AHR Architects | Bristol — Bristol Architect Digital Visibility Score
Digital Visibility Score: 59 / 100 · Rank 7 of 80
Digital Visibility Score59/100Rank 7 of 80 · top 8%One page from the first1Closest: architect Bristol at #15Furthest behind-17.5Local presence: 59 against a sector median of 76.5
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
Section titled “Pillar breakdown vs sector median”| Pillar | Score | Median | vs median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speed & CWV | 78 | 66 | +12 |
| Technical | 100 | 75 | +25 |
| Local presence | 59 | 76.5 | −17.5 |
| Visibility | 25 | 0 | +25 |
| AI search presence | 0 | 0 | level |
| Content & trust | 79 | 40.5 | +38.5 |
| Speed & CWV | +12 | |
|---|---|---|
| Technical | +25 | |
| Local presence | -17.5 | |
| Visibility | +25 | |
| AI search presence | 0 | |
| Content & trust | +38.5 |
Where this firm ranks
Section titled “Where this firm ranks”| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| architects Bristol | #9 |
| architect Bristol | #15 |
| architectural services Bristol | #43 |
| house extension architect Bristol | not in top 100 |
| planning application architect Bristol | not in top 100 |
| listed building architect Bristol | #77 |
| residential architects Bristol | not in top 100 |
| commercial architects Bristol | #33 |
| 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 | #56 |
The gap to the leader
Section titled “The gap to the leader”| Speed & CWV | 78 | |
|---|---|---|
| Technical | 100 | |
| Local presence | 59 | |
| Visibility | 25 | |
| AI search presence | 0 | |
| Content & trust | 79 |
this firm sector median leader
AHR Architects | Bristol trails 3bd Architects by 58 points across 3 pillars, but 90% of that is Local presence and Speed & CWV alone. It already matches or beats the leader on Technical, AI search presence, Content & trust.
Closest to the first page
Section titled “Closest to the first page”| architect Bristol | #15 |
1 position sits between #11 and #20 — one page away, and the cheapest ranking work available to this firm.
AI search presence
Section titled “AI search presence”| ✗ | 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 |
Why this score
Section titled “Why this score”| Pillar | Score | Made up of |
|---|---|---|
| Content & trust | 79 | about page: yes · team page: no · credentials: yes · blog or news: yes · homepage: 617 words · last changed: 27 days ago |
| Visibility | 25 | ranks for 6 of 12 keywords · average position 38.8 · local 3-pack: 0 |
| Local presence | 59 | 0 reviews · 0 new in 90 days |
| Technical | 100 | HTTPS: yes · page allows indexing: yes · robots.txt allows crawling: yes · sitemap: yes · structured data: yes |
Key findings
Section titled “Key findings”- Local presence: 59/100, below the sector median of 76.5.
How this compares to the leader
Section titled “How this compares to the leader”3bd Architects leads the index with 70/100. The largest gaps are: Local presence (59 vs 89); Speed & CWV (78 vs 100).
Top fixes (ranked by impact)
Section titled “Top fixes (ranked by impact)”- Publish structured, citable content and entity schema so AI engines surface the business for core local queries.
- Build local landing pages for the core keyword basket to lift organic and local-pack appearance.
- Restart Google review generation and complete the Business Profile to close the local-pack gap.
Firms ranked near this one
Section titled “Firms ranked near this one”| Firm | Rank | Score | Why it is here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Maloney Hillier Architects Ltd | #5 | 64/100 | 2 places above you |
| Easton Bevins | #9 | 59/100 | 2 places below you |
| Wotton Donoghue Architects (Bristol) | #4 | 65/100 | 3 places above you |
| 105 West Architects | #10 | 58/100 | 3 places below you |
Context (not scored)
Section titled “Context (not scored)”| 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 60 · accessibility 96 · best practices 81 · SEO 100 — biggest losses: Avoid multiple page redirects; Improve image delivery; Does not use HTTPS |
| Google profile detail | 1 photo · claimed · no description · no hours listed |
| Backlinks | 590 referring domains · 2027 links · rank 278 · 21 broken |
| Site structure | 1 pages crawled · 111 internal links per page · reachable in: contact 1 click, services 1 click · 0% of links use a generic anchor · 1 sitemap pages not reachable by following links |
| Sitemap | 1 URLs listed · declared in robots.txt · newest entry 27 days old · 1 of 1 sampled URLs resolve |
Where to get this fixed
Section titled “Where to get this fixed”AHR Architects | Bristol’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.
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.