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Lane Neave

Law firm · Christchurch Centre, Christchurch

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

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Lane Neave

Law firm · Christchurch Centre, Christchurch

Where you stand#27of 216 lawyers
Overall health8.8/10across the eight areas

Going well

07Google search and traffic9.901Google listing9.405Facebook page8.502Reviews7.804Listings and social7.303Map positions6.4

Where we can help

08Opening hours3.406Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Lane Neave is a full-service law firm with a Christchurch office offering plain-English legal advice across property, employment, business and related areas. Part of a national practice with local and global clients, the firm says it tailors legal teams to client needs and focuses on simplifying complex issues while providing entrepreneurial, specialist legal expertise.

Lane Neave is a full-service law firm with a Christchurch Central City office and additional locations in Auckland, Wellington and Queenstown. The firm serves a local and global client base and presents itself as a practice that makes complex issues simple through plain-English advice.

Services mentioned include property and residential transactions, employment matters, business and commercial law, dispute resolution and immigration support. The firm describes a diverse range of legal specialities and says it assembles tailored teams around client requirements, drawing on depth of knowledge across different practice areas.

Customers' reviews indicate consistent themes of clear communication, professional support and careful explanation of processes. Multiple reviewers highlight a named lawyer for effective advocacy, timely responses and a supportive manner through potentially stressful legal matters, particularly in employment-related cases.

Locally, Lane Neave positions itself as a national firm operating in Christchurch with entrepreneurial thinking and specialist legal capability. The combination of tailored legal teams, emphasis on plain-English advice and a focus on simplifying complex matters is presented as what distinguishes the firm for clients seeking practical, experienced legal support in the Christchurch area.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Lane Neave shows a very strong Google Business Listing profile with a health score of 9.4 out of 10, indicating solid completeness and accuracy. The most notable findings are that the listing is claimed and verified, includes a website link, a visible title, a phone number, and open-for-business status. Photos and description are strong, but there are opportunities to push further up the ranking.

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
    Category fitYour categories cover this market better than the middle of the field, so you appear in most of the searches your competitors appear in.
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    Description lengthYour description is one of the fuller ones in this market, which means a customer comparing you side by side has more of your case in front of them than most.
  • 3
    Photos on the listingYou carry more photos than most of this market, which gives a customer a real look at the work before they ring.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
9.4Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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4.3 ★★★★★ (59)
Law firm · Christchurch Centre1
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
From the business

At Lane Neave we thrive on making complex issues simple for our clients. We do that by providing plain English advice that doesn’t sit on the fence. Recognised nationally as one of New Zealand’s leading law firms, Lane Neave is a full-service law firm located in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown with a local and global client base. The diverse and eclectic nature of our legal minds means that we have the depth of knowledge and experience required for any job. It’s also what makes us innovative and gives our clients an edge. Our entrepreneurial thinking means we design and tailor our legal teams around your requirements. Together we can tackle anything.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Lane Neave shows an above-average overall health score for Google reviews, indicating a stable reputation. The top opportunities include increasing the Google Review Response Rate to demonstrate engagement with customers and maintaining strong rating confidence and a high review count to sustain a competitive edge.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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 sits below what half the businesses here carry, which gives a customer choosing between three of you a reason to pick one of the others.
  • 3
    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together sit ahead of half the field here, so a customer has enough to go on and no reason to hesitate.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
7.8Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Lane Neave
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4.3★★★★★59 reviews
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Google reviewsChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #49 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Lane Neave shows a solid health score of 8.3 out of 10 for Google Maps performance, indicating strong visibility across local searches. The top findings show strong ranking for multiple notary-related keywords, particularly in Edgeware, Beckenham and Christchurch Centre, suggesting good local relevance. Opportunities focus on widening suburb coverage and maintaining borough presence.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 1
    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.
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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.
6.4Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Top three for "notary public" in 12 suburbs, seen in 67
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Mortlock McCormack Law4.7 ★ (21) · Law firm
Map positionsChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #78 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Lane Neave shows strong health with a score of 8.0 out of 10, indicating solid local social presence and directory listings. Key strengths include an outstanding Facebook profile, and accurate, up-to-date LinkedIn Company and Neighbourly listings, which help reach local and professional audiences. Opportunities focus on expanding on TikTok, Instagram, Yellow, Tiktok Directory and GrabOne to improve discovery.

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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    Neighbourly ProfileWe can see your Neighbourly Profile listing (https://www.neighbourly.co.nz/business/lane-neave-6) found via: Google search results.
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    LinkedIn CompanyWe can see your LinkedIn Company listing (https://linkedin.com/company/lane-neave) found via: Google search results, Your website.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 2
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 3
    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.
16 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
7.3Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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FacebooklaneneavelawyersLane Neave | Facebook✓
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InstagramNo account found1
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found3
LinkedInNo listing found✓
Listings and socialChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #58 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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    A street addressYour page publishes no street address, so someone deciding whether you are near enough to bother with has nothing to check and moves on to a page that tells them.
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    What your page says about youYour intro is shorter than half the pages here.
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    People following your pageMore people follow your page than most in this market, which means a post can travel past your own customers when one of them shares it into a local group.
8 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
8.5Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Facebook pageChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #33 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Lane Neave shows very high on-page SEO health with a score of 8.9/10, indicating strong technical foundations. Key strengths include a perfectly formed meta description, a valid favicon, a relevant meta description, an SEO-friendly URL, and adequate page text. The main opportunities focus on slightly tightening title tag length, reducing render-blocking resources, speeding up load times, and removing frames.

Strengths

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    Meta descriptionYour search summary sits in the length that reads in full on most screens, which is as far as length alone can take it - a narrow phone still cuts the tail off a line this size.
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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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    Domain Age ScoreYour domain has been registered longer than almost any business in this market.

Top three opportunities

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    Separate sites linking to youNo separate website links to yours.
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    The shape of your link profileNo links to your site were found, so there is no shape to read yet.
  • 3
    Pages linking to youVery few individual pages anywhere on the web link to yours, so there is almost nothing for search engines to follow back to 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

Lane Neave shows a very strong website traffic health, with solid organic and paid performance. The top finding is the excellent organic traffic value and top 10% standing for organic traffic, supported by strong paid traffic metrics. The main takeaway is continued leadership in visibility and spend efficiency, while monitoring for any shifts in algorithm changes and competitive activity.

Strengths

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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.
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    Monthly ad visitsYou are getting more visitors from paid search than almost anyone advertising in this market, which is a serious commitment of budget.

Top three opportunities

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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.
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    Monthly search visitsYour site draws more visitors from search than most businesses here, which means a real share of your work arrives from people who found you rather than the other way round.
  • 3
    What you spend on adsYour paid search activity is larger than most businesses advertising here, which points at a real monthly spend behind it.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 5 of them.
9.9Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Your hours against demand

Lane Neave's published hours largely align with weekday lunchtime demand, especially midweek peaks, contributing to a high temporal health score. However, there are clear gaps over weekends and early Friday mornings when local searches remain strong but the office is closed. No open hours fall in low-demand windows, so current hours are efficient but could be adjusted to capture missed high-demand slots.

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.
3.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Lane Neave
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Hours 1
Monday8:30am-5:30pm
Tuesday8:30am-5:30pm
Wednesday8:30am-5:30pm
Thursday8:30am-5:30pm
Friday8:30am-5:30pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Popular times Sunday · Christchurch Centre
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Opening hoursChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #143 for opening hours
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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#27of 216 Christchurch lawyers
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Christchurch lawyersOverall · 216 businesses
You are #27 overall
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