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John Doogan Photographer

Photographer · Cashmere, 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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John Doogan Photographer

Photographer · Cashmere, Christchurch

Where you stand#60of 194 photography businesses
Overall health6.9/10across the eight areas

Going well

04Listings and social8.607Google search and traffic7.705Facebook page6.708Opening hours6.0

Where we can help

01Google listing5.802Reviews4.403Map positions2.506Your website-
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

John Doogan Photographer is an advertising and commercial photographer based in the Cashmere suburb of Christchurch. He works on commissioned location photography and video projects and maintains a shop presence and landscape portfolio on his site. Clients can expect a focus on commercial storytelling and location shoots around Christchurch.

John Doogan Photographer is an advertising and commercial photographer based in the Cashmere suburb of Christchurch. He offers commissioned photography and location-based video work, presenting a portfolio that includes landscape work and a shop section on his website.

Services focus on advertising and commercial briefs, with an emphasis on location photography and video production. The website lists commissioned projects and a shop, indicating both client work and available prints or products. Contact details are provided for commissioning work.

Customers give consistently high ratings, with an average rating of 5 in available review data. This suggests clients have a strong level of satisfaction with commissioned work, responsiveness and the quality of delivered images and video. Reviews are summarised only as an overall high rating rather than individual comments.

Locally, John Doogan Photographer presents as a Christchurch-based commercial practitioner with a location-focused approach. The combination of commissioned advertising work, location video services and a visible landscape portfolio and shop distinguishes the practice within Cashmere and the wider Christchurch market.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

The overall health is 6.3 out of 10, indicating above-average performance with room for improvement. Notable progress includes a claimed listing, a visible website link, an open-for-business status, a listing title, and a phone number. The two most impactful findings are that the listing is claimed and a working phone number, which supports direct customer contact.

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 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.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    Category fitYour category set covers less of this market than half the field, so there are jobs being searched for near you that your listing is not eligible to appear in.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
5.8Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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5.0 ★★★★★ (1)
Photographer · Cashmere3
Open 5 days ✓
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
From the business

Advertising and commercial photographer

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

John Doogan Photographer has a 4.1 health score and shows strength in customer satisfaction, with a top-10% star rating. A key opportunity is to increase engagement by replying to reviews and encouraging more feedback to raise overall rating confidence and total reviews.

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
    Review confidenceRating and review volume together sit well behind this market, which means a customer comparing you has both halves of the picture reading thin.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    Review countYour review count sits well below what buyers here are used to seeing, which means a customer comparing options side by side reads you as the less proven choice.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
4.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1How far your rating and your review count together can be trusted
Google reviewsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #110 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

John Doogan Photographer shows low health in Google Maps with a 2.5/10 overall score. The most notable opportunities lie in improving aggregate map visibility and boosting local presence in the Cashmere borough, where only a minimal local footprint exists. Focused gains in these areas could raise overall visibility and attract more local clients.

Strengths

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

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.
2.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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1Seen in 2 searches across Christchurch, top three in none
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John Doogan Photographer2Further down, below the first results
Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #146 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Citations and social presence show a very healthy overall status, with structured profiles across key platforms and strong local visibility. The top strengths include outstanding Instagram and Facebook profiles, plus a presence on Yellow Directory that supports local discovery. Careful maintenance of branding and engagement is essential to sustain this high level.

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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    Infobel ListingWe can see your Infobel Listing listing (https://infobel.com/john_doogan_photographer) 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.
8.6Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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InstagramjohndooganphotoJohn Doogan Photographer | Instagram✓
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Yellow/christchurch/photographersJohn Doogan Photographer | Yellow2
Facebookjohn.doogan.photographerJohn Doogan Photographer | Facebook✓
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #28 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

  • ✓
    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

  • 1
    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than follow half the pages here.
  • 2
    Recommendations on your pageYou hold fewer recommendations than the middle of this market.
  • 3
    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.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
6.7Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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463 followers 1
I am a freelance photographer specializing in the landscape and outdoors.3
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★ 3 reviews · recommended 2
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☎ +64 27 220 7756✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #64 for your Facebook page
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Your website

John Doogan Photographer shows a solid on-page SEO health with a score of 8.0 out of 10. The site already has a favicon, an SEO-friendly URL, and page size under 256KB, which supports fast loading and recognisable branding. A remaining focus is adding an H1 tag to improve structure and clarity for both visitors and search engines.

Strengths

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    The shape of your link profileYour links come from about as wide a range of sites as anything in this market, and the mix of link types looks entirely natural.
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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 scoreThe basics on your home page are half in place: it opens and it reads, but enough checks still fail that a customer on a phone away from wifi notices the wait before they notice the business.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    Domain HealthYour site answers, but something did not check out - an insecure link, a redirect chain, a domain shared with other businesses, or a listing pointing at a social page.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
-Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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How people find you on Google

John Doogan Photographer shows a healthy website traffic profile with an overall health score of 6.9 out of 10. The strongest signal is organic traffic value in the 50-75% range, indicating steady content performance and potential for growth. Key opportunities focus on starting small paid campaigns and refining paid presence while sustaining organic momentum.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    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 3 of them.
7.7Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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About 40 visits a month from search, across 6 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #45 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

John Doogan Photographer's opening hours mostly align with Christchurch demand during weekday daytime peaks, especially late morning and early afternoon on Monday and Wednesday. However several popular evening windows are missed, notably Tuesday and Wednesday nights, while a small number of weekday openings fall in lower-demand periods. Overall timing is reasonable but could be nudged to capture more evening commercial bookings.

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.
6.0Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
John Doogan Photographer
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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
Opening hoursChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #79 for opening hours
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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#60of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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Christchurch photographyOverall · 194 businesses
You are #60 overall
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