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Building Plans Bristol — Bristol Architect Digital Visibility Score

Digital Visibility Score: 45 / 100 · Rank 53 of 80

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.

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 & CWV10066+34
Technical2975−46
Local presence7176.5−5.5
Visibility80+8
AI search presence200+20
Content & trust840.5−32.5
Pillar performance against the sector median. Bars right of centre are above the median, left are below.
Speed & CWV+34
Technical-46
Local presence-5.5
Visibility+8
AI search presence+20
Content & trust-32.5
These are specific, checkable faults on the site — not opinions about it.
  • Worth fixingNo XML sitemap foundSearch engines have to discover every page by following links. On a small site that is survivable; on a large one it is not.
  • Worth fixingNo structured data on the homepageNothing tells a search engine or an assistant what this business is, where it is, or what it does — in machine-readable terms.
  • Worth fixingNo mobile viewport tagThe page is not telling phones how to lay itself out. Most local searches happen on one.
  • Worth fixingVery little published contentThe homepage carries 111 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.
  • Worth knowingThe site has not changed in a long timeThe homepage last reported a change 10.4 years ago.
Ranks for 2 of 12 keywords, average position 32, in the local 3-pack for 0 keywords.
KeywordPosition
architects Bristolnot in top 100
architect Bristolnot in top 100
architectural services Bristol#54
house extension architect Bristolnot in top 100
planning application architect Bristol#10
listed building architect Bristolnot in top 100
residential architects Bristolnot in top 100
commercial architects Bristolnot in top 100
self build architect Bristolnot in top 100
loft conversion architect Bristolnot in top 100
barn conversion architect Bristolnot in top 100
conservation architect Bristolnot in top 100
This firm against the sector median and the index leader, 3bd Architects, on every pillar.
Speed & CWV100
Technical29
Local presence71
Visibility8
AI search presence20
Content & trust8

this firm sector median leader

Building Plans Bristol trails 3bd Architects by 179 points across 4 pillars, but 77% of that is Technical and Content & trust alone. It already matches or beats the leader on Speed & CWV, AI search presence.

Named in 1 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?named
Top rated architectural practices in Bristol
I need an architect in Bristol - who should I contact?
Conservation architects in Bristol
Google Business Profile.
Rating4 / 5
Reviews1
Locations1
Reviews in last 90 days0
Address matches websiteyes
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 & trust8about page: no · team page: no · credentials: no · blog or news: no · homepage: 111 words · last changed: 3788 days ago
Visibility8ranks for 2 of 12 keywords · average position 32 · local 3-pack: 0
Local presence711 reviews · rated 4 · 0 new in 90 days
Technical29HTTPS: yes · page allows indexing: yes · robots.txt allows crawling: — · sitemap: no · structured data: no
  • Technical: 29/100, below the sector median of 75.
  • Content & trust: 8/100, below the sector median of 40.5.

3bd Architects leads the index with 70/100. The largest gaps are: Technical (29 vs 100); Content & trust (8 vs 75); Visibility (8 vs 31).

  1. Build local landing pages for the core keyword basket to lift organic and local-pack appearance.
  2. Add about/team pages, and refresh stale content.
  3. Publish structured, citable content and entity schema so AI engines surface the business for core local queries.
The firms nearest Building Plans Bristol in this ranking, beyond the two either side.
FirmRankScoreWhy it is here
Extension Architecture Bristol - Extension Plans & Design#5146/1002 places above you
Clifton Emery design#5544/1002 places below you
7 Architects#5046/1003 places above you
RSJ Construction Ltd#5644/1003 places below you
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 99 · accessibility 71 · best practices 78 · SEO 100 — biggest losses: Render-blocking requests; Document does not have a main landmark.; Avoid multiple page redirects
Google profile detail5 photos · claimed · no description · hours listed
Backlinks41 referring domains · 86 links · rank 96
Site structure1 pages crawled · 14 internal links per page · reachable in: contact 1 click, services 1 click · 0% of links use a generic anchor
Sitemapnot declared in robots.txt

Building Plans Bristol’s lowest-scoring pillars among those we publish remediation guidance for:

  • Visibility (8/100) and Content & trust (8/100) — 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.