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WBC Group (Western Building Consultants) — Bath Architect Digital Visibility Score

Digital Visibility Score: 79 / 100 · Rank 2 of 80

Digital Visibility Score79/100Rank 2 of 80 · top 1%Problems found1The site has not changed in a long timeOne page from the first4Closest: listed building architect Bath at #11

Measured 31 August 2026 via the PYC Bath Architect Digital Visibility Index. Every figure is objective and reproducible from the methodology. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Pillar breakdown vs sector median

Section titled “Pillar breakdown vs sector median”
Each pillar scored 0–100 against the sector median for this index. The final column is this firm's distance from that median.
PillarScoreMedianvs median
Speed & CWV6963+6
Technical10088+12
Local presence9978.5+20.5
Visibility430+43
AI search presence800+80
Content & trust7037+33
Pillar performance against the sector median. Bars right of centre are above the median, left are below.
Speed & CWV+6
Technical+12
Local presence+20.5
Visibility+43
AI search presence+80
Content & trust+33

Problems found

Section titled “Problems found”
These are specific, checkable faults on the site — not opinions about it.
  • Worth knowingThe site has not changed in a long timeThe homepage last reported a change 8.9 years ago.

Where this firm ranks

Section titled “Where this firm ranks”
Ranks for 10 of 12 keywords, average position 10.4, in the local 3-pack for 0 keywords.
KeywordPosition
architects Bath#27
architect Bathnot in top 100
architectural services Bath#1
house extension architect Bath#18
planning application architect Bath#2
listed building architect Bath#11
residential architects Bath#18
commercial architects Bath#9
self build architect Bathnot in top 100
loft conversion architect Bath#3
barn conversion architect Bath#2
conservation architect Bath#13

The gap to the leader

Section titled “The gap to the leader”
This firm against the sector median and the index leader, Designscape Architects, on every pillar.
Speed & CWV69
Technical100
Local presence99
Visibility43
AI search presence80
Content & trust70

this firm sector median leader

The whole deficit to Designscape Architects is Speed & CWV and Visibility — 40 points. It already matches or beats the leader on Technical, Local presence, AI search presence, Content & trust.

Closest to the first page

Section titled “Closest to the first page”
Ranked between #11 and #20 — one page from the first, ordered by how close.
listed building architect Bath#11
conservation architect Bath#13
house extension architect Bath#18
residential architects Bath#18

4 positions sit between #11 and #20 — one page away, and the cheapest ranking work available to this firm.

AI search presence

Section titled “AI search presence”
Named in 4 of 5 AI answers. A domain citation is stronger evidence than a name mention.
✓Who are the best architects in Bath?cited by domain
✓Which architect in Bath would you recommend for a house extension?cited by domain
✓Top rated architectural practices in Bathcited by domain
✓I need an architect in Bath - who should I contact?cited by domain
✗Conservation architects in Bath

Local presence

Section titled “Local presence”
Google Business Profile.
Rating4.8 / 5
Reviews148
Locations1
Reviews in last 90 days13
Address matches websiteyes

What customers talk about

Section titled “What customers talk about”
Themes Google extracted from this business’s reviews, by how often customers raise them. Not scored — this is what people say, not how findable the business is.
  • drawings12
  • efficiency10
  • thoroughness6
  • helpful structural engineer5
  • building survey3
  • clear pricing3
  • easy to arrange3
  • loft conversion2
  • single fault assessment2
  • design stage2

Why this score

Section titled “Why this score”
What each score is made of. Every input here is in the open dataset, so the arithmetic can be checked rather than taken on trust.
PillarScoreMade up of
Content & trust70about page: yes · team page: no · credentials: yes · blog or news: yes · homepage: 2,829 words · last changed: 3260 days ago
Visibility43ranks for 10 of 12 keywords · average position 10.4 · local 3-pack: 0
Local presence99148 reviews · rated 4.8 · 13 new in 90 days
Technical100HTTPS: yes · page allows indexing: yes · robots.txt allows crawling: yes · sitemap: yes · structured data: yes

Key findings

Section titled “Key findings”
  • No pillar falls materially below the sector median this quarter.

How this compares to the leader

Section titled “How this compares to the leader”

Designscape Architects leads the index with 80/100. The largest gaps are: Speed & CWV (69 vs 99); Visibility (43 vs 53).

Top fixes (ranked by impact)

Section titled “Top fixes (ranked by impact)”
  1. Build local landing pages for the core keyword basket to lift organic and local-pack appearance.
  2. Cut mobile LCP below 2.5s (optimise images and remove render-blocking resources) — the biggest score and ranking lever.
  3. Add about/team pages, and refresh stale content.

Firms ranked near this one

Section titled “Firms ranked near this one”
The firms nearest WBC Group (Western Building Consultants) in this ranking, beyond the two either side.
FirmRankScoreWhy it is here
Lacey Architecture Ltd#465/1002 places below you
BBA Architects Ltd#563/1003 places below you
DKA#663/1004 places below you
Mark Wray Architects#762/1005 places below you

Context (not scored)

Section titled “Context (not scored)”
Recorded alongside the measurement to make it easier to judge, but carrying no weight in the Digital Visibility Score. See the methodology.
Companies HouseNo confident match on the registered name
Real-user speed (CrUX)Too little traffic to appear in Chrome’s public dataset
Lighthouse (lab, mobile)Performance 32 · accessibility 87 · best practices 96 · SEO 100 — biggest losses: Serves images with low resolution; Reduce JavaScript execution time; Largest Contentful Paint
Google profile detail94 photos · claimed · has a description · hours listed · 5 of 148 reviews are one star
Backlinks153 referring domains · 1114 links · rank 203 · 4 broken
Site structure1 pages crawled · 61 internal links per page · reachable in: contact 1 click, about 1 click, services 1 click · 0% of links use a generic anchor · 1 sitemap pages not reachable by following links
Sitemap2 URLs listed · declared in robots.txt · newest entry 19 days old · 2 of 2 sampled URLs resolve

Where to get this fixed

Section titled “Where to get this fixed”

WBC Group (Western Building Consultants)‘s lowest-scoring pillars among those we publish remediation guidance for:

  • Visibility (43/100) and Content & trust (70/100) — read topical authority on why ranking breadth across a sector beats chasing single terms. Background on analysing these pillars: visibility, content & trust.

How this is measured: see the index methodology, and the statistical methods behind each pillar. This index is published by PYC; if you want this score moved, start here.