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DwyerLaw

Law firm · St Albans, Christchurch

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

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Checked12 October 2026
Your marketChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
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DwyerLaw

Law firm · St Albans, Christchurch

Where you stand#162of 216 lawyers
Overall health2.5/10across the eight areas
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

DwyerLaw is a Merivale, Christchurch law firm handling property and home purchase matters. The team, led by Karen with support from Val and Tania, works with first-home buyers and other clients needing practical legal help in property transactions. Clients commonly note personalised support and hands-on representation in dealings like surveyor and council interactions.

DwyerLaw is a law firm based in Merivale, Christchurch that works with clients on property and home purchase matters. The practice is associated with a small team led by Karen and including Val and Tania, operating from the Merivale neighbourhood to serve local residents and buyers.

The firm's work, as reflected in client comments, centres on assisting first-home buyers and managing the practical steps involved in property transactions. Services described by reviewers include offering legal advice for purchasing homes, preparing necessary documentation and representing clients in conversations with third parties such as surveyors and council offices. The team's approach appears focused on guiding buyers through the steps of acquiring property.

Customers commonly describe a supportive, hands-on customer experience and say the team is easy to deal with, particularly when navigating the complexities of a first home purchase. Multiple reviewers highlight clear communication, practical assistance and advocacy during interactions with surveyors and council staff. The review snapshot also includes a strongly negative comment about professional conduct, indicating a range of client experiences.

Located in Merivale, DwyerLaw is noted locally for personalised attention to property matters and for a small-team approach named in reviews. For clients seeking hands-on support with buying a home or resolving practical property issues in Christchurch, the firm is presented in reviews as a local option that combines direct advocacy with everyday transactional work.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

DwyerLaw's Google listing shows a closed-open status, a listed phone number and a full address, plus a main image, but several core elements are missing or weak. Overall health is very low, highlighting the need to claim the listing, add a website link, a fuller description and more photos to build credibility and drive clicks from local clients.

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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    PhoneYour listing carries a phone number, so the call button is live for anyone who finds you on a phone.

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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    WebsiteYour listing has no website link, so a customer who wants to check your prices or your work before ringing has nowhere to go from Google.
  • 3
    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.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
0.7Room to grow
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3.7 ★★★★★ (12)
Law firm · St Albans
Open 5 days ✓
DirectionsCall No website ✓2
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
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No description yet3
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

DwyerLaw shows a low overall health of 2.8 out of 10, indicating there is significant room for improvement in Google reviews. The strongest finding is momentum in review count and confidence, yet engagement remains absent with no responses to reviews. Building a response habit and expanding reviews will be key moves.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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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.
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    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.
  • 3
    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.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
3.6Room to grow
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3.7★★★★★12 reviews
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3How far your rating and your review count together can be trusted
Google reviewsChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #138 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

DwyerLaw shows a below-average health score for Google Maps search at 3.2 out of 10, indicating limited visibility. Top signals show strong performance for generic Merivale-related keywords (civil law attorney, conveyancer, law firm, legal services) in Merivale, while local borough presence remains weak. The business should prioritise improving local search visibility to attract more local clients.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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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.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches, but below most businesses in your suburb, so a customer looking from a nearby street is shown someone else first.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
3.0Room to grow
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1Top three for "law firm" in 1 suburb, seen in 5
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Meares Williams Lawyers Merivale4.3 ★ (20) · Law firm
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DwyerLaw23.7 ★ (12) · Law firm
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Saunders & Co Christchurch4.9 ★ (540) · Law firm
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Immigration Lawyer Barrister & Solicitor Mr. Lukas4.0 ★ (4) · Law firm
Map positionsChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #151 for map positions
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Where customers find you

DwyerLaw shows an above-average health score of 6.7 out of 10 for citations and social presence, indicating reasonable trust in listed profiles. The strongest achievements are a very high-trust Facebook profile and an accurate LinkedIn Company listing, which support local visibility and professional credibility.

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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    LinkedIn CompanyWe can see your LinkedIn Company listing (https://linkedin.com/company/dwyer-law-group-pty-ltd-legal) found via: Google search results.
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    Yelp ListingWe can see your Yelp Listing listing (https://yelp.com/dwyer-law-group-bundall-2) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

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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.
  • 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.
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InstagramNo account found1
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found3
LinkedInNo listing found✓
Listings and socialChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #44 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.
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170 followers 2
Serving the Gold Coast & Queensland with legal advice & representation in all types of compensation.3
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☎ +61 7 5538 2766✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #55 for your Facebook page
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Your website

DwyerLaw shows a very low on-page SEO health score, with critical gaps in meta data and page structure. The most important findings are the missing meta description and title tag on the homepage, and the absence of a valid favicon, all contributing to weak search visibility.

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.

Top three opportunities

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    On-page scoreYour home page did not return anything we can measure, and a page that will not answer a scanner is usually the same page that keeps a customer waiting.
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    Separate sites linking to youNo separate website links to yours.
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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.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 4 of them.
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2Separate sites linking to you
3Meta description
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How people find you on Google

DwyerLaw's Website Traffic health is very low, with a health score of 1.8 out of 10. The likely challenges are negligible organic traffic and no measurable paid traffic, indicating a need for foundational actions to start building visibility and paid reach. Key opportunities focus on boosting organic and paid activity through targeted content, local optimisation, and basic backlinks.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
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You are #159 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

DwyerLaw's published hours largely align with weekday lunchtime and mid-morning demand, with strong presence on Tuesday and Thursday around 10am-1pm and Wednesday at midday. There are missed opportunities at weekend afternoons and early Friday mornings when local searches spike but the office is closed. No low-demand open hours appear, so operating time is generally efficient but could be nudged toward specific high-demand gaps.

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
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DwyerLaw
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Hours 1
Monday9am-5:30pm
Tuesday9am-5:30pm
Wednesday9am-5:30pm
Thursday9am-5:30pm
Friday9am-5:30pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Opening hoursChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #143 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#162of 216 Christchurch lawyers
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Christchurch lawyersOverall · 216 businesses
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