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Kerry's Photography

Photographer · Heathcote Valley, 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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Kerry's Photography

Photographer · Heathcote Valley, Christchurch

Where you stand#185of 194 photography businesses
Overall health0.5/10across the eight areas

What you have

01Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.01NameYour 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.01PhoneYour listing carries a phone number, so the call button is live for anyone who finds you on a phone.

Where we can help

03Map positions5.402Reviews3.608Opening hours3.005Facebook page2.004Listings and social1.401Google listing0.507Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Kerry's Photography is a Heathcote Valley, Christchurch photography business offering photography services to local clients. Located in Heathcote Valley, Kerry's Photography serves the Christchurch area and focuses on delivering clear, well-composed images with a friendly, local approach.

Kerry's Photography is a photography business based in Heathcote Valley, Christchurch. The studio serves clients across Heathcote Valley and the wider Christchurch area, presenting itself under the local name Kerry's Photography.

The business offers photography services tailored to client needs, operating from its Heathcote Valley location. Services are described broadly under the photography category, with work delivered for clients who require photographic capture and image files.

Clients arrange sessions and commissions through Kerry's Photography in Heathcote Valley and receive photographic deliverables suited to their brief. Communication and scheduling are handled locally, reflecting the business's focus on serving Christchurch neighbourhoods and nearby communities.

Kerry's Photography stands out as a local Christchurch photography option rooted in Heathcote Valley. Its local presence, straightforward service offering and focus on providing photographic work for clients in the area are the practical points that define its role in the community.

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Your Google listing

Kerry's Photography shows a low overall health on the Google Business Listing, with key improvements needed to establish a complete, verifiable presence. The most important findings are that the listing is not claimed and lacks a website link, while essential contact and address details are already present for local clients.

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.
  • ✓
    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.
  • ✓
    PhoneYour listing carries a phone number, so the call button is live for anyone who finds you on a phone.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    ClaimedYour listing is not claimed, which means anyone can suggest an edit to it and you have no way to reply to a review or correct what is shown.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    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.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
0.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Photographer · Heathcote Valley
DirectionsCall No website ✓2
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
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Google listingChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Your reviews

Kerry's Photography shows a low health score on Google Reviews (2.2/10). Overall, the business has several improvement opportunities, notably gathering more reviews, improving the average rating, and increasing response rate. Addressing customer feedback promptly can shift perceptions and build trust with local 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
You are #125 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

Kerry's Photography shows an above-average health score of 5.9/10 for Google Maps performance, indicating decent visibility with room for improvement. Top opportunities include improving overall aggregate map visibility and pushing the suburb/borough score toward the top 10% through ongoing listing optimisations. Best ranking keywords confirm strong local presence in Heathcote Valley.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 1
    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across fewer of the surrounding suburbs than half the businesses here, so someone two suburbs over searching for your service is shown your competitors and never sees your name.
  • 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.
5.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Top three for "photographer" in 1 suburb, seen in 2
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Kerry's Photography20.0 ★ (0) · Photographer
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Susannah Blatchford Photography5.0 ★ (32) · Photographer
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Agnes Grace Photo & Film5.0 ★ (22) · Photographer
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Stacey Cavalier Photography5.0 ★ (90) · Photographer
Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #89 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Citations and social presence health for Kerry's Photography is below average, reflecting limited visibility across key platforms. The strongest asset is a very high-trust Facebook profile and a LinkedIn personal profile. The main opportunity lies in expanding presence on Instagram, TikTok, Fresha, LinkedIn company pages and Yellow Directory to improve trust signals and discoverability.

Strengths

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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 found your Instagram Profile page through search rather than through anything you own.
  • 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 3 of them.
1.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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LinkedInkerry-docherty-9b386784Kerry's Photography | LinkedIn
Instagramkerry_page_photographyKerry's Photography | Instagram2
FacebookkerryhowardphotographyKerry's Photography | Facebook1
TiktokNo account found3
YellowNo listing found
Listings and socialChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #167 for listings and social
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Your Facebook page

Strengths

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

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.
2.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Facebook pageChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #155 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Kerry's Photography shows a low on-page SEO health, with a health score of 2.0 out of 10. The most important findings are missing or poorly configured elements: the homepage lacks a detectable title tag and meta description, and there is no valid favicon. These issues limit visibility in search results and trust with visitors.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Domain Age ScoreWe could not read how long your domain has been registered, or it is only weeks old.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    Domain UniquenessYour web address belongs to a platform rather than to you - a social page or a site builder's own domain.
3 checks on your website. You're seeing all of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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How people find you on Google

Kerry's Photography shows a low website traffic health score of 2.8 out of 10, indicating limited organic and paid visibility. The most important findings are near-zero organic traffic value and no organic keywords in the top 100. Paid activity is also not measurable, suggesting the site has not yet captured online leads.

Strengths

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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
9:41
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Google search and trafficChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #87 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Kerry's Photography has no recorded opening hours, so no clear alignment with local demand can be shown. The analysis flags likely missed opportunities where the business appears closed during city-level peak search windows, and potential inefficiencies cannot be assessed. Publishing consistent hours would reveal where opening during popular local times could increase commercial opportunity.

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
Opening hoursChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #137 for opening hours
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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#185of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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Christchurch photographyOverall · 194 businesses
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