Are you tired of web site builders who don’t understand you? Looking for Canterbury NZ WebSites, SEO and Marketing?
Do you need someone who will actually LISTEN to what you need, what your business needs, what your customers need?
You need someone who has enough actual real-life experience building and ranking web sites and running an online business to be able to help you through the tricky bits, and advise you on what is possible.
Relocated home to Canterbury NZ, after many years of experience in Australia, and ready to bring all this to your small business wherever you are in the world. And now expanded to have bases in North Canterbury (Cheviot), Central Canterbury (Christchurch) and South Canterbury (Timaru), so we really do have Canterbury SEO covered!
Someone who will totally blow your mind with ideas about what can be done. Ideas you have never heard of. More importantly, ideas that your COMPETITORS have never heard of.
Here at Gecko Gully, the team is lead by Christine F. Abela, who has many years of experience creating web sites for small businesses like yours. She has specialised in sites for craft businesses, but brings her gentle down-to-earth approach to all her client relationships.

Christine is more than just a web developer. She continually educates herself in the online trends and developments and communicates exceptionally well with her clients. She has a sound knowledge of marketing and combines this with her technical knowledge to give you a chance in the web game !

Christine is such a professional to work with and really knows her stuff. So glad I have a web designer I can rely on and depend upon.

Christine is “there” for you, not only when designing your website but support after. She actually listens to what you want on your website and either explains why something is the way it is, or changes things to the way you want. Her advice is invaluable and her video support is fantastic because you can refer to it over and over.
Optimizing your Google Profile – Part 1: Add or Claim Your Google Business Listing
Up the top of most local Google searches, you will find a short list of recommended businesses in the area. These are provided along with a map, so that you can quickly and easily find what you are looking for. Getting in to the “three pack” of the top recommended businesses is crucial for any local business. But how do you add or claim your Google business listing?
- The first step is to get a Google email address (e.g. a gmail address).
- Next, look to see whether your business is already listed there. Google is pretty good at finding local businesses (based on your website or other information online), and adding them, but you need to actually claim the listing in order to be able to manage and optimize it.
- If you don’t find your business, you can add it.
This page has the details on how to add or claim your Google business listing.
If you want help with doing this, please contact us and we can do this for you, as well as the other steps in optimizing your Google profile so that you get the maximum exposure for your business online.

Optimizing your Google Profile – Part 1: Add or Claim Your Google Business Listing
How to add or claim your Google business listing. This will help you to go right to the top of searches in your local area.