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Ward Chris BDS

Dentist · Howick, Central Auckland

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 277 Central Auckland dentists.

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Checked13 October 2026
Your marketCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses
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Ward Chris BDS

Dentist · Howick, Central Auckland

Where you stand#268of 277 dentists
Overall health0.3/10across 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

05Facebook page4.704Listings and social3.708Opening hours1.702Reviews1.201Google listing1.103Map positions0.407Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Ward Chris BDS is a dental practice based in Cockle Bay, Auckland. It provides dental care for local customers from its neighbourhood location. The practice is identified by the name of Chris Ward, BDS, and serves the Cockle Bay community as a local dentist.

Ward Chris BDS is a dentist based in Cockle Bay, Auckland, serving customers from the local community. The practice is located in the eastern Auckland suburb of Cockle Bay and is identified by the name of Chris Ward, BDS.

As a dentist, Ward Chris BDS provides dental care for clients seeking services from a local practice. The business category is dentistry, with the practice name highlighting Chris Ward's BDS qualification. Its location gives customers in Cockle Bay a nearby option when looking for dental care in the area.

The practice forms part of Cockle Bay's local services and is positioned within the Auckland community. Customers can identify it through the Ward Chris BDS name when searching for a dentist in the suburb or nearby parts of the city.

Ward Chris BDS is distinguished locally by its Cockle Bay location and clear association with Chris Ward, BDS. For customers seeking a dentist in Auckland's eastern suburbs, it provides a named local practice rather than a general, unnamed dental service.

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Your Google listing

Ward Chris BDS has a Very low Google Business Listing health score of 1.1 out of 10. The listing has important basics in place, including the business name, trading status, phone number, full address and main image. However, it is not claimed and has no website link or real description, limiting control and reducing the information available to customers comparing local dental practices.

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.
1.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Dentist · Howick
DirectionsCall No website ✓2
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Google listingCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses
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Your reviews

Ward Chris BDS has a very low Google Business Reviews health score of 1.2 out of 10. The listing has no recorded reviews or star rating, leaving customers without visible evidence of service quality. No reviews have received a reply either. The main priority is to build review volume, which can establish a rating and provide a stronger basis for customer confidence when comparing local dental practices.

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.
1.2Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Google reviewsCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses
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Where you show up on the map

Ward Chris BDS has a Very low Maps Search Performance health score of 0.4 out of 10. The practice appears in a small number of nearby suburb searches, with its strongest result at position 7 for "dental clinic in Cockle Bay". However, it is not appearing in Maps searches from Cockle Bay itself, limiting visibility for nearby customers. Reviews and map-pin accuracy are the main priorities.

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 suburbWe are not seeing you in Maps searches in your own suburb, which is the search a customer standing a street away actually makes.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
0.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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1Seen in 1 search across Central Auckland, top three in none
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Dentart4.3 ★ (11) · Dentist
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Elena Artyukh5.0 ★ (7) · Dentist
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Howick Dental Surgery4.9 ★ (1,004) · Dentist
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A+ Dentists5.0 ★ (187) · Dentist
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Ward Chris BDS2Further down, below the first results
Map positionsCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses
You are #265 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Ward Chris BDS has below average Citations & Social Presence health, scoring 3.7 out of 10. The practice has a visible Yelp listing, but several important social and directory profiles were not found. Establishing consistent business profiles on Facebook and Instagram, followed by priority listings such as Healthpoint, could make it easier for local customers to find and contact the practice.

Strengths

  • ✓
    Yelp ListingWe can see your Yelp Listing listing (https://yelp.com/chris-j-ward-ward) found via: Google search results.

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.
15 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 4 of them.
3.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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FacebookNo account found1
InstagramNo account found2
TiktokNo account found3
Listings and socialCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses
You are #174 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

A Facebook page could help customers confirm that Ward Chris BDS is a real local dental practice, understand what it does and make contact before booking. No findable page leaves that step unresolved. This is unusual in the local market: 150 of 277 businesses have a page that can be found. The gap is both visible and straightforward to fix.

Strengths

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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.
4.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Facebook pageCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses
You are #148 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Domain HealthYour website did not come back healthy when we tried it, and anyone clicking through from your Google listing is meeting whatever we met.
  • 2
    Domain UniquenessWe could not find a domain registered to your business, which means there is no address of your own for a customer to go to and nothing for your Google listing to link to.
  • 3
    Domain Age ScoreWe could not read how long your domain has been registered, or it is only weeks old.
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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Your websiteNo website of your own1
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How people find you on Google

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
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Google search and trafficCentral Auckland dentists · 277 businesses
You are #195 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

The dental market around Ward Chris BDS is busiest on Wednesday, with customer demand generally carrying from 9am to 6pm on weekdays. Saturday demand runs from 9am to 3pm, while Sunday is the quietest day. Publishing the practice's opening hours on its Google listing would show customers when appointments and phone enquiries can be answered, reducing uncertainty and the risk of customers choosing another dentist.

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.
1.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Hours
No opening hours listed1
Popular times Thursday · Howick
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You are #229 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#268of 277 Central Auckland dentists
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Central Auckland dentistsOverall · 277 businesses
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