A P G Architecture — Bristol Architect Digital Visibility Score

Digital Visibility Score: 56 / 100 · Rank 15 of 80

Digital Visibility Score56/100Rank 15 of 80 · top 18%Problems found2Structured data present, but no LocalBusiness markupOne page from the first2Closest: architects Bristol at #12Furthest behind-5Speed & CWV: 61 against a sector median of 66

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

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.

Pillar	Score	Median	vs median
Speed & CWV	61	66	−5
Technical	88	75	+13
Local presence	86	76.5	+9.5
Visibility	25	0	+25
AI search presence	0	0	level
Content & trust	50	40.5	+9.5

Pillar performance against the sector median. Bars right of centre are above the median, left are below.

Speed & CWV		-5
Technical		+13
Local presence		+9.5
Visibility		+25
AI search presence		0
Content & trust		+9.5

Problems found

These are specific, checkable faults on the site — not opinions about it.

• 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 302 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

Ranks for 6 of 12 keywords, average position 22.7, in the local 3-pack for 0 keywords.

Keyword	Position
architects Bristol	#12
architect Bristol	#28
architectural services Bristol	#26
house extension architect Bristol	not in top 100
planning application architect Bristol	#16
listed building architect Bristol	not in top 100
residential architects Bristol	#26
commercial architects Bristol	#28
self build architect Bristol	not in top 100
loft conversion architect Bristol	not in top 100
barn conversion architect Bristol	not in top 100
conservation architect Bristol	not in top 100

The gap to the leader

This firm against the sector median and the index leader, 3bd Architects, on every pillar.

Speed & CWV		61
Technical		88
Local presence		86
Visibility		25
AI search presence		0
Content & trust		50

this firm sector median leader

A P G Architecture trails 3bd Architects by 85 points across 5 pillars, but 75% of that is Speed & CWV and Content & trust alone. It already matches or beats the leader on AI search presence.

Closest to the first page

Ranked between #11 and #20 — one page from the first, ordered by how close.

architects Bristol		#12
planning application architect Bristol		#16

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

AI search presence

Named in 0 of 5 AI answers. A domain citation is stronger evidence than a name mention.

✗	Who are the best architects in Bristol?
✗	Which architect in Bristol would you recommend for a house extension?
✗	Top rated architectural practices in Bristol
✗	I need an architect in Bristol - who should I contact?
✗	Conservation architects in Bristol

Local presence

Google Business Profile.

Rating	5 / 5
Reviews	6
Locations	1
Reviews in last 90 days	0
Address matches website	yes

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.

• sustainability3
• joy to work with2
• build project2
• collaboration2
• vision2

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.

Pillar	Score	Made up of
Content & trust	50	about page: no · team page: yes · credentials: yes · blog or news: no · homepage: 302 words
Visibility	25	ranks for 6 of 12 keywords · average position 22.7 · local 3-pack: 0
Local presence	86	6 reviews · rated 5 · 0 new in 90 days
Technical	88	HTTPS: yes · page allows indexing: yes · robots.txt allows crawling: yes · sitemap: yes · structured data: yes

Key findings

• No pillar falls materially below the sector median this quarter.

How this compares to the leader

3bd Architects leads the index with 70/100. The largest gaps are: Speed & CWV (61 vs 100); Content & trust (50 vs 75); Technical (88 vs 100).

Top fixes (ranked by impact)

1. Publish structured, citable content and entity schema so AI engines surface the business for core local queries.
2. Build local landing pages for the core keyword basket to lift organic and local-pack appearance.
3. Add about/team pages, and refresh stale content.

Firms ranked near this one

The firms nearest A P G Architecture in this ranking, beyond the two either side.

Firm	Rank	Score	Why it is here
WBC Group (Western Building Consultants)	#13	58/100	2 places above you
Greener Consultants	#17	56/100	2 places below you
Grow Architectural	#12	58/100	3 places above you
310 Studio Architects	#18	55/100	3 places below you

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 House	No confident match on the registered name
Real-user speed (CrUX)	Too little traffic to appear in Chrome’s public dataset
Lighthouse (lab, mobile)	Performance 66 · accessibility 91 · best practices 81 · SEO 92 — biggest losses: Render-blocking requests; Links do not have a discernible name; Largest Contentful Paint
Google profile detail	13 photos · claimed · has a description · hours listed · 0 of 6 reviews are one star
Backlinks	93 referring domains · 130 links · rank 133 · 1 broken
Site structure	1 pages crawled · 39 internal links per page · reachable in: contact 1 click · 0% of links use a generic anchor
Sitemap	declared in robots.txt

Where to get this fixed

A P G Architecture’s lowest-scoring pillars among those we publish remediation guidance for:

• 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.
• Visibility (25/100) — read topical authority on why ranking breadth across a sector beats chasing single terms. Background on analysing this pillar: visibility.

↑ Ranked aboveMetcalfe Design & Architecture#14 · 57/100 Full indexAll 80 firms ↓ Ranked belowAspect360#16 · 56/100

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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.