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AO Architecture

Architectural designer · Christchurch Centre, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 252 Christchurch architects.

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AO Architecture

Architectural designer · Christchurch Centre, Christchurch

Where you stand#70of 252 architects
Overall health7.3/10across the eight areas

Going well

08Opening hours9.205Facebook page8.107Google search and traffic7.404Listings and social7.101Google listing6.802Reviews6.5

Where we can help

03Map positions5.706Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

AO Architecture is a Christchurch Central City architectural practice offering architecture, interior design and project management. The young, innovation-focused studio takes on work from simple residential alterations to complex housing and commercial or industrial developments, aiming to tailor projects to each client's requests. Customers report high satisfaction and repeat business, reflecting a focus on collaborative design and delivery.

AO Architecture is an architectural practice based in Christchurch Central City with a studio listed at 225 High Street and a secondary presence in Queenstown. The practice describes itself as young and innovative and positions collaborative and tailored design as central to its approach.

The firm offers a mix of services including architecture, interior design and project management. Project types range from simple residential alterations through complex residential housing to commercial and industrial developments. The practice states it manages projects from concept through to delivery and works across different building scales and uses.

Customer feedback highlights a high level of satisfaction with completed work and willingness to return for future projects, reflected in a strong average rating. Reviews emphasise positive outcomes and clients who say they would use the practice again, pointing to consistent delivery and client relationships as recurring themes in public feedback.

Locally, AO Architecture presents as a Christchurch-based studio that combines a focus on tailored client projects with an interest in design innovation. The combination of architectural, interior design and project management capability, together with reported repeat business, frames the practice as a multi-disciplined local option for residential, commercial and industrial building projects.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

AO Architecture shows a healthy Google Business Listing with a 7.7/10. The listing information is complete and verified, and customers can easily contact or learn more. The two key findings are solid open status and a working website link, with room to improve photos and the description.

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
    Photos on the listingYou have fewer photos than nearly every business here, so a customer comparing you against them builds a picture of their work and guesses at yours.
  • 2
    Description lengthYour description gives a reader more than most listings here do, so a customer choosing between three of you gets more of your case than of theirs.
  • 3
    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.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
6.8Good
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From the business

AO Architecture is a young and innovative architectural practice, aware of the importance of delivering a unique project that is tailored to meet each specific client’s requests. We are active in the provision of architectural, interior design and project management services. Undertaking projects from simple residential alterations, complex residential housing through to commercial & industrial developments.

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Google listingChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

AO Architecture shows an above-average health score of 6.5 out of 10 for Google reviews, indicating generally solid performance with room to improve in engagement and review volume. Key findings: no responses to reviews yet, and review rating and counts are improving but still below top quartiles. Overall, customers report satisfaction, with repeat business highlighted in the profile.

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.
  • 2
    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together sit behind half the businesses here, so a customer weighing three listings has slightly less reason to trust yours.
  • 3
    Review countYour review count sits under the middle of this market, so you are readable to a customer without yet being convincing.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
6.5Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Google reviewsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #88 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

AO Architecture shows a mid-range overall health on Google Maps with room to improve both city-wide and in the Christchurch borough. The top opportunities focus on improving aggregate map visibility and maintaining momentum in the local suburb, where presence is already solid. Core keywords rank well, indicating strength in the Christchurch centre area.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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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.
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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.
5.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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1Seen in 9 searches across Christchurch, top three in none
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Map positionsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #108 for map positions
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Where customers find you

AO Architecture shows a solid social presence with strong Instagram and Facebook profiles. Health sits at 6.8/10, above average, indicating reliable visibility but room to improve reach. Key strengths include outstanding Instagram and Facebook profiles and high trust scores for the associated website. Primary opportunities focus on expanding LinkedIn presence and exploring TikTok and directory listings.

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.
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    Houzz ProfessionalWe can see your Houzz Professional listing (https://houzz.co.nz/ao-architecture-pfvwnz-pf~471558673) found via: Google search results, Your website.

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.
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    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.
18 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
7.1Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Houzz Professionalao-architecture-pfvwnz-pf~471558673AO Architecture | Houzz Professional✓
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TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #75 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 pageYour following sits ahead of half the pages here, so an ordinary post reaches a real local audience without you paying for it.
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    What your page says about youThere is more in your intro than in half the pages here, so a visitor has a real sense of the business before they reach the photos.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
8.1Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Facebook pageChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #48 for your Facebook page
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Your website

AO Architecture shows a health score of 4.3 out of 10 for on-page SEO, indicating average technical health. The business has a valid favicon, an SEO-friendly URL, a concise page size under 256KB, and a relevant title tag and meta description already in place. A key finding is the missing meta description for the homepage, plus no H1 tag and a page load time over 3 seconds that need attention.

Strengths

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    The shape of your link profileYour links come from about as wide a range of sites as anything in this market, and the mix of link types looks entirely natural.
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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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    Meta descriptionYour pages carry no summary line of your own, so the two lines under your name in search results are whatever Google decides best fits the search.
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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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    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.
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

AO Architecture shows a solid overall health for Website Traffic with a 7.3 out of 10. Organic traffic value sits in the 50-75% local band, indicating decent visibility and engagement. Key opportunities lie in paid traffic: initiating small, targeted campaigns and building paid keyword coverage, while maintaining strong organic momentum through consistent content and backlinks.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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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 ad visitsYour site receives no visitors from paid search, which for most local businesses in this market is the norm rather than a problem.
  • 3
    Search terms you advertise onYou are not covering any search terms with ads, which for most local businesses here is normal.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
7.4Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Google search and trafficChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #67 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

AO Architecture's weekday hours align reasonably with lunchtime demand in Christchurch Central City, especially midweek. The practice is open at popular midday slots on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, matching client search patterns. However, it is closed across key high-demand weekend midday hours, representing missed opportunities for client contact. No hours are open during low-demand windows, so no obvious waste is shown.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    Hours aligned with demandYour hours line up with demand worse than nearly every business here, which means a good share of your open time passes with nobody looking for what you do.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
9.2Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
AO Architecture
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Hours 1
Monday9am-5pm
Tuesday9am-5pm
Wednesday9am-5pm
Thursday9am-5pm
Friday9am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Opening hoursChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #22 for opening hours
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The next step

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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#70of 252 Christchurch architects
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Christchurch architectsOverall · 252 businesses
You are #70 overall
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