Five channels, checked live on 9 October 2026. Every line traces to a source captioned on the page.
| Channel | Safe Glass Solutions | Magnetite | O'Brien Glass | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google rankings 6 money searches | Page one on 0 of 6 | Page one on 2 of 6 | Page one on 3 of 6 | O'Brien is #1 for glass replacement melbourne. Magnetite holds the retrofit search. You hold none yet. |
| Google Ads Transparency Centre, AU | 6 ads on record | About 200 ads on record | About 2,000 ads on record | You are in the Google auction already. Both competitors are in it far deeper. |
| Meta Ads Ad Library, active now | No ads found | 2 active ads | About 40 active ads | Both competitors are in the feed now. Magnetite started its two ads on 30 Sep and 5 Oct. |
| Landing page Where the click lands | Quote form, phone links, Ads tag | Quote form, measure and quote offer | Service finder, phone links | Your homepage has the same quote path and phone links as both competitors. GA4 is the missing piece. |
| Reputation Google rating (reviews) | Profile, no rating shown | 4.4 (49 reviews) | 4.8 (615 reviews) | Your two Google listings show no reviews yet. O'Brien's Dandenong listing alone shows 615. |
Safe Glass Solutions is already advertising: 6 Google ads on record, a Google Ads tag firing, a four-field quote form and a tap to call number on the homepage. O'Brien Glass holds page one on 3 of the 6 searches here, including #1 for glass replacement melbourne. Safe Glass is on none yet.
Six searches a Melbourne homeowner or shop owner types before calling a glazier, read live from Google Australia on 9 October 2026.
| Search term | Searches / mo | Safe Glass Solutions | Magnetite | O'Brien Glass |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| glass replacement melbourne | High est. | Not in top 10 | Not in top 10 | #1 |
| acoustic glass melbourne | Medium est. | Not in top 10 | Not in top 10 | Not in top 10 |
| double glazing retrofit melbourne | Medium est. | Not in top 10 | #3 | Not in top 10 |
| emergency glass repair melbourne | Medium est. | Not in top 10 | Not in top 10 | #2 |
| safety glass melbourne | Medium est. | Not in top 10 | Not in top 10 | #6 |
| soundproof windows melbourne | Medium est. | Not in top 10 | #8 | Not in top 10 |
O'Brien holds #1 for glass replacement Melbourne with a national page. Clear Cut Glass and a Localsearch directory follow. Google's question box asks how much glass is to replace, so the searcher wants a price before calling.
The chain, with every assumption written down. Deliberately conservative.
The six searches in this report, at an example volume a Melbourne market this size supports. An example, not a measured figure.
The clicks you do not get today, once service pages sit around position three, rounded down.
Enquiries at 5% of those visits, rounded down.
Quote requests and calls, not jobs. No prices are published on the site, so I have not put a dollar figure on a job.
Halve the example volume and it is still four quote requests a month going to O'Brien, Magnetite and the glaziers above you today.
Estimates, not promises. Each assumption is deliberately conservative so the number holds up.
Build one page per service (window, door and shopfront glass replacement, acoustic glass, emergency repair), a Melbourne glass replacement page that answers the price question, local schema, and link the existing blog posts into them.
| Advertiser | Ads on record | Last ran | Headline seen | Lands on | Offer on the page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magnetite | ~200 | Not dated | "Magnetite Windows Melbourne - Just Magnetite Your Windows" | magnetite.com.au | In-home measure and quote, reply within one business day |
| O'Brien Glass | ~2,000 | Not dated | "O'Brien® Security Screens - Amplimesh® Security Screens" | obrien.com.au | Service finder, 1800 number, 4.7 from 19,008 reviews |
| Safe Glass Solutions | 6 | Not dated | "Fast Same Day Service", a glass replacement ad | safeglass.com.au | Quote form and a call now number |
Your 6 ads on record point to safeglass.com.au and sell same-day glass replacement, which is the right message. None of them showed in the paid slots on the six searches I checked: those went to Alltrade Glass, The Window Centre and Nu-Eco. I would check which terms the campaign is buying and point it at these six.
Your homepage has a four-field quote form behind reCAPTCHA, which loads and is visible, and two tap to call links. I did not submit it. The Google Ads tag fires on the homepage. GA4 and the Meta pixel were not seen, so only the ad clicks can be traced.
Theirs: Magnetite opens on the reader's problem: still putting up with traffic noise at home. O'Brien opens on a stray ball through the glass. Missing: none of the O'Brien ads names a city or suburb.
Theirs: Magnetite promises up to 70% less noise and keeping your existing windows. Missing: proof. Neither ad shows a review count, though O'Brien prints 4.7 from 19,008 reviews on its own homepage.
Theirs: short videos and a 24/7 phone number for O'Brien, a measure and quote booking for Magnetite. Missing: a same-day promise, which is the one your Google ad already makes.
Why this matters: a stronger headline and hook lifts click-through. Higher click-through lowers what Meta charges per click. Cheaper clicks mean more visits from the same budget, and more visits mean more enquiries. Your same-day message is already written for Google. In this comparison, O'Brien and Magnetite are the only glaziers in the feed.
You have 6 ads on record but none showed in the paid slots seen on these searches. Aligning the campaign with glass replacement, emergency repair and acoustic glass terms brings quote requests the fastest.
The Google Ads tag already fires. GA4 shows what every other visitor does, and the Meta pixel readies the feed test below.
Your two listings show no reviews yet. Magnetite shows 49 and O'Brien 615. Asking the customers you have already glazed for is the cheapest trust in this report.
All six services sit on the homepage. Separate pages for glass replacement, emergency repair, acoustic glass and shopfronts give Google something to rank for each search.
O'Brien has about 40 Meta ads running and Magnetite 2. A small test aimed at Melbourne homeowners, using your same-day promise, is cheap to learn from.
Fifteen minutes on the phone, no pitch. I will walk you through which terms your Google campaign should be buying and the service pages worth building first.
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Everything in this report I can read because I have spent my own money on the exact channels it covers. What follows is not theory. It is what I would fix first.
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