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Gary Todd Architecture

Architect · Edgeware, Christchurch

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Gary Todd Architecture

Architect · Edgeware, Christchurch

Where you stand#88of 252 architects
Overall health6.5/10across the eight areas

Going well

08Opening hours9.204Listings and social8.007Google search and traffic7.605Facebook page7.003Map positions6.3

Where we can help

01Google listing4.802Reviews3.506Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Gary Todd Architecture provides design and construction documents for new-build residential and commercial projects, plus alterations and additions. Based in Edgeware, Christchurch, the practice works with clients, consultants, contractors and councils. They state they draw on about 40 years of experience and describe their outcomes as award-winning, with offices and project presence across Dunedin and Wanaka.

Gary Todd Architecture produces design and construction documents for new-build residential and commercial projects, and for alterations and additions. The practice is based in Edgeware, Christchurch, and lists offices or project addresses in Dunedin and Central Otago (Wanaka).

They state their work involves collaboration with clients, consultants, contractors and councils, and they say they use around 40 years of experience, innovation and professional guidance in project delivery. Website material highlights a focus on residential and commercial design and references award recognition in project descriptions.

Customers and project pages emphasise inspirational architecture and imaginative design. A client quote on the website says, "Gary gave us what we didn't know we wanted," and project descriptions note an aim to enrich people's lives through design. Examples on the site include named projects and mention of a Trends International Design Awards (TIDA) 2018 result for a new home.

Locally, Gary Todd Architecture presents as a practice combining project documentation for builds and alterations with a collaborative process across consultants and contractors. The mix of Christchurch location, additional regional addresses, an emphasis on residential and commercial work, and cited award recognition are the practical markers that distinguish the practice in its local market.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Gary Todd Architecture shows a solid health score for its Google Business Listing but has room for modest improvement. The listing already includes a phone number, a website link, a claimed status and an open/closed display, which helps customers reach and learn about the practice. The most important findings are the lack of a logo and a growing but still small photo collection.

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
    LogoYour listing has no logo, so in a list of local results yours is the one with a blank space where every competitor has a mark.
  • 2
    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
    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.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
4.8Room to grow
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From the business

Gary Todd Architecture provides design and construction documents for new build residential and commercial projects plus alterations and additions. Our collaboration with clients, consultants, contractors, and councils utilizes our trusted and proven 40 years of experience, innovation and professional guidance to achieve award winning outcomes.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Gary Todd Architecture shows a very low health score on Google Business, indicating significant improvement is needed in reviews, responses and presence. The two most important findings are the lack of reviews and the absence of owner responses, which affects credibility; the rating itself is also not established, which could deter potential clients.

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.
  • 3
    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

Gary Todd Architecture shows an above-average health score of 6.3 out of 10 for Google Maps search, indicating reasonable visibility but room for improvement. Top opportunities include lifting the aggregate Maps search results score and pushing for stronger suburb visibility, especially refining the Google Business Listing to climb into the top 10% of local results in Edgeware. The best-performing keywords highlight strong Edgeware intent.

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 nearly every business in your suburb, so a customer searching nearby sees you before most of your competition.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
6.3Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Bespoke Architecture4.1 ★ (14) · Architect
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Home Design Vault0.0 ★ (0) · Architect
Map positionsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #94 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Gary Todd Architecture shows above-average health in the Citations & Social Presence assessment, with a 6.2 out of 10. Strengths include outstanding Instagram and Facebook profiles, indicating strong social trust and consistent branding. The top opportunities focus on expanding presence across LinkedIn, TikTok, TikTok Directory and GrabOne to reach new audiences and improve discoverability.

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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    ServiceFinder ProfileWe can see your ServiceFinder Profile listing (https://servicefinder.co.nz/Gary-Todd-Architecture-224081) found via: Google search results.

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.
  • 2
    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.
8.0Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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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 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.
7.0Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Facebook pageChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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Your website

Gary Todd Architecture shows a solid on-page SEO health with a score of 8.1 out of 10. The strongest findings include a valid favicon, an H1 tag, and an SEO-friendly URL, indicating clear signals to both users and search engines. There is room to tighten the title tag and meta description to the ideal lengths for better visibility.

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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    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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    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 come from fewer separate sites than most profiles the size of yours.
  • 3
    Separate sites linking to youMore separate websites link to you than half the businesses here, so a reasonable spread of places vouch for 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

Gary Todd Architecture shows a solid overall health score for Website Traffic with room to grow paid activity and keyword coverage. Key findings indicate paid traffic is not yet measurable and paid spend is unclear, while organic performance sits mid-pack and organic value is strong. Focus on targeted paid campaigns and maintaining organic momentum.

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.
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    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.
7.6Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Your hours against demand

Gary Todd Architecture's opening hours partly match local demand. Midweek lunch periods (Tuesday 12pm; Wednesday 11am-12pm; Thursday 12-1pm) are open during high-use windows. However, the practice is closed during major weekend demand (Saturday 11am-2pm, Sunday 12pm), creating clear missed opportunities. No low-demand open hours were flagged. Consider limited weekend availability or a Saturday appointment slot to capture peak weekend interest.

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
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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
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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#88of 252 Christchurch architects
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