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Jane Wyles Photography

Photographer · Somerfield, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 194 Christchurch photography businesses.

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Checked13 October 2026
Your marketChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Jane Wyles Photography

Photographer · Somerfield, Christchurch

Where you stand#120of 194 photography businesses
Overall health3.8/10across the eight areas

Going well

04Listings and social9.005Facebook page6.8

Where we can help

07Google search and traffic5.901Google listing4.002Reviews3.608Opening hours3.003Map positions1.006Your website-
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Jane Wyles Photography is a Christchurch-based freelance photographer who shoots portrait, family and lifestyle images with a focus on realism and natural, creative results. Jane Wyles works locally in Christchurch and is willing to travel for assignments. She trained at Christchurch Polytechnic (Ara Institute) and presents a personal, informal approach shaped by years of study and on-location experience.

Jane Wyles Photography is a freelance photography service based in Christchurch that works across portrait, family and lifestyle assignments. Jane Wyles describes her work as aiming for realism and natural, creative images. She is based in Christchurch but states she is happy to travel for shoots, covering studio, on-location and home sessions as needed.

The website indicates training at Christchurch Polytechnic (now the Ara Institute) and notes a scholarship during study. Services drawn from the site include portraiture, family photography and lifestyle imagery with an emphasis on natural light and candid moments. The approach listed suggests flexibility in settings and a focus on capturing authentic expressions rather than heavily staged compositions.

Visitors to the website encounter a personal tone that references family life and a casual, approachable presence. Jane mentions being a parent and includes family and pet presence in examples, which suggests a relaxed, home-friendly style for clients who want natural interactions captured. The site also provides contact details and a straightforward invitation to discuss travel and session preferences.

Locally, Jane Wyles Photography presents as a Christchurch-based photographer offering practical, on-location options for families and individuals seeking natural-looking images. The combination of formal photographic training, an emphasis on realism and a willingness to travel are aspects that define the service for customers in Christchurch and nearby areas.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Jane Wyles Photography shows a below-average health score, with room to improve critical listing elements. The business already has a claimed listing, a website link, a phone number and a full address, which helps customers find and contact it. Key opportunities focus on status, description, photos and a logo to build trust and attract local clients.

Strengths

  • ✓
    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 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.
  • 2
    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.
  • 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.
4.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
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No description yet1
Google listingChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Jane Wyles Photography shows a low overall health score on Google reviews, with a 1.5/10. This indicates significant room for improvement in engagement and credibility. Key findings include a lack of reviews, no owner response to any reviews, and an unseen or unestablished star rating. Addressing these areas will help build trust with potential clients.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    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.
3.6Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Google reviewsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

This summary assesses Maps Search Performance for Jane Wyles Photography, a Christchurch-based portrait and lifestyle photographer. The overall health score is very low, indicating limited visibility in Google Maps searches. The strongest finding is a top-five rank for the keyword photography service in Somerfield, showing some local presence, while aggregate and borough scores remain minimal and room for improvement is clear.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 1
    Maps visibility across the city groupYou appear in a handful of Maps searches across the suburbs around you, far fewer than most businesses here.
  • 2
    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.
1.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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1Not seen in the searches we ran across Christchurch
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Jane Wyles Photography2Further down, below the first results
Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #174 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Jane Wyles Photography shows a high health score with strong social profiles. The most important findings are the outstanding Instagram and Facebook presence, and a solid LinkedIn profile that supports credibility. Opportunities include building a TikTok and Fresha presence and improving Yellow Directory visibility to broaden reach.

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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    Wedding Guide ListingWe can see your Wedding Guide Listing listing (https://myweddingguide.co.nz/jane-wyles-photography) 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.
16 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
9.0Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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InstagramjanewylesJane Wyles Photography | Instagram✓
FacebookJanewylesphotographyJane Wyles Photography | Facebook✓
Wedding Guidejane-wyles-photographyJane Wyles Photography | Wedding Guide✓
LinkedInjane-wyles-1ab51025Jane Wyles Photography | LinkedIn
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #21 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.
  • ✓
    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.
  • ✓
    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

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than most in this market, which means a post reaches people who already know you rather than anyone still deciding.
8 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 5 of them.
6.8Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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🌐 janewyles.co.nz✓
☎ +64 27 245 8193✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #62 for your Facebook page
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Your website

The on-page health for Jane Wyles Photography shows an overall score of 5.2 out of 10, which indicates average technical health and room for improvement. Key strengths include a valid favicon, a relevant meta description, an SEO-friendly URL, a visible H1 tag, and a precise title tag. Attention should be given to improving the meta description absence, page load speed, and text-to-page size balance.

Strengths

  • ✓
    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.
  • ✓
    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.
  • ✓
    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

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    Separate sites linking to youOnly a handful of separate websites link to yours, well behind most of this market.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
-Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Meta description
2On-page score
3Separate sites linking to you
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How people find you on Google

Jane Wyles Photography shows moderate overall website traffic health, with room to improve paid activity and sustain SEO gains. The most important findings are: paid traffic is not yet measurable and paid spend is unclear, while organic traffic value is above the 25th percentile and organic total is above the bottom 25%.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    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.
5.9Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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2No ads from you on any search
Jane Wyles PhotographyNot in these results
31About 0 visits a month from search, across 1 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #80 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Jane Wyles Photography has no published opening hours, so alignment with local demand cannot be confirmed. With no recorded hours, no slots can be identified as open during peak demand or closed during high-demand windows. The absence of hours is itself a missed opportunity: potential customers searching at popular times may not see availability. Adding clear hours will enable precise optimisation against Christchurch demand patterns.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandWe could not measure your hours against local demand, which almost always means your listing shows no opening hours at all.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
3.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Hours
No opening hours listed1
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You are #137 for opening hours
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 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#120of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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Christchurch photographyOverall · 194 businesses
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