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Creative Catch Studio

Ranking 7 of 7 among audited Spokane photographers. That's the gap. For "photographer spokane," Creative Catch Studio doesn't appear in the top 10. KC England holds the first organic spot, with Yelp and Instagram directly behind. The site has real strengths — localization is solid, with Spokane anchored in the title, meta, and contact details. Five stars across 51 reviews is a credible foundation. But Google can't read what isn't structured. No JSON-LD means the search engine gets no clean signal about who you are, what you shoot, or where you operate. Five H1 tags on a single page splits the relevance signal that one focused headline would consolidate. No sitemap means crawlers find the site on their own terms, not yours. These aren't cosmetic issues — they're the specific things suppressing an otherwise localized site. The report below shows exactly where each gap sits and what fixing it changes.

1Where You Actually Rank in Spokane

1 cached query
Primary commercial query · May 30, 2026
Creative Catch Studio doesn't appear in the top 10 for photographer spokane

That's the single highest-impact visibility gap in this report. The three sites that dorank are listed below — what they do, what you don't.

What the Top 3 Do That Creative Catch Studio Doesn't

Organic top 3 · “photographer spokane
#1
kcengland.com
KC England Photography | Spokane Photographer
Not in our Spokane audit dataset yet. Visit kcengland.com and run a side-by-side compare.
#2
yelp.com· directory
THE BEST 10 Photographers in SPOKANE, WA
A national directory in your top 3 means Google can't find enough strong local sites to fill the SERP. That's an opening — your audit-grade site can outrank it with the right local signals.
#3
instagram.com· directory
Spokane Photographer (@kcenglandphotography)
A national directory in your top 3 means Google can't find enough strong local sites to fill the SERP. That's an opening — your audit-grade site can outrank it with the right local signals.

Audited values come from our Spokane dataset of > 40 local sites. Where a competitor is a national directory (Yelp, Reddit, etc.) we mark it as such — the signal is that those showed up in your local SERP at all, which is its own diagnosis.

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2Your Spokane Signal

Local-anchor audit
Spokane localization signal
Localized — room to tighten
75/100

Strong Spokane signal — title, meta, and contact details all anchor the site locally.

"Spokane" in page title
Title: "Spokane Senior Photos"
"Spokane" in meta description
Meta: "Senior photography for everyday teens around Spokane and Coeur d’Alen…"
Local cities / neighborhoods mentioned
No Spokane neighborhoods, Spokane Valley, or surrounding cities mentioned.
509 area code present
No 509 phone number in title/meta — moving it onsite gives Google a structured local cue.

3How the Audit Scores It

Composite — supporting signal
55
Score · 100 point composite
Critical
Across PageSpeed Insights mobile + desktop, on-page hygiene, structured-data adoption, Google Business Profile completeness, and local-pack visibility. Measured June 1, 2026.

4Diagnosis & Prescription

1 critical · 2 material · 3 polish
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Critical
No structured data (JSON-LD) on page
Google relies on structured data to understand local business information.
Fix:
Material
Multiple H1 tags (5)
Multiple H1s dilute heading hierarchy and confuse crawlers.
Fix:
Material
No sitemap.xml
Sitemaps tell Google which pages exist and when they changed.
Fix:
Polish
Title tag is too short (21 chars)
Titles should be 30–65 characters to display fully in search results.
Fix:
Polish
8 of 58 images missing alt text
Alt text helps both accessibility and image search ranking.
Fix:
Polish
No canonical tag
Self-referential canonical tags prevent duplicate content issues from tracking parameters.
Fix:
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5Among the Spokane Sites We've Audited

6 above you

A separate lens from the SERP positioning above. This ranks photographer by composite audit score, across the 7 sites we've measured in this vertical.

Among Spokane Photographerswe've audited
Rank 7 of 7
#1
Heads and Tails Photography
headsandtailsphoto.com
Does what you don't: Publishes structured data
83
/ 100
#2
Jaime Denise Photography
jaimedenisephotography.com
Does what you don't: Publishes a sitemap.xml
81
/ 100
#3
With Love, Heather
withlove-heather.com
Does what you don't: Publishes structured data
72
/ 100
#4
Crystal Madsen Photography
crystalmadsen.com
Does what you don't: Publishes structured data
67
/ 100
#5
Bay Street Photo + Video
baystphoto.com
Does what you don't: Publishes a sitemap.xml
65
/ 100
#6
Grace & Belle Photography
graceandbelle.com
Does what you don't: Publishes a sitemap.xml
58
/ 100
#7
You
Creative Catch Studio
thecreativecatch.com
Gap to #6: +3 points · Gap to #1: +28
55
/ 100

6Raw Signals

Supporting measurements
PageSpeed (mobile)
Performance66 /100
SEO100 /100
Accessibility75 /100
Best practices77 /100
Google Business Profile
Profile existsyes
Rating5.0 / 5
Reviews51
Hours publishedno
Structured data
JSON-LD presentno
LocalBusiness schemano
NAP complete in schemano
On-page & discovery
Title tag21 chars
Meta description71 chars
H1 count5
Images / missing alt58 / 8
robots.txtyes
sitemap.xmlno

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Audit prepared by spokaneseo.app — a project of August SEO LLC, Spokane, WA
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