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Simon Forsyth Photographer

Photographer · Burwood, 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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Simon Forsyth Photographer

Photographer · Burwood, Christchurch

Where you stand#153of 194 photography businesses
Overall health2.1/10across the eight areas

Going well

04Listings and social9.405Facebook page6.4

Where we can help

02Reviews3.601Google listing3.008Opening hours3.003Map positions1.307Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Simon Forsyth Photographer is a Christchurch-based photography service operating from the Burwood suburb. Simon Forsyth provides professional photography services across a range of assignments, working with clients in the local area. The business is named after the photographer and offers a local presence for people and organisations seeking photographic support in eastern Christchurch.

Simon Forsyth Photographer is a photography service based in the Burwood suburb of Christchurch. The business operates under the photographer's name and serves clients across the local area, providing photographic work from a local base in eastern Christchurch.

The practice focuses on photography as its principal offering. Services are presented under the Simon Forsyth Photographer name and cover photographic work for clients who need images for personal or organisational purposes. The business identifies itself simply as a photography provider in Burwood.

Clients engage Simon Forsyth Photographer when they require professional photographic support. Interaction is between the photographer and clients, with work completed under the Simon Forsyth Photographer identity. The business supports local customers and aims to meet the photographic needs they bring to a Christchurch-based practitioner.

As a locally based photographer in Burwood, Christchurch, Simon Forsyth Photographer is distinguished by its local presence and straightforward offering of photography services. The business name explicitly links the service to the photographer, making it clear to Christchurch clients that arrangements and work are provided directly by Simon Forsyth in the Burwood area.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Simon Forsyth Photographer shows a low overall health score for the Google Business Listing, with room for significant improvement. The strongest completed items are a listed website link, a phone number, a full address, a title and a main image. Key opportunities focus on claiming and updating status, adding a clear description, expanding photos, and adding a logo to boost completeness 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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    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.
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    WebsiteYour listing links to your website, so a customer can move from Google to your own pages in one tap and read your account of the work before they ring.

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
    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.
  • 3
    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.
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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Photographer · Burwood
DirectionsCall Website ✓
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
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No description yet2
Google listingChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Simon Forsyth Photographer shows an overall health score of 3.1 out of 10, which is below average. The business has very few reviews, no response to reviews, and a low rating confidence, indicating potential customers may be cautious. The most pressing opportunities are gathering positive reviews, starting to respond to feedback, and improving the listing with more reviews.

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

Overall health is low, with a 1.5 out of 10, indicating limited visibility in Google Maps searches. The business already appears in some broader maps queries, and the top keywords show it ranks for "photographer in burwood" (position 11) and "photography studio in burwood" (position 20). A key opportunity is to strengthen aggregate maps presence and specifically improve local borough results to lift rankings.

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.
1.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Seen in 1 search across Christchurch, top three in none
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Simon Forsyth Photographer2Further down, below the first results
Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #168 for map positions
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Where customers find you

The Citations & Social Presence health is below average, with a score of 3.7 out of 10. This indicates limited visibility across key third-party platforms and directories, affecting local discoverability for Simon Forsyth Photographer.

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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    Cylex ListingWe can see your Cylex Listing listing (https://cylex.co.nz/simon+forsyth+photographer-18094259) 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.
9.4Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Cylexsimon+forsyth+photographer-18094259Simon Forsyth Photographer | Cylex✓
Wedding Guidesimon-forsyth-photographer-nzippSimon Forsyth Photographer | Wedding Guide
LinkedInsimon-forsyth-1870039Simon Forsyth Photographer | LinkedIn
FacebooksimonforsythphotographerSimon Forsyth Photographer | Facebook✓
Instagramsimon_forsythSimon Forsyth Photographer | Instagram✓
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #13 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.
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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
    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.
  • 3
    What your page says about youYour intro carries more detail than most pages in this market and is doing the work of a short landing page for the visitors who never reach your website.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
6.4Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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We specialize in family portraiture (including children, couples and pets) commercial publicity, business portraits and landscapes. www.simonforsyth.co.nz3
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Facebook pageChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #71 for your Facebook page
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Your website

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Strengths

  • ✓
    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.
-Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1On-page score
2Separate sites linking to you
3Meta description
Your websiteChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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How people find you on Google

The website health for Simon Forsyth Photographer sits below average, with a score of 3.9 out of 10. This indicates limited organic visibility and paid activity, suggesting attention to on-site optimisation and local content is needed. The strongest near-term focus should be on increasing organic traffic and clarifying paid opportunities to attract local customers.

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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Google search and trafficChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #87 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Simon Forsyth Photographer currently has no published opening hours, so alignment with Christchurch demand patterns cannot be measured precisely. Because hours are missing, reported demand peaks at city level may be unserved. This creates likely missed opportunities during popular search times and prevents identification of any inefficiencies from being open in low-demand windows. Adding hours will allow clear, actionable adjustments.

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
Simon Forsyth Photographer
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
Hours
No opening hours listed1
Opening hoursChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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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#153of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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Christchurch photographyOverall · 194 businesses
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