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Mannering & Associates Ltd

Photographer · Waltham, 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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Mannering & Associates Ltd

Photographer · Waltham, Christchurch

Where you stand#173of 194 photography businesses
Overall health1.1/10across 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.01ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.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.

Where we can help

08Opening hours4.401Google listing4.002Reviews3.605Facebook page2.003Map positions1.704Listings and social0.407Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Mannering & Associates Ltd is a photography business based in Waltham, Christchurch. It provides professional photography services to local clients, focusing on capturing images for personal and commercial needs. The studio emphasises reliable, locally based service and works with clients across the Christchurch area to deliver finished photographic work suited to each brief.

Mannering & Associates Ltd is a photography business located in the Waltham neighbourhood of Christchurch. The studio operates from the local area and serves clients throughout Christchurch and nearby suburbs.

The company provides professional photography services. As a photography firm, it offers image capture and delivery for a range of client needs tied to the photography category.

Clients commission Mannering & Associates Ltd for photographic work and engage the business to supply images and completed photographic projects. The studio handles assignments and delivers finished photography to clients across its local service area.

Mannering & Associates Ltd is distinguished by its local presence in Waltham and its focus on serving Christchurch clients. The business presents itself as a neighbourhood photography provider that manages photographic assignments from brief to delivery within the Christchurch region.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Mannering & Associates Ltd shows strong control over its Google Business Listing with claimed status, an active website link, and a visible phone number, indicating reliable basic contact and access. Health remains mid-range at 4.9/10, with key gaps in description and imagery that limit engagement. Focused improvements in listing content and visuals could boost visibility and trust.

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 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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Photographer · Waltham
Open 5 days ✓
DirectionsCall Website
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
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No description yet1
Google listingChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #117 for your Google listing
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Mannering & Associates Ltd shows a low overall health on Google Business reviews, at 2.1 out of 10. This indicates potential customers may be hesitant and that there are limited reviews. The top opportunities focus on encouraging positive customer reviews, establishing a star rating, and improving response rate to reviews. Addressing negative feedback quickly can also help build trust.

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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No reviews yetBe the first to review1
Google reviewsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #125 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Mannering & Associates Ltd shows a low overall health in Maps search, with a 1.8 out of 10. The business ranks for a couple of top terms but has limited local visibility. Key opportunities focus on improving aggregate Maps presence and boosting borough-level performance, particularly in Waltham, Christchurch.

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.
1.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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1Seen in 1 search across Christchurch, top three in none
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Mona Studio5.0 ★ (3) · Photographer
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Soul Creative Studio5.0 ★ (77) · Photographer
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Pete Prue Photography5.0 ★ (114) · Photographer
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Redbox Photo & Frame5.0 ★ (3) · Photographer
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Mannering & Associates Ltd2Further down, below the first results
Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #161 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Mannering & Associates Ltd shows very low overall health (0.2/10) for citations and social presence. The findings indicate missing active profiles on key platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Fresha, and LinkedIn, which limits local visibility and trust signals. Prioritising profile setup on these platforms should start to improve reach and credibility.

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 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 3 of them.
0.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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FacebookNo account found1
InstagramNo account found2
TiktokNo account found3
YellowNo listing found
NeighbourlyNo listing found
Listings and socialChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #186 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

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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06Your websiteMarketbase business report

Your website

Mannering & Associates Ltd shows a low on-page SEO health score, with critical gaps in meta and structural tags. The top issues include missing on-page SEO baseline, no meta description detected for the homepage, and no Title Tag detected, plus favicon absence and misaligned meta description. Addressing these areas will improve visibility and click-through potential.

Strengths

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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.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    On-page scoreYour home page did not return anything we can measure, and a page that will not answer a scanner is usually the same page that keeps a customer waiting.
  • 2
    Separate sites linking to youNo separate website links to yours.
  • 3
    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.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 4 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
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2Separate sites linking to you
3Meta description
Your websiteChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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How people find you on Google

Mannering & Associates Ltd shows low overall website traffic health, with a health score of 2.6 out of 10. The most important findings point to minimal organic and paid traffic value, and no organic keywords in the top 100. The business should focus on content creation and local optimisation to begin attracting search visibility.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    What that traffic is worthSearch is delivering you nothing you would otherwise have to pay for.
  • 2
    Monthly search visitsYour site draws no measurable visitors from search, so the only people reaching it are ones you sent yourself.
  • 3
    Search terms you rank forYour site does not appear in search results for any terms we can measure, so nobody is finding it by searching for what you do.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
0.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Mannering & Associates LtdNot in these results3
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

Mannering & Associates Ltd mostly aligns studio hours with daytime demand, especially late-morning to mid-afternoon on weekdays, but closes during several high-demand evening windows. There are a small number of low-demand morning and early-afternoon hours that may be inefficient. Adjusting a few evening hours could capture more clients without greatly increasing total weekly open time.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    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.
4.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Mannering & Associates Ltd
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
Hours 1
Monday8am-5pm
Tuesday8am-5pm
Wednesday8am-5pm
Thursday8am-5pm
Friday8am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Popular times Saturday · Waltham
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Opening hoursChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #110 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

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#173of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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Christchurch photographyOverall · 194 businesses
You are #173 overall
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