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blac Projects

Landscape architect · Christchurch Centre, Christchurch

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blac Projects

Landscape architect · Christchurch Centre, Christchurch

Where you stand#153of 252 architects
Overall health3.9/10across the eight areas

Going well

01Google listing6.2

Where we can help

08Opening hours4.407Google search and traffic3.902Reviews3.504Listings and social3.305Facebook page3.003Map positions2.806Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

blac projects is an NZILA-registered landscape architecture and urban design collective with a studio in Ōtautahi / Christchurch. The practice delivers landscape architecture, landscape planning, urban design and community planning services for councils, developers, housing providers and private clients across the South Island and wider Aotearoa New Zealand.

blac projects is an NZILA-registered landscape architecture and urban design collective based in Ōtautahi / Christchurch. The studio describes itself as delivering integrated landscape architecture and urban design services across New Zealand, with projects noted in places such as New Plymouth, Wellington and Mangawhai.

The collective lists core services including landscape architecture, landscape planning, urban design and community planning. It works with iwi entities, councils, community housing providers, private developers, consultancies and construction partners to develop design solutions for public and private projects.

Work is delivered for clients across the South Island and wider Aotearoa New Zealand. The practice states it collaborates with a mix of public and private sector partners to shape public realm, housing and development projects, bringing landscape and urban design together in integrated briefs.

With an office in Christchurch Central City, blac projects presents itself as a locally based collective with national reach. The combination of NZILA registration, a Christchurch studio and experience with councils, housing providers and iwi entities is what distinguishes the practice in its local market.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Blac Projects shows a solid health of 7.2 out of 10, meaning the listing is reliable for customers and aligns with local peers. Key strengths include a clear open-for-business status, a listed website link, a visible listing title, claimed status and a displayed phone number, which collectively support customer inquiries and trust.

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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    Photos on the listingYou have no photos on your listing, or close to none, so a customer scrolling past sees a blank where every other business shows their work.
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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.
  • 3
    Category fitYour categories cover less of this market than nearly every competitor, so someone searching for a job you actually do is shown a list your listing was never entered into.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
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From the business

blac projects is an NZILA-registered landscape architecture and urban design collective with a studio in Ōtautahi / Christchurch. We deliver landscape architecture, landscape planning, urban design, and community planning services for councils, developers, housing providers, and private clients across the South Island and New Zealand.

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Your reviews

blac Projects shows a below-average health score for Google reviews and limited review activity. The top findings indicate a very low rating confidence, an unestablished star rating, few or no reviews, and no responses to existing reviews. Improving engagement with customers will be essential to build trust and credibility.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together put you at the bottom of this market - either the rating is low, or there are too few reviews behind it for anyone to trust it.
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    Star ratingYou have no star rating yet, so a customer scanning results sees an empty space where every other business shows a number.
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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.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
3.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Google reviewsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #163 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

Blac Projects shows a low health score for Maps Search at 2.4/10, indicating limited visibility in Google Maps results. The top opportunities lie in improving aggregate and borough-specific visibility and ensuring the listed suburb matches the maps query. Best-performing keywords show the firm ranking for several landscape architecture terms in Christchurch areas.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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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.
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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across fewer of the surrounding suburbs than half the businesses here, so someone two suburbs over searching for your service is shown your competitors and never sees your name.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
2.8Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Map positionsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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Where customers find you

blac Projects shows a below-average presence health score for social and directory listings, at 4.0 out of 10. Strengths include an outstanding Instagram profile and a well-established LinkedIn Company listing, indicating solid reach on major platforms. The key opportunities lie in adding or activating presence on Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, TikTok Directory and GrabOne to broaden visibility and trust with local customers.

Strengths

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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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    LinkedIn CompanyWe can see your LinkedIn Company listing (https://linkedin.com/company/blac-projects) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 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.
18 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 5 of them.
3.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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FacebookNo account found1
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found3
LinkedInNo listing found✓
Listings and socialChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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Your Facebook page

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    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.
3.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Facebook pageChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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Your website

blac Projects shows a very high on-page SEO health with a score of 8.7 out of 10, indicating strong technical foundations. The site excels on title tag relevance and length, has a valid favicon, and an SEO-friendly URL. Key opportunities include refining the meta description to the ideal length, adding an H1 tag, and improving page load speed and character count to boost overall performance.

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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    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.

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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    Links to your siteA handful of other websites link to yours, well behind most of this market.
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    Domain Age ScoreYour domain is younger than most businesses here.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

blac Projects shows below average website traffic health with a 3.7/10. The strongest area is organic traffic value, already above the 25th percentile, but paid traffic remains minimal and no paid SERP coverage is detected. Key opportunities focus on launching small, targeted paid campaigns with proper landing pages and tracking, while continuing to refine organic fundamentals and site navigation to sustain momentum.

Strengths

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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.
3.9Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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31About 8 visits a month from search, across 5 searches
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Your hours against demand

blac Projects' published hours mostly align with weekday midday demand, especially late-morning and lunchtime midweek. The practice is open during several strong lunch peaks (Tue-Thu, Wed 11am). However, it is closed for several very high-demand Saturday and Sunday lunchtime hours, which represent clear missed opportunities. No hours appear to be open during low-demand windows, so any added hours should target busy weekend midday periods.

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.
4.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Hours 1
Monday8am-5pm
Tuesday8am-5pm
Wednesday8am-5pm
Thursday8am-5pm
Friday8am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Opening hoursChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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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#153of 252 Christchurch architects
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