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Eliot Sinclair Christchurch

Engineering consultant · Addington-Middleton, Christchurch

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Eliot Sinclair Christchurch

Engineering consultant · Addington-Middleton, Christchurch

Where you stand#29of 252 architects
Overall health8.9/10across the eight areas

Going well

07Google search and traffic9.802Reviews9.408Opening hours9.205Facebook page9.101Google listing6.4

Where we can help

04Listings and social3.703Map positions0.606Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Eliot Sinclair Christchurch is a multidisciplinary practice in Addington offering integrated services across surveying, engineering, planning, GIS, landscape architecture and urban design. They provide single-point project guidance for developments, aiming to streamline delivery through combined technical expertise and coordinated advice.

Eliot Sinclair Christchurch is a multidisciplinary practice based in Addington, Christchurch. The firm combines surveying, engineering, planning, GIS, landscape architecture and urban design to support development projects from investigation through to completion.

Their services cover a comprehensive range of technical disciplines, delivered under a single point of contact. The practice states that its integrated approach helps clients manage consenting, design coordination and site investigations, with staff experienced across the different project stages.

Customers tend to describe interactions as knowledgeable and helpful, noting friendly, welcoming staff and clear communication. Reviews mention practical insight from project team members and an approachable manner that makes technical conversations easier for clients to follow.

Locally, Eliot Sinclair is distinguished by its multidisciplinary offer and emphasis on streamlined project delivery. For developers and project teams in Christchurch seeking coordinated technical input across planning, engineering and design disciplines, the firm provides a combined advisory model intended to reduce friction between stages.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Eliot Sinclair Christchurch shows solid health with a 6.7/10, indicating above-average presence on Google Business Listing. The strongest recent gains are a verified listing, a live open-for-business status, and a direct phone number, which help customers reach the practice easily. The main opportunity is to further improve the listing description and photos to approach the local midpoint.

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 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.
  • 3
    Photos on the listingThere are more pictures on most listings around you than on yours, so a customer flicking between them gets a fuller look at the businesses either side of you.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
6.4Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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5.0 ★★★★★ (19)
Engineering consultant · Addington-Middleton2
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From the business

At Eliot Sinclair, our multidisciplinary approach adds value through efficiency. With integrated expertise across surveying, engineering, planning, GIS, landscape architecture and urban design, we offer complete solutions that lead to smarter project outcomes.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Eliot Sinclair Christchurch shows an overall very healthy Google review profile with a health score of 9.4 out of 10. The business excels in customer satisfaction, with ratings and review confidence placing it in the top decile. A key strength is the high star rating and strong rating confidence, supporting a trusted reputation among clients.

Strengths

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    Review confidenceRating and volume together put you at the head of this market: well rated, with enough reviews behind it that a customer takes the number seriously.
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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 two 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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    Review countYou hold more reviews than most of this market - depth buyers read as proof.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
9.4Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Google reviewsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #17 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

Eliot Sinclair Christchurch shows a very low overall health score on Google Maps at 0.8/10, indicating limited visibility across general maps searches. The strongest finding is a single top-5 keyword ranking for landscape architect in addington-middleton (rank 18), suggesting limited but solid presence. Focus should be on expanding aggregate and borough results to reach local clients.

Strengths

Your first one is close. Sort an opportunity below and it moves up here.

Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou appear in a handful of Maps searches across the suburbs around you, far fewer than most businesses here.
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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.
0.6Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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landscape architect
1Seen in 1 search across Christchurch, top three in none
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Botanic Landscape Architects5.0 ★ (21) · Engineering consultant
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FORM Garden Architecture4.9 ★ (34) · Engineering consultant
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Design Me a Garden4.8 ★ (18) · Engineering consultant
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Gunn Design Landscape Design and Construction5.0 ★ (12) · Engineering consultant
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Map positionsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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Where customers find you

Citations & Social Presence shows a below-average health score of 3.0 out of 10, indicating limited social/directory activity. Key strengths include an outstanding Facebook profile with strong trust signals and a well-maintained LinkedIn Company listing, which helps reach customers. Opportunities focus on activating Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, TikTok Directory, and GrabOne to broaden reach and trust.

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/eliot-sinclair) 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.
18 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 5 of them.
3.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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FacebookeliotsinclairnzEliot Sinclair Christchurch | Facebook✓
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InstagramNo account found1
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YellowNo listing found3
LinkedInNo listing found✓
Listings and socialChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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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 two opportunities

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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 runs to a line, shorter than most pages here, so it names the business without settling whether you do the particular job the reader came about or cover the suburb they live in.
8 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 5 of them.
9.1Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Facebook pageChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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Your website

Eliot Sinclair Christchurch shows an above-average on-page SEO health score of 6.5 out of 10. Key strengths include a valid favicon, a clear H1 tag, adequate character count, HTTPS resources, and an SEO-friendly URL. The most impactful findings are improving the on-page SEO score and optimising the title tag and meta description to align with recommended lengths.

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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    Pages linking to youMore pages link to yours than almost any business in this market - the accumulated result of years of being referred to.
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    Links to your siteMore sites link to you than almost any business in this market, a position built over years and genuinely hard for a competitor to match.

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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    The shape of your link profileYour links are piled onto a small number of sites for a profile this size, so they are doing less for you than the count suggests.
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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.
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

Eliot Sinclair Christchurch shows a very high overall health for Website Traffic, reflecting strong organic performance and keyword presence. The most notable findings are outstanding organic traffic value and top local rankings, with organic SERP coverage in the top 10%. This indicates solid visibility and likely steady inbound interest, supported by a healthy traffic footprint.

Strengths

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    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth more than almost any business in this market - an enquiry stream with no cost per click behind it.
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    Monthly search visitsYour site draws more visitors from search than almost any business in this market - a stream of enquiries arriving at no cost per visit.
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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.

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 all of them.
9.8Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Google search and trafficChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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Your hours against demand

Eliot Sinclair Christchurch has some clear alignment with weekday lunchtime demand but misses several high-demand windows at weekends. The practice's 40 weekly open hours match 40 well-aligned peak hours, and there are no low-demand open hours. However, 65 peak hours are missed, notably strong Saturday and Sunday midday searches, suggesting commercial opportunity to add limited weekend coverage or shift a small portion of weekday hours into weekend lunchtimes.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    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
Eliot Sinclair Christchurch
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Hours 1
Monday8:30am-5pm
Tuesday8:30am-5pm
Wednesday8:30am-5pm
Thursday8:30am-5pm
Friday8:30am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Opening hoursChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #22 for opening hours
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews2 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page2 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#29of 252 Christchurch architects
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