Vetindex Ltd — Bath Vet Digital Visibility Score
Digital Visibility Score: 43 / 100 · Rank 9 of 10
Digital Visibility Score43/100Rank 9 of 10Critical problem1Search engines are being told not to index this siteFurthest behind-27.5Local presence: 47 against a sector median of 74.5
Measured 31 August 2026 via the PYC Bath Vet 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”| Pillar | Score | Median | vs median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speed & CWV | 82 | 71 | +11 |
| Technical | 75 | 75 | level |
| Local presence | 47 | 74.5 | −27.5 |
| Visibility | 0 | 0 | level |
| AI search presence | 0 | 0 | level |
| Content & trust | 25 | 30 | −5 |
| Speed & CWV | +11 | |
|---|---|---|
| Technical | 0 | |
| Local presence | -27.5 | |
| Visibility | 0 | |
| AI search presence | 0 | |
| Content & trust | -5 |
Problems found
Section titled “Problems found”- CriticalSearch engines are being told not to index this siteThe site’s own robots.txt disallows crawling. Until that changes, nothing else on this page can help — the pages cannot enter the index in the first place.
- Worth fixingStructured data present, but no LocalBusiness markupThe page describes something to machines, but not that it is a local business with an address and opening hours.
- Worth fixingVery little published contentThe homepage carries 150 words and the site links to no blog, news or insights section. There is little here for a search engine to match, or for an assistant to quote.
Where this firm ranks
Section titled “Where this firm ranks”| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| vets Bath | not in top 100 |
| veterinary practice Bath | not in top 100 |
| best vets Bath | not in top 100 |
| emergency vet Bath | not in top 100 |
| cat vet Bath | not in top 100 |
| dog vet Bath | not in top 100 |
| 24 hour vet Bath | not in top 100 |
| vet costs Bath | not in top 100 |
| animal hospital Bath | not in top 100 |
| vets Widcombe | not in top 100 |
| vets Lansdown | not in top 100 |
| veterinary Widcombe | not in top 100 |
The gap to the leader
Section titled “The gap to the leader”| Technical | 75 | |
|---|---|---|
| Local presence | 47 | |
| Visibility | 0 | |
| AI search presence | 0 |
this firm sector median leader
Vetindex Ltd trails Bath Veterinary Group, Rosemary Lodge Veterinary Hospital by 224 points across 3 pillars, but 77% of that is AI search presence and Visibility alone. It already matches or beats the leader on Technical.
AI search presence
Section titled “AI search presence”| ✗ | Who are the best vets in Bath? | |
| ✗ | Which veterinary practice in Bath would you recommend? | |
| ✗ | Top rated vets in Bath | |
| ✗ | My pet is unwell in Bath - which vet should I call? | |
| ✗ | Best vets in Widcombe, Bath |
Why this score
Section titled “Why this score”| Pillar | Score | Made up of |
|---|---|---|
| Content & trust | 25 | about page: yes · team page: no · credentials: no · blog or news: no · homepage: 150 words |
| Visibility | 0 | ranks for 0 of 12 keywords · local 3-pack: 0 |
| Local presence | 47 | 0 reviews · 0 new in 90 days |
| Technical | 75 | HTTPS: yes · page allows indexing: yes · robots.txt allows crawling: no · sitemap: yes · structured data: yes |
Key findings
Section titled “Key findings”- Local presence: 47/100, below the sector median of 74.5.
How this compares to the leader
Section titled “How this compares to the leader”Bath Veterinary Group, Rosemary Lodge Veterinary Hospital leads the index with 65/100. The largest gaps are: AI search presence (0 vs 100); Visibility (0 vs 73); Local presence (47 vs 98).
Top fixes (ranked by impact)
Section titled “Top fixes (ranked by impact)”- Build local landing pages for the core keyword basket to lift organic and local-pack appearance.
- Publish structured, citable content and entity schema so AI engines surface the business for core local queries.
- Add about/team pages, and refresh stale content.
Firms ranked near this one
Section titled “Firms ranked near this one”| Firm | Rank | Score | Why it is here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veterinary Pain Management | #7 | 49/100 | 2 places above you |
| Vee the Vet | #6 | 49/100 | 3 places above you |
| Cadence Equine Vets Ltd | #5 | 49/100 | 4 places above you |
| Croft Vets Ltd | #4 | 51/100 | 5 places above you |
Context (not scored)
Section titled “Context (not scored)”| Companies House | Company 03139495 · 30.7 years old · active · SIC 58190 |
|---|---|
| Real-user speed (CrUX) | Too little traffic to appear in Chrome’s public dataset |
| Lighthouse (lab, mobile) | Performance 71 · accessibility 100 · best practices 81 · SEO 92 — biggest losses: Reduce JavaScript execution time; Network dependency tree; Avoid multiple page redirects |
| Google profile detail | 1 photo · unclaimed · no description · hours listed |
| Backlinks | 123 referring domains · 225 links · rank 121 · 46 broken |
| Site structure | 1 pages crawled · 6 internal links per page · reachable in: services 1 click · 0% of links use a generic anchor · 40 sitemap pages not reachable by following links |
| Sitemap | 40 URLs listed · declared in robots.txt · newest entry 173 days old · 5 of 5 sampled URLs resolve |
Where to get this fixed
Section titled “Where to get this fixed”Vetindex Ltd’s lowest-scoring pillars among those we publish remediation guidance for:
- Visibility (0/100) — read topical authority on why ranking breadth across a sector beats chasing single terms. Background on analysing this pillar: visibility.
- AI search presence (0/100) — read generative engine optimisation on getting named by the answer engines this pillar measures. Background on analysing this pillar: ai search presence.
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.