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Ian Robertson & Co Lawyers

Legal services · Ilam, 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
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Ian Robertson & Co Lawyers

Legal services · Ilam, Christchurch

Where you stand#158of 216 lawyers
Overall health2.7/10across the eight areas

Going well

03Map positions9.508Opening hours9.402Reviews7.2

Where we can help

05Facebook page5.101Google listing3.004Listings and social2.707Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Ian Robertson & Co Lawyers is a Christchurch law firm based in Ilam offering legal services across the Canterbury region. The firm describes itself as a small, boutique practice; client feedback highlights professional, responsive service and reasonable fees, with a caring team that helps clients through stressful situations.

Ian Robertson & Co Lawyers is a Christchurch law firm located in Ilam that provides legal services throughout the Canterbury region. The practice is presented as a small, local firm serving clients across the area.

The firm offers general legal services consistent with a boutique lawyers practice in Canterbury. Source material emphasises a hands-on team approach and local coverage across the Canterbury region.

Clients commonly report a professional and responsive experience, noting reasonable fees and helpful communication. Reviews describe attentive service from a caring team that supports clients through stressful matters and values client care and clear responses.

Locally, Ian Robertson & Co is characterised as a small, client-focused legal practice in Ilam serving Christchurch and greater Canterbury. The combination of boutique scale, a caring team and attention to practical client needs is highlighted in customer feedback.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Ian Robertson & Co Lawyers shows a below‑average health score for its Google Business Listing, at 3.3 out of 10. Overall health indicates several foundational gaps, but there are solid elements in place. The most important findings are that the listing is claimed and has a phone number and full address, while key gaps include missing website link and logo, and only partial photo growth.

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
    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.
  • 2
    Description lengthYour description is far shorter than what most businesses here have written, which means a customer comparing listings gets a line from you and three paragraphs from the business beside you.
  • 3
    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.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
3.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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5.0 ★★★★★ (11)
Legal services · Ilam
Open 5 days ✓
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From the business

Ian Robertson & Co provide legal services throughout the Canterbury Region.

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Your reviews

Ian Robertson & Co Lawyers shows strong overall health on Google Reviews with an 8.1/10 score. The top finding is a stellar star rating in the top 10% and high customer satisfaction. A key area to improve is the review response rate, as no reviews have been responded to yet, which can affect trust among customers.

Strengths

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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 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 countYour review count sits under the middle of this market, so you are readable to a customer without yet being convincing.
  • 3
    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together sit ahead of half the field here, so a customer has enough to go on and no reason to hesitate.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
7.2Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Google reviewsChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #62 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

The Maps search health for Ian Robertson & Co Lawyers is 7.2 out of 10, indicating a solid standing with room to strengthen local visibility. Top findings show strong performance for suburb and city-wide results, and particular strength in ranking for several core practice areas. Opportunities focus on maintaining local visibility while pushing into top quartile standings.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 1
    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than nearly everyone here, so a customer searching well outside your own patch still sees you.
  • 2
    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.
9.5Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Map positionsChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #12 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Ian Robertson & Co Lawyers shows a low overall health score for social presence, with 2.4 out of 10. The most notable strength is an active LinkedIn presence that reaches customers through professional networks. The biggest opportunities lie in adding or reviving profiles on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok, plus completing Yellow Directory and Yellow Profile listings to boost local visibility.

Strengths

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    White Pages ListingWe can see your White Pages Listing listing (https://whitepages.co.nz/ian-robertson-co-lawyers-2) 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
    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 3
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
16 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 4 of them.
2.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Your Facebook page

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    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.
5.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Your website

Strengths

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

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Domain HealthYour website did not come back healthy when we tried it, and anyone clicking through from your Google listing is meeting whatever we met.
  • 2
    Domain UniquenessWe could not find a domain registered to your business, which means there is no address of your own for a customer to go to and nothing for your Google listing to link to.
  • 3
    Domain Age ScoreWe could not read how long your domain has been registered, or it is only weeks old.
3 checks on your website. You're seeing all of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
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Your websiteNo website of your own1
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How people find you on Google

Strengths

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

Where we can help

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0 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing all of them.
0.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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You are #159 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Ian Robertson & Co Lawyers has a moderate match between published hours and local demand: 40 well-aligned peak hours but 41 missed high-demand hours and no low-demand open hours. The firm is open during several midday and late-morning city peaks (Tuesday 12-1pm, Wednesday 12pm, Thursday 10-11am) but misses some weekend and early-morning demand windows that could be commercially useful.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandYour hours cover more of the busy stretches than the middle of the field, so you are open for most of the searching that happens near you.
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9.4Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Ian Robertson & Co Lawyers
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Hours 1
Monday8:30am-5pm
Tuesday8:30am-5pm
Wednesday8:30am-5pm
Thursday8:30am-5pm
Friday8:30am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page1 opportunity

06Your website3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#158of 216 Christchurch lawyers
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