor inefficiency.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandYour hours cover some of the busy stretches but fewer than half the businesses here, which means someone ringing round on a Saturday morning reaches your competitors and your voicemail.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
6.2Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Janine Ross-Johnstone JPhotographic
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
Hours 1
Monday9:30am-6pm
Tuesday9:30am-6pm
Wednesday9:30am-6pm
Thursday9:30am-6pm
Friday9:30am-6pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Opening hoursChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#50of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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