Childs Sulzmann Architects — Bristol Architect Digital Visibility Score

Digital Visibility Score: 51 / 100 · Rank 30 of 80

Digital Visibility Score51/100Rank 30 of 80 · top 37%Problems found2Structured data present, but no LocalBusiness markupFurthest behind-9.5Local presence: 67 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

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	67	76.5	−9.5
Visibility	0	0	level
AI search presence	0	0	level
Content & trust	78	40.5	+37.5

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		0
AI search presence		0
Content & trust		+37.5

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 knowingThe site has not changed in a long timeThe homepage last reported a change 7.9 years ago.

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		61
Technical		88
Local presence		67
Visibility		0
AI search presence		0
Content & trust		78

this firm sector median leader

Childs Sulzmann Architects trails 3bd Architects by 104 points across 4 pillars, but 67% of that is Speed & CWV and Visibility alone. It already matches or beats the leader on AI search presence, Content & trust.

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	78	about page: yes · team page: yes · credentials: yes · blog or news: yes · homepage: 319 words · last changed: 2873 days ago
Visibility	0	ranks for 0 of 12 keywords · local 3-pack: 0
Local presence	67	0 reviews · 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); Visibility (0 vs 31); Local presence (67 vs 89).

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. Cut mobile LCP below 2.5s (optimise images and remove render-blocking resources) — the biggest score and ranking lever.

Firms ranked near this one

The firms nearest Childs Sulzmann Architects in this ranking, beyond the two either side.

Firm	Rank	Score	Why it is here
Noma Architects Ltd	#28	52/100	2 places above you
Studio Sintaa	#32	51/100	2 places below you
Mace Group	#27	52/100	3 places above you
AWW	#33	50/100	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 50 · accessibility 85 · best practices 100 · SEO 100 — biggest losses: LCP breakdown; Reduce unused JavaScript; Forced reflow
Google profile detail	4 photos · claimed · has a description · hours listed
Backlinks	67 referring domains · 80 links · rank 90
Site structure	25 pages crawled · 24.7 internal links per page · reachable in: contact 1 click, about 1 click, team 1 click, services 1 click · 2% of links use a generic anchor
Sitemap	14 URLs listed · not declared in robots.txt · newest entry 635 days old · 5 of 5 sampled URLs resolve

Where to get this fixed

Childs Sulzmann Architects’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 aboveOSP Architecture - Bristol#29 · 52/100 Full indexAll 80 firms ↓ Ranked belowGrain Architecture Ltd#31 · 51/100

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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.