Apply Structure Ltd — Bristol Architect Digital Visibility Score

Digital Visibility Score: 48 / 100 · Rank 45 of 80

Digital Visibility Score48/100Rank 45 of 80Problems found1Very little published contentFurthest behind-15.5Content & trust: 25 against a sector median of 40.5

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

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	58	66	−8
Technical	100	75	+25
Local presence	67	76.5	−9.5
Visibility	0	0	level
AI search presence	0	0	level
Content & trust	25	40.5	−15.5

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

Speed & CWV		-8
Technical		+25
Local presence		-9.5
Visibility		0
AI search presence		0
Content & trust		-15.5

Problems found

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

• Worth fixingVery little published contentThe homepage carries 157 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 0 of 12 keywords, in the local 3-pack for 0 keywords.

Keyword	Position
architects Bristol	not in top 100
architect Bristol	not in top 100
architectural services Bristol	not in top 100
house extension architect Bristol	not in top 100
planning application architect Bristol	not in top 100
listed building architect Bristol	not in top 100
residential architects Bristol	not in top 100
commercial architects Bristol	not in top 100
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		58
Technical		100
Local presence		67
Visibility		0
AI search presence		0
Content & trust		25

this firm sector median leader

Apply Structure Ltd trails 3bd Architects by 145 points across 4 pillars, but 63% of that is Content & trust and Speed & CWV alone. It already matches or beats the leader on Technical, AI search presence.

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

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	25	about page: yes · team page: no · credentials: no · blog or news: no · homepage: 157 words
Visibility	0	ranks for 0 of 12 keywords · local 3-pack: 0
Local presence	67	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

• Content & trust: 25/100, below the sector median of 40.5.

How this compares to the leader

3bd Architects leads the index with 70/100. The largest gaps are: Content & trust (25 vs 75); Speed & CWV (58 vs 100); Visibility (0 vs 31).

Top fixes (ranked by impact)

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

Firms ranked near this one

The firms nearest Apply Structure Ltd in this ranking, beyond the two either side.

Firm	Rank	Score	Why it is here
The Bush Consultancy	#43	49/100	2 places above you
RDK Civil Engineering Limited	#47	48/100	2 places below you
StudioHIVE Architects	#42	49/100	3 places above you
Stantec	#48	48/100	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	Company 10736429 · 9.4 years old · active · SIC 82990
Real-user speed (CrUX)	Too little traffic to appear in Chrome’s public dataset
Lighthouse (lab, mobile)	Performance 62 · accessibility 96 · best practices 81 · SEO 100 — biggest losses: Reduce unused CSS; Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.; Does not use HTTPS
Google profile detail	11 photos · claimed · has a description · hours listed
Backlinks	37 referring domains · 43 links · rank 31
Site structure	1 pages crawled · 22 internal links per page · reachable in: contact 1 click, about 1 click, services 1 click · 0% of links use a generic anchor · 18 sitemap pages not reachable by following links
Sitemap	18 URLs listed · declared in robots.txt · newest entry 190 days old · 5 of 5 sampled URLs resolve

Where to get this fixed

Apply Structure 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.

↑ Ranked aboveWylde Interior Architecture#44 · 49/100 Full indexAll 80 firms ↓ Ranked belowPiquant Collective#46 · 48/100

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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.